Monday, December 04, 2006

Times when it's good to speak Japanese (Part 1):

At Kings Cross station, seeing Tiger and Youko onto an Edinburgh-bound train.

Some very fat women wander up behind us. Tiger starts taking pictures, seemingly of the roof of the station.

Me to Youko: 「太い人の写真を撮っていますか」or,
"Is he taking pictures of fat people?"

Youko: Ha ha!

But then there's the payback, when a fat person decided to sit between me and another fat person on the train. I spent the journey sitting precariously on the edge of my seat worrying that any sudden jerk or bump would send me toppling into the aisle...

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