"Blair P. Houghton" > wrote in message
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>
> Musashi wrote:
> > BTW it's actually very funny to most Japanese people.
> > "Zoukin"- a rag used solely for wiping floors, cleaning the house.
>
> "Gari - nobody knows what this is made of."
>
> Had me rolling. I'm going to think of that every time I see gari from
> now on, and in fact, did so just last night (i'd seen that link in
> another newsgroup last week and was waiting to see how long it'd take
> to cross-contaminate over here).
>
> Also, what does "tashi" really mean? I've never heard that term, and
> wondered if it wasn't a misdirect for the tourists to get them to say
> something insulting to the sushi-ya. But if this thing is funny in
> Japan that's probably not the joke, so what's it for?
>
> --Blair
>

Taisho? That means General or Great Military Leader.

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