Friday, November 27, 2015

Breakfast

弟:「おはよう。Hey, check it out.  I made waffles in the shapes of all the letters of the English alphabet. Pretty cool, huh?」
兄:「Man, I am starving. Give me those waffles.」
弟:「Hey! Leggo my 英語!」



Sunday, November 22, 2015

Insurance

Zさん: “The State Department had its funding cut, so they have instituted a new policy.”
Aさん: 「Really? What is it?」
Zさん: “外交: 15 minutes could save you 15% or more.”


Saturday, November 14, 2015

Taxi Fare

Aさん:「遅いです。If we are going to make it to the movie in time, we'll have to take a taxi.」
Zさん:“I suppose, but taxis are expensive. In a way, they hurt my wallet. You might say...”
Aさん:「Oh please no...」
Zさん:“間に合う、Money Ow.”


Saturday, November 7, 2015

NCC-1701-D

The Enterprise NCC-1701-D is attacked by Godzilla.

Riker: "Captain, the only way for us to defeat Godzilla is to destroy the sleep in his eyes.  It is his one weakness.  Shall I begin the attack?"
Picard: "目くそ?Make it so."

Saturday, October 31, 2015

West Coast Baroque

Bさん: 「I have an idea.  Let's go to a バッ ハ。。。」
Zさん: “Baja California! Yes! The sun! The surf! The awesome weather!”
Bさん: 「。。。J S バッ ハ コンサート。 A performance of “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"。」

Sometimes Baroque music concerts have a disproportionately large number of surfer dudes in the audience.


Saturday, October 24, 2015

Taxi.

Zさん:"Hey, get this.  How do you say 'I am a taxi' in Japanese?"
Aさん:「I dunno, how」
Zさん:"わたくしはタクシー。"
Aさん:「。。。つまんないつまんない。」


Saturday, October 17, 2015

"Ski-ing"

Bちゃん:「Zくん、スキー好き?」

Zくん: “ 'Do I like the mental process of liking'? That raises an interesting philosophical point. Could anyone actually dislike the mental process of liking? Unless you instead meant 'skiing with skis', but I am not sure how one would go skiing without skis.”

Bちゃん:「ばか。好きじゃない。スキーしない。」