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Originally posted by Indosnm:
Why can you use chopsticks so well?
To this end and the utter embarassment of my wife I made quite a huge deal out of a J-freind's near perfect use of a fork the other night after they commented earlier in the meal on how well I used hashi.....

Funny - I thought... they didn't see the humor in it what-so-ever.... kinda like the Japanese Gaijin concept - " D O E S N O T C O M P U T E "
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I find the chopsticks thing does have a strong element of irony that never fails to tickle me.

 

I learnt to use chopsticks first by reading the instructions printed on the packet of the chopsticks at a Chinese restaurant. I looked at the pictures, and although my first attempts were clumsy, I got the food to my mouth. I honed my skills by being stranded in a remote campsite with food but no fork but lots of tent pegs. Consequently I had to use the tent pegs to eat with.

 

That many Japanese people 1) can't seem to follow the instructions on the packet, 2) seem surprised that other people can, and 3) care so much about form, is really quite funny.

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