1. I ordered an American dog from 7-11 and the clerk asked if I wanted it heated up. I couldn’t catch *atatamete* as a word, so I repeated what I thought I heard (“atama?”) while putting my hands on my head. The clerk mimicked me, and the Tencho coming through grabbed his chest, as it looked like the clerk was being robbed. I would see these same people for the next year as I lived across the street.
2. I asked a sushi chef to show me something I probably hadn’t seen before. He asked if I knew *neta nuki*, which I didn’t at the time, and was handed a finger of unadorned rice.
3. I was traveling with a friend on a grand road trip. We didn’t have snow tires or chains (we had “all-season tires”, so no sweat right?) and anyway just about everything was closed because it was New Year’s Eve. We ended up stuck between two mountains in Gokayama, as we were sliding back down either mountain. No vacancies anywhere, and it was late. The police officer let us sleep on the floor of the koban so we didn’t freeze or asphyxiate in our car, and in a way, it was wonderful.
I have longer, dumber stories – we all do – but how about your short, sweet, and dumb stories?
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rofl