46 things that surprise FG in Japan

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Tipping is fucken vile. I hate having to deal with practices common to Third World economic systems.

[matsuki]

Tipping is fucken vile. I hate having to deal with practices common to Third World economic systems.

The only people who like tips are the people receiving them...even then ungrateful assholes give you a hard time.

Was literally attacked twice by taxi drivers in Las Vegas because my boss (even funnier cause he is Jewish) was really cheap with his tips to the drivers. Had a drink thrown at us once followed by a big "Fuck you Asshole!!" The drivers, likely not born/raised in the US though...

[omae mona]

Was literally attacked twice by taxi drivers in Las Vegas

Holy crap, seriously? How much was the tip and what was the attack?

because my boss (even funnier cause he is Jewish)

Huh? Why is that funny?

[Samurai_Jerk]

because my boss (even funnier cause he is Jewish)

Huh? Why is that funny?

Cuz Jews is cheap. Get it?

[matsuki]

Was literally attacked twice by taxi drivers in Las Vegas

Holy crap, seriously? How much was the tip and what was the attack?

Seriously, not sure what he handed over but obviously it was less than expected.

because my boss (even funnier cause he is Jewish)

Huh? Why is that funny?

Cuz Jews is cheap. Get it?

I left out the most important detail with that...one of the cabbies called my boss "Fooohkin' Jew!!" while making a scene in front of Caesars Palace. To this day, all of us there still call him "Fooohkin Jew!!" when we see him. (though one of the Japanese employees started referring to him as number ten....I don't think he quite got it)

[Coligny]

Not sure about the bread.. but it is tasty

I know my English reading comprehension is going to shit after being in Japan so long. You don't mean you actually like the bread here, do you?

Find a good baker... And it will be...
Here it's Mont Thabor for komeko pan
Apita for baguette and pain de campagne.
Max value for stronger baguette and softer pain de campagne
The baker from valor for brioche and croissant (custard cream)

Overall... The bakery in town are absolutely awesome...

The original claim was that 7-11 has great bread, not that Japan has great bakeries.
About the bakeries - some make great bread similar to the one you can find at a countryside bakery in Toscana but the brad costs like a house in southern France.

And I answered that 7-11 had quite surprisingly good bread-ish stuff...

[kagemusha]

(even funnier cause he is Jewish)

He should have asked the driver if he has any Indian blood in him and try to pay with some beads or a bottle of cheap whiskey, it works every time. (no, this offensive stupid post doesn't reflect my opinion on any race religion or culture but I always carry a small mirror in my pocket.)

[kagemusha]

Not sure about the bread.. but it is tasty

I know my English reading comprehension is going to shit after being in Japan so long. You don't mean you actually like the bread here, do you?

Find a good baker... And it will be...
Here it's Mont Thabor for komeko pan
Apita for baguette and pain de campagne.
Max value for stronger baguette and softer pain de campagne
The baker from valor for brioche and croissant (custard cream)

Overall... The bakery in town are absolutely awesome...

The original claim was that 7-11 has great bread, not that Japan has great bakeries.
About the bakeries - some make great bread similar to the one you can find at a countryside bakery in Toscana but the brad costs like a house in southern France.

And I answered that 7-11 had quite surprisingly good bread-ish stuff...

Well, we can argue about that but I was making a point that the fact some good bakeries exist doesn't make the original claim any stronger.

[omae mona]

(even funnier cause he is Jewish)

He should have asked the driver if he has any Indian blood in him and try to pay with some beads or a bottle of cheap whiskey, it works every time. (no, this offensive stupid post doesn't reflect my opinion on any race religion or culture but I always carry a small mirror in my pocket.)

I'm not quite sure how that quote got attributed to Screwed-down Hairdo....

[matsuki]

(even funnier cause he is Jewish)

He should have asked the driver if he has any Indian blood in him and try to pay with some beads or a bottle of cheap whiskey, it works every time. (no, this offensive stupid post doesn't reflect my opinion on any race religion or culture but I always carry a small mirror in my pocket.)

Uhh what?

(even funnier cause he is Jewish)

He should have asked the driver if he has any Indian blood in him and try to pay with some beads or a bottle of cheap whiskey, it works every time. (no, this offensive stupid post doesn't reflect my opinion on any race religion or culture but I always carry a small mirror in my pocket.)

I'm not quite sure how that quote got attributed to Screwed-down Hairdo....

SDH takes it by default

[kagemusha]

(even funnier cause he is Jewish)

He should have asked the driver if he has any Indian blood in him and try to pay with some beads or a bottle of cheap whiskey, it works every time. (no, this offensive stupid post doesn't reflect my opinion on any race religion or culture but I always carry a small mirror in my pocket.)

Uhh what?

(even funnier cause he is Jewish)

He should have asked the driver if he has any Indian blood in him and try to pay with some beads or a bottle of cheap whiskey, it works every time. (no, this offensive stupid post doesn't reflect my opinion on any race religion or culture but I always carry a small mirror in my pocket.)

I'm not quite sure how that quote got attributed to Screwed-down Hairdo....

