Stupid Guest Tricks

TYesterday I was lucky enough to attend Epcots 30th anniversary day. Wow, at the 3:00 presentation, I was unlucky enough to sit next to two old women who complained loudly about everything before the show. After the show started, I finally had to shush them because they would not shut up.

And at dinner at Teppan Eko, I got to sit next to a nice chatty couple from Wisconsin who had never been to this type of restaurant before. They were ok until the guy started mispronouncing coca-cola and rice, deliberately mixing his ls and rs. I shoulda said something, but was too meek. You never know how a person will react when his racism is called out.

Otherwise a very enjoyable day. I might do a stupid guest trip report. Like I did for Paris.

One of my favorite memories from my Japanese instructor was the first time he said ah-so. Or when he tried to say "Thistle". I miss the days of goofing off for an hour or two at work studying Japanese...

My youngest took Japanese through junior ans senior high and was able to both speak, read, and write it.

I bought some Yamaha speakers and had the boxes stacked by the door. Each box had some large Kanji character on them.

She got home from school, looked at the boxes, and said, "I can read that,"

Expecting something enlightening I asked what it said. "Speaker." she replied.

hobie16 wrote:Expecting something enlightening I asked what it said. "Speaker." she replied.

Wasn't it good to get the confirmation?

Would this be a proper place to quote Bill Engvall's bit about stereo equipment and gum? ;)

I work at a very large teaching hospital. We have residents and staff from all over the world. When getting the Chinese and Japanese symbols tatooed to your lower back was still popular, we had a fellow from China working in our unit. He started laughing when we saw one of the girls tatoos and commented how appropriate it was. She said why, since it meant "tranquility". (not her personality either). The fellow said it can mean tranquility but more commonly meant "vapors".

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TeamUBR wrote:The fellow said it can mean tranquility but more commonly meant "vapors".

Did it have an arrow too?

A number of years ago my wife and I got the obligatory rendering of our names in Chinese. We both realized that they could have put anything on that paper, up to and including insults about our looks, personalities, breath, ancestry, etc. It was gratifying, though, when we got to the register (too far away from where the names were written for the cashier to have heard anything), and the cashier read them to us. My wife's name is unusual, and it came out fine. That being said, I can't imagine having something written indelibly on your body in a language you can't read. That just seems like something, well, stupid.

This reminds me of a scene in a television show, don't remember which one, where a number of friends are at a Chinese restaurant, and one of the guys in a group is bragging about his Chinese character tattoo. he tells the group that it means 'strength' in the Chinese language.

The waiter says, "no, in Chinese that means that when two men make love, you are the women!"

a good point to know what you buy!!

GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:The waiter says, "no, in Chinese that means that when two men make love, you are the women!"

Regardless of what the Chinese character tattoo really means, that would be a good line to tell anyone who has one. :D: