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June 17, 2005

Word of the Day

Brobdingnagian \brob-ding-NAG-ee-un\ adjective
: marked by tremendous size

Posted by tree hugging sister at June 17, 2005 09:40 AM

Comments

Talking about this:

http://www.geocities.co.jp/MotorCity-Circuit/8992/tagata.htm

again, huh? Yeah, I noticed they were Japanese.

Posted by: John at June 17, 2005 01:05 PM

I KNEW you'd come through for us, with the evidence (vice USMC hearsay) that the Japanese do indeed have a...um...male enhancement fixation. Of course, the protests were lodged by Asian-AMERICANS, many of which have never set foot in the country of their fathers, who were the same ones losing their minds over the depiction of Asian-JAPANESE in 'Lost in Translation'. I'm sorry folks, but they really do act like that. (Ask any first UDP Marine after being gawked at in the subway station head for the first time.)

Posted by: tree hugging sister at June 17, 2005 01:24 PM

I miss MST3K, and this just about sums it all up:

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/1814/japan.wav

Posted by: Dave J at June 17, 2005 01:33 PM

Wow, this is indeed a day of coincidences. You mention a Japanese fixation on size? See Joanne Jacobs. Apparently there is even a classroom game called "dodgedick".

Posted by: Ken Summers at June 17, 2005 02:20 PM

Oh holy schamoly! (But exactly what John and I've been saying for a while now...it's like a whole different country...)

Posted by: tree hugging sister at June 17, 2005 02:46 PM

I heard about Kancho from people I knew in the JET program. Japanese kids get more freedom than you'd expect, becuase their parents know they are going to stick them in a cultural striaghtjacket once htey turn 20.

Posted by: John at June 17, 2005 03:50 PM

Wow, this is indeed a day of coincidences. You mention a Japanese fixation on size? See Joanne Jacobs. Apparently there is even a classroom game called "dodgedick".

Wouldn't that hurt when it was your turn to throw the ball?

Posted by: Crusader at June 17, 2005 04:14 PM

I wouldn't even join the game.

Posted by: Ken Summers at June 18, 2005 03:24 PM