SDH takes it by default

Got nothing to do with SDH and it's not personally against chokonen888 who sounds like a nice guy under all those layers of dried pussy juice. Just a principal.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

LOL, the fact that the sausages look like this make it a challenging proposition.

Could have been a pig...pigs have corkscrew dicks.

[Samurai_Jerk]

That reminds me, you can order all kinds of Brazilian sausages online here: http://www.bomprecomercado.com/

It's all in Portuguese but it's not too hard to figure out. You can also call them and order over the phone in Japanese. For sausages click Carnes > Linguiça.

[Coligny]

That reminds me, you can order all kinds of Brazilian sausages online here:

Tee hee... Hee hee heee...

[matsuki]

Got nothing to do with SDH and it's not personally against chokonen888 who sounds like a nice guy under all those layers of dried pussy juice. Just a principal.

Ehhh you're reading into it the wrong way (what SJ posted) and that's not what I was trying to say. Boss isn't religious at all nor does he have any kind of stereotypical racial look to him. I think he's only half Jewish but in that group we regularly called each other the jew (later changed to foohkin jew after said cabbie), the mexican, the negro and the indian. (it wasn't til later that we got a half k-girl, a Chinese d00d, and a Japanese guy) We all couldn't stop laughing at the cabbie insult, which just confused and infuriated him more. It's like someone asshole calling me an "indian giver" without knowing my ethnic background. Sure I could call him an ignorant fuck and explain how historically incorrect that racist shit is...but I don't take myself that seriously and the guy is an asshole so I'm more likely to laugh and say something equally stupid like "better be careful I don't scalp you!"

[Samurai_Jerk]

foohkin jew

Was the cabbie Glaswegian? Now I see the irony of him calling a Jew cheap.

[matsuki]

foohkin jew

Was the cabbie Glaswegian? Now I see the irony of him calling a Jew cheap.

My best guess is from some middle eastern country...super heavy accent...which made is cursing and insults all the more hilarious. (and reinforces why getting upset, FG are better off sticking to English)

[Samurai_Jerk]

foohkin jew

Was the cabbie Glaswegian? Now I see the irony of him calling a Jew cheap.

My best guess is from some middle eastern country...super heavy accent...which made is cursing and insults all the more hilarious. (and reinforces why getting upset, FG are better off sticking to English)

"Foohkin" sounds more Scottish to me.

[matsuki]

Maybe he just needs speech therapy?

[Taro Toporific]

I looooove threads that go off topic, but the last 10 or so posts have nothing to do with "46 things that surprise FG in Japan" and everything to do with mental health.

[matsuki]

I looooove threads that go off topic, but the last 10 or so posts have nothing to do with "46 things that surprise FG in Japan" and everything to do with mental health.

You want to bring it full circle and relevant to the samba thread with nuclear Brazilian sausages?

[kagemusha]

Got nothing to do with SDH and it's not personally against chokonen888 who sounds like a nice guy under all those layers of dried pussy juice. Just a principal.

Ehhh you're reading into it the wrong way (what SJ posted) and that's not what I was trying to say. Boss isn't religious at all nor does he have any kind of stereotypical racial look to him. I think he's only half Jewish but in that group we regularly called each other the jew (later changed to foohkin jew after said cabbie), the mexican, the negro and the indian. (it wasn't til later that we got a half k-girl, a Chinese d00d, and a Japanese guy) We all couldn't stop laughing at the cabbie insult, which just confused and infuriated him more. It's like someone asshole calling me an "indian giver" without knowing my ethnic background. Sure I could call him an ignorant fuck and explain how historically incorrect that racist shit is...but I don't take myself that seriously and the guy is an asshole so I'm more likely to laugh and say something equally stupid like "better be careful I don't scalp you!"

Yeah, I said it is not personally against you. I fully agree with what you say as long as it's not malicious. No problems with self cynical humor or using 'degrading' racial slurs with people who understand you mean no harm.
The problem with the 'Jews are cheap' is that this concept is the idiot cousin of 'Jews are good with money' which is the second halfbreed cousin of 'Jews control the world' and all of them are the retard grandchildren of 'Jews drink the blood of children' 'Jews killed Jesus' and every other wild fantasy of a medieval priest. Some Jews around the world still die every year due to those morons.
And by the way you can be a complete atheist, non religious and still be a Jew.
Shana tova

[Coligny]

Well except that "dem djouze are gud with muney" have an historical background. Dating back to the middle age when dealing with money was considered an unclean activitie and thus left to the lower casts... Which wuz then the non christians... Mostly djouze...

At least that whut they say in highschool history buks...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Well except that "dem djouze are gud with muney" have an historical background. Dating back to the middle age when dealing with money was considered an unclean activitie and thus left to the lower casts... Which wuz then the non christians... Mostly djouze...

At least that whut they say in highschool history buks...

I never knew that historical precedent made prejudice OK. Thanks for clearing that up.

[matsuki]

Got nothing to do with SDH and it's not personally against chokonen888 who sounds like a nice guy under all those layers of dried pussy juice. Just a principal.

