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[dimwit]

For some reason or other, recently a number of people who have talked English at me have seemed to want me to hear their confession. One old gaffer ambled up to me during Hanami season and started telling me all about how much he admired MacArthur because of the horrors of WWII, which he described in detail. I also seem to be a rape story magnet. I have lost count of the number of J-women and in a couple cases J-men who seemed to want to tell me all.

[Iraira]

Originally Posted by dimwit

For some reason or other, recently a number of people who have talked English at me have seemed to want me to hear their confession. One old gaffer ambled up to me during Hanami season and started telling me all about how much he admired MacArthur because of the horrors of WWII, which he described in detail. I also seem to be a rape story magnet. I have lost count of the number of J-women and in a couple cases J-men who seemed to want to tell me all.

Yes, the free psychiatrist. Someone let the exaggerated cat out of the bag that foreigners have this long history of quickly confessing their sins, problems, fetishes, etc to each other upon meeting, "Hi, nice to meet you, I'm Iraira, and I was molested by an outboard motor when I was 10 years old."
The "I want to get divorced" housewives are funny, but sadly, that confession does not always translate into, "I want to sleep with you, now."

A guys ear is actually a woman's favorite sexual organ.

[Behan]

Originally Posted by Iraira

Yes, the free psychiatrist. Someone let the exaggerated cat out of the bag that foreigners have this long history of quickly confessing their sins, problems, fetishes, etc to each other upon meeting, "Hi, nice to meet you, I'm Iraira, and I was molested by an outboard motor when I was 10 years old."
The "I want to get divorced" housewives are funny, but sadly, that confession does not always translate into, "I want to sleep with you, now."

A guys ear is actually a woman's favorite sexual organ.

Truer words have never been spoken.

[American Oyaji]

Originally Posted by Adhesive

Man you guys are mean, lol. It would suprise me if any of you were from the mid-west, USA.

As a matter of fact, I live in Columbus, Ohio

[canman]

I third the motion that a private English class might as well take place in a churches confessional booth. What surprised me was the frankness and candor that women students would tell you about all kinds of problems they had. I heard about erectile dysfunction, to affairs, rape and of course the oldy but goody, molestation. I don't think I could tell such private matters to someone I had only met a month ago.

[GomiGirl]

Well help may be at hand. I took these photos outside the East Exit of Shinjuku station about half an hour ago.




A big group of Americans with signs offering FREE 5 minute English conversations. I stopped and had a chat to one of them. They had little booklets with some prepared phrases like "what are your hobbies?", "favourite movies" and other banalities. But of course at the end they will discuss their own christian beliefs with their victims.

So this may in fact scare people off from ever asking for a free English conversation ever again.

While I was taking photos, one guy was looking kinda suspicious - well I guess he knew I wasn't on their team. But the rest of them were dewy eyed and totally thinking they were doing Japan a favour.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Originally Posted by GomiGirl

A big group of Americans with signs offering FREE 5 minute English conversations. I stopped and had a chat to one of them. They had little booklets with some prepared phrases like ... "favourite movies".

Something about this story just doesn't jive

[Behan]

Originally Posted by GomiGirl

Well help may be at hand. I took these photos outside the East Exit of Shinjuku station about half an hour ago.




So this may in fact scare people off from ever asking for a free English conversation ever again.

Please send hordes of them my way!

[Greji, no, that's 'hordes', not 'whores'. ]

[GomiGirl]

Originally Posted by Samurai_Jerk

Something about this story just doesn't jive

Opps - sorry about that - the spelling was mine. But they were all definitely North Americans. Didn't ask them their stories as I was too afraid they would try to convert me from my bitter and cynical Owellian existentialism to their God Squad.

[Takechanpoo]

Originally Posted by GomiGirl

A big group of Americans with signs offering FREE 5 minute English conversations.

While I was taking photos, one guy was looking kinda suspicious

Apparently new method of Mormonism's invitation.