...when you think one kind of rice tastes better
than another kind.
...You don't think it unusual for a truck to play
"It's a Small World" when backing up.
...When in the middle of nowhere, totally
surrounded by rice fields
and abundant nature, you aren't surprised to find a
drink vending machine with no visible means of a power supply...
...And when you think nothing of it when that
lonely vending machine says 'thank you' after you buy a coke.
...You don't hesitate to put a $10 note into a
vending machine.
...You really enjoy corn soup with your Big Mac.
...You think the opposite of red is white.
...you appear for your first skiing lesson with
brand new Rossignol
high performance racing skis and an aerodynamic
racing suit with color
matched goggles. And then snowplow down.
...you buy a potato-and-strawberry sandwich for
lunch without cringing.
...when you squat waiting for a bus to come.
...you think the best part of TV are the
commercials.
...you think cod roe spaghetti with chilled red
wine is a typical Italian dish.
...you have mastered the art of simultaneous
bowing and handshaking.
...you think 4 layers of wrapping is reasonable
for a simple piece of merchandise.
...when you rush home from work to catch the last
few minutes of sumo.
...when you think that coffee goes perfectly well
with squid pizza.
...you find yourself apologizing at least three
times per conversation.
...you find yourself practicing golf swings with
your umbrella on the train platform.
...you buy an individually wrapped potato in the
supermarket.
...you think sushi at a baseball game is perfectly
normal
...your idea of a larger home is an extra 10
square meters
...you use the "slasher hand" and continuous
bowing to make your way through a crowd.
...you are disappointed when Dominoes doesn't have
corn pizza, and the driver is not disappointed when you forget the tip.
...back in the states for a short visit you
patiently wait outside your taxi for its door to spring open for you.
...you start bowing on the telephone when you end
the conversation
..Japanese words such as ne, soshite, and dakara
enter your conversation
...you start wanting to drink mugi-cha and
uron-cha during the summer and with dinner (barley tea and oolong tea)
...you moan over the lack of onigiri at the local
7-11 (rice balls)
Thanks to shipmate T.C. Lamson, RM3 68-70 for passing this along.
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