Ehhh you're reading into it the wrong way (what SJ posted) and that's not what I was trying to say. Boss isn't religious at all nor does he have any kind of stereotypical racial look to him. I think he's only half Jewish but in that group we regularly called each other the jew (later changed to foohkin jew after said cabbie), the mexican, the negro and the indian. (it wasn't til later that we got a half k-girl, a Chinese d00d, and a Japanese guy) We all couldn't stop laughing at the cabbie insult, which just confused and infuriated him more. It's like someone asshole calling me an "indian giver" without knowing my ethnic background. Sure I could call him an ignorant fuck and explain how historically incorrect that racist shit is...but I don't take myself that seriously and the guy is an asshole so I'm more likely to laugh and say something equally stupid like "better be careful I don't scalp you!"

Yeah, I said it is not personally against you. I fully agree with what you say as long as it's not malicious. No problems with self cynical humor or using 'degrading' racial slurs with people who understand you mean no harm.
The problem with the 'Jews are cheap' is that this concept is the idiot cousin of 'Jews are good with money' which is the second halfbreed cousin of 'Jews control the world' and all of them are the retard grandchildren of 'Jews drink the blood of children' 'Jews killed Jesus' and every other wild fantasy of a medieval priest. Some Jews around the world still die every year due to those morons.
And by the way you can be a complete atheist, non religious and still be a Jew.
Shana tova

As long as you understand I'm not trying to spread hate/prejudice, just laugh at those who do...

http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clip ... cial-draft

[Coligny]

Well except that "dem djouze are gud with muney" have an historical background. Dating back to the middle age when dealing with money was considered an unclean activitie and thus left to the lower casts... Which wuz then the non christians... Mostly djouze...

At least that whut they say in highschool history buks...

I never knew that historical precedent made prejudice OK. Thanks for clearing that up.

Nope, meanwhile when a group of people is restricted to certain activities for centuries it can be understood that they somehow become masters in their trades.

Jews are good with financial matters
Swiss are excellent with timepieces
French knows how to make wine and cheese

Same goes with national level traditions... Who would you trust more to cross an ocean ? A Dutch or a Hungarian ?

Are those all prejudices ?

If ya want to be finicky, giving historical context of a situation does not make it ok. French antisemitism have deep historical origins... That don't make them ok, but just show they are not overnight out of the blue newfound problem. (I think it goes back to "dem djouze hung djeebus" or something equally... Unsound....)
Don't get me started on the Freemason clusterfuck....

Also since when being good at something is considered bad and a prejudice ?

[Samurai_Jerk]

Also since when being good at something is considered bad and a prejudice ?

That's a really fucking stupid question considering all the baggage that has gone along with the assumption about Jews and money historically.

Anyway, I was taught the same thing about the Jews and handling money in Europe (it also apparently applied to the Middle East since Muslims can't charge interest). The other reason why Jews became bankers and merchants in Europe is they weren't allowed to join guilds and take up a trade or work the land as farmers (sure being a serf sucked but it was still more respectable).

[Coligny]

I'm not sure aboot your position toward the bagage thing...

[matsuki]

Apparently, at least one Jew thinks other Jews shouldn't be married to Arabs...

(sorry, this article title just had to be posted somewhere on FG)

WEINER EXPLODES: Feisty mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner gets nasty at Brooklyn campaign stop as three videos of disgraced pol go viral

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/electio ... -1.1445762

[Samurai_Jerk]

Another list. This time it's 50 reasons Tokyo is the world's greatest city. The list is .... meh. Check out the comments though. They're really negative.

Here's a couple of examples:

All true, but you forgot to mention that as a non-Japanese/foreigner you will be the victim of racism and discrimination without fail. Moreover, English is not widely spoken, or even attempted at many of the above establishment. Finally, don't even consider going if you do not have serious coin; backpackers not welcome.

Lucy Blackman, Lindsay Hawker, Nicola Furlong, Scott Kang, Richard Scott Tucker, Julia Chu, Lin Chih-ying, all young foreigners murdered because they thought Tokyo night-life was safe. There are many more cases we never hear about.

Many Japanese think the red light zones are dangerous. Governor Ishihara said he was too scared to go there, and he ordered police to arrest foreigners working there. Roppongi and Shinjuku are notorious for credit card scams, spiked drinks and drugs, yakuza violence and rip-offs. You didn't hear about those 10 guys with baseball bats beating somebody to death in front of 300 people at a dance club? Remember the Nozaki case? He got 3 years for flushing a Filipina's body parts down a toilet, got out of jail, killed another. Even famous TV host Peter Barakan was assaulted. Mainali from Nepal spent 16 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit in Shibuya red light district. The stories go on and on.

These gaijin writers, who work in government propaganda roles, would know all about these cases. Writing about cat cafes and eating dirt is one thing. Telling foreign visitors they are safe in a red light district, when they are not, is pretty bad. It's an outright lie, and a dangerous one. Why is CNN paying these people to write this? Would you tell people they are safe in sleazy bars in Pattaya or Phuket or Phnom Penh or Manila? When the next innocent foreigner dies in Tokyo, we can thank this site for keeping people blind and ignorant about Japan.