Big Box
Hundreds of years ago in Japan....
"Man its so hot today...what do you want to do?"
"We could go to the pools"
"what's the pools?"
"good question, dunno"
"hey I know I've got a big shrine thing...We could carry it on our backs in the hot sun all day. It would be kind of you know...Cultural"
"Hey good idea Toshi!"
Later that afternoon
"man I'm pooped...that was great...we should do this every year"
"Yeah.. it would give them something to write about in the travel guides, you know apart from the whole underpants in vending machines thing"
THE PRESENT (Sunday morning)
I woke up to the sound of a dozen or so men yelling out YO-SHA! YO SHA! which is Japanese for "I'm carrying a bloody big shrine and I'm going to let you know about it". Looking out the window, sure enough there were a dozen or so men carrying a bloody big shrine.
I'm only on the second floor so the sight of a bare chested gaijin popping his head out the window, looking confused, created its own spectacle (not the first time my mere presence managed to divert attention away from a well organized community event). Suddenly with all eyes on me, people were calling me down to join in their box carrying party. well sure guys, let me just put some pants on.
After putting on some pants i wandered down to see what all the yo-sha-ing was about over my morning coffee and cigarrette. My protests were ignored as the box went past me for a second time and i was forced into my new position as "box carrier second from the back on the left". Or was I forced? Perhaps in every man there is a deep seated desire to carry a box in the hot sun. Had this desire been lurking within me, lying dormant untill now?
No. After carrying it for 5 minutes i realise that carrying a big box in the hot sun is about the stupidist idea you could ever have next to bodybuilding and no amount of cultural interest was going to persuade me otherwise.
These guys thought otherwise.
And thats how i spent Sunday morning. Or at least 5 minutes of it. the rest isnt really worth knowing about (try arguing over video store fines in a foriegn language some time)
"Man its so hot today...what do you want to do?"
"We could go to the pools"
"what's the pools?"
"good question, dunno"
"hey I know I've got a big shrine thing...We could carry it on our backs in the hot sun all day. It would be kind of you know...Cultural"
"Hey good idea Toshi!"
Later that afternoon
"man I'm pooped...that was great...we should do this every year"
"Yeah.. it would give them something to write about in the travel guides, you know apart from the whole underpants in vending machines thing"
THE PRESENT (Sunday morning)
I woke up to the sound of a dozen or so men yelling out YO-SHA! YO SHA! which is Japanese for "I'm carrying a bloody big shrine and I'm going to let you know about it". Looking out the window, sure enough there were a dozen or so men carrying a bloody big shrine.
I'm only on the second floor so the sight of a bare chested gaijin popping his head out the window, looking confused, created its own spectacle (not the first time my mere presence managed to divert attention away from a well organized community event). Suddenly with all eyes on me, people were calling me down to join in their box carrying party. well sure guys, let me just put some pants on.
After putting on some pants i wandered down to see what all the yo-sha-ing was about over my morning coffee and cigarrette. My protests were ignored as the box went past me for a second time and i was forced into my new position as "box carrier second from the back on the left". Or was I forced? Perhaps in every man there is a deep seated desire to carry a box in the hot sun. Had this desire been lurking within me, lying dormant untill now?
No. After carrying it for 5 minutes i realise that carrying a big box in the hot sun is about the stupidist idea you could ever have next to bodybuilding and no amount of cultural interest was going to persuade me otherwise.
These guys thought otherwise.
And thats how i spent Sunday morning. Or at least 5 minutes of it. the rest isnt really worth knowing about (try arguing over video store fines in a foriegn language some time)
posted by Gram at 3:59 AM
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