Re: [PIC] Kite
From Arthur J. O'Dwyer <aj...@andrew.cmu.edu>
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· 9 Sep 2003 23:33 · View full thread
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Iain D Broadfoot wrote: > > David Reis said something: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 22:19:36 +0000, kirara wrote: > > > >>> Join the |****|==========| Soon bombing > >>> US World |****|==========| a small > >>> Domination |===============| country > >>> Tour 2003! |===============| near you! > >> Heeeey! > > > > I thought you were from Japan? Why does it offend you then? > > It just occurred to me (after reading kirara's reply) why this might be > offensive to Japanese - think 'Big Boy'. -=,,_ ' ) \ _..=" L. .' _/+\ / _..--''_--| |.\/ __ / __ \ ||| / __ / \\ \ -\ / \) \_.' This was as far as I got before realizing that no matter what I tried, this "Big Boy" was going to come out looking really deformed. I think you meant "Little Boy"... although there *are* "Big Boy" restaurants in Japan now, so maybe they'd be upset about the quality of the food, or something. Those dang hamburger hegemonists! -Arthur
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From: "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" <aj...@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [PIC] Kite
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