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Doug G
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USA
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 Posted - 21 November 2013 : 18:48:46
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Well, us Navy guys always thought Sea Stories started with "This ain't no **** .." with no disclaimer that anything REALLY happened. :)
I recall Japan fondly. I never seemed to get anyone else from the ship to explore the countryside and ended up taking lots of train rides by myself. My first weekend trip to a city on the western coast of Japan, (Niigata, a few hours by train from Tokyo), taught me the word for bathroom in Japanese, as in relieving oneself. I was checking into a hotel there by myself, a non-Japanese speaker, and when I asked the clerk "where's the bathroom" for the next 30 minutes or so I was shown every bathing facility in the hotel, from the large communal bath to some really ritzy private bathing rooms. The guy must have thought I was finding their hotel lacking when I kept saying "No, No". Finally I got the message across, and the guy almost hollered "Oh, O-Benjo!!!" and showed me to the proper facility.
We parted very much friends the next day, and I was sorry I had to catch a train back to Yokosuka.
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Carefree
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Philippines
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Posted - 21 November 2013 : 21:27:29
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Doug G
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USA
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Posted - 23 November 2013 : 18:17:01
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Originally posted by Carefree
I had a language professor at Johannes Gutenberg Universität in Mainz, who said the first thing one learns when traveling internationally is "Where is the bathroom?". Next are the curse words, because when you find it, the door is locked.
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Panhandler
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USA
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Posted - 29 November 2013 : 12:41:57
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Originally posted by Carefree
I had a language professor at Johannes Gutenberg Universität in Mainz, who said the first thing one learns when traveling internationally is "Where is the bathroom?". Next are the curse words, because when you find it, the door is locked.
Or there was no toilet paper. |
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Anyone heard from Carefree?
