Too Orangey For Crows 0 Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 I have been asked some corkers since I've been here, but one today pretty much beats the lot. A small kid came up to me and asked "Do Americans go to the toilet like Japanese?" (ie do they weewee and poopoo) (I'm not American, by the way, so I didn't want to answer on behalf of all Americans. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 "Are you a ningen (human)?" Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 "You don't have XXX in your country, do you." >> Above not actually presented as a question, but as a fact. >> Disageeing to above is not allowed. >> If you try to disagree or correct above statement, such corrections are totally ignored. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 "Why aren't you Japanese?" was a good one. Along with the classic (discussed before) pointing to my car, "My car?" Link to post Share on other sites
brett_jackson 0 Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 "You are so big, was your mother a giant?" (funnily enough this was asked by little Japanese gilr while I was walking around Himeji castle, where the door through every boundary wall is about 20ft tall - I felt like responding "I think she was not as big as your ancestors") Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I was asked "Do you eat food?" once. Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I was asked why NZ doesnt celebrate American Independence Day And from a Californian ...."Do you guys in NZ know what the internet is"...followed by "Electricity??? wow you guys are advanced"....really wanted to wipe the gormless look off his face with a knuckle sandwich Link to post Share on other sites
gti 0 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 ...Mboy, sheesh...you're such a kiwihead Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Ive got so many but heres one that threw me for a loop: last year I worked at the worst girls only hs in Hiroshima. A bunhc of enjokosai dirty girls. In my first class with each gumi we just did introductions and what not, I did mine as an example, then had my girls do them. In a class of 23 girls, 8 asked me to sleep with them that night. Sure, I thought they were taking the piss... but for the rest of the year I was asked the same thing almost daily Link to post Share on other sites
Roger's head 0 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 What are their rates? Link to post Share on other sites
unit 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I get paid to listen to stupid questions all day so the list is endless but one that comes to mind now: Do you have McDonald's in America? (I'm Australian) Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I have similar questions- Do you have guns in America? (I'm also Australian) Todays question Wearing a knit jumper, pretty plain- Question- Do they have those clothes in Australia? Guess the image of Oz is 12 months of summer! Link to post Share on other sites
connackers 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 There`s a kid in a kindergarten i `teach` at once a month whose mother is korean and father is japanese. He`s lived in japan all his life and obviously his first (and i think only) language is japanese. He`s been at the kindergarten for 3 years so the teachers know him pretty well. Yesterday the teachers asked me how to say `hold hands` and `grab his hand` in english so they could use it to tell him when they crossed the road ?????? Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I hope you helped out. Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 when i was living in singapore and on vacation in canada, some one told me that the drive from singapore must have been really long. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Was it? Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Now that's funny! Link to post Share on other sites
montoya 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 "San Francisco must be a quick drive from LA, right" Heard that a couple time.. Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 "Can I ask you a question?".........errrrrm well you didn`t give me much choice there buddy!! Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by sakebomb: Guess the image of Oz is 12 months of summer! When I was a kid I used to think that there were cherry blossoms in Japan all year round. I was really surprised when people told me that they only lasted a couple of weeks. That's marketing for ya! Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan 0 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I was once asked why I spoke English? I explained because I was from the UK... ...and as if to add insult to injury, the person in question proceded to expalin to me that they had thought I was Iranian...I had known them for 3 months or so. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 "Which part of America is England?" Link to post Share on other sites
Sven 0 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Heh, last night I explained that australians use g'day a lot, and got the surprised reply of 'oh, so you speak australiago, eigo, and nihongo... anything else?' Heh, it made me laugh, but it was mostly due to my own nihongo, which is still fairly rudimentary. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 "australiago", classic! Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Similar, I have been asked if I spoke Americago more than once. Link to post Share on other sites
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