I'm too lazy to Google for this question.
The 2-Belo
Osaka/Kobe is completely ass-backwards from that in Nagoya, to wit: in Osaka and
Kobe, people stand on the right to allow people to pass on the left, the
opposite of what I'm used to, so I'm constantly standing on the wrong side.
500 words or less, please, and the following words and phrases are forbidden in
your answer:
1. Ancient
2. Traditional
3. Samurai
4. Ninja
5. Zaibatsu
6. "All your base are belong to us"
Sincerely,
"2"
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Declan Murphy
> I hereby request someone to please explain to me why escalator etiquette in
> Osaka/Kobe is completely ass-backwards from that in Nagoya, to wit: in Osaka and
> Kobe, people stand on the right to allow people to pass on the left, the
> opposite of what I'm used to, so I'm constantly standing on the wrong side.
Correct me if I'm wrong, actually don't, but my experience of Nagoya
over the past 10 years is that all too often the bastards stand in the
bloody middle. Well only if they are over a certain age of course. But
that still makes them bastards.
> 500 words or less, please, and the following words and phrases are forbidden in
> your answer:
>
> 1. Ancient
> 2. Traditional
> 3. Samurai
> 4. Ninja
> 5. Zaibatsu
> 6. "All your base are belong to us"
I read somewhere that it had something to do with an expo. Maybe in two
years Aichi can follow suit and at least agree to stand on one side?
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The 2-Belo
>The 2-Belo wrote:
>> I hereby request someone to please explain to me why escalator etiquette in
>> Osaka/Kobe is completely ass-backwards from that in Nagoya, to wit: in Osaka and
>> Kobe, people stand on the right to allow people to pass on the left, the
>> opposite of what I'm used to, so I'm constantly standing on the wrong side.
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong, actually don't, but my experience of Nagoya
>over the past 10 years is that all too often the bastards stand in the
>bloody middle. Well only if they are over a certain age of course. But
>that still makes them bastards.
Usually I see the phenomenon of 50 people standing on the left, and 10 people
standing on the right who are totally oblivious to the fact that there are
people standing right behind them stamping their feet and clearing their throats
loud enough to be heard on Mars in an attempt to convey the desire that they get
the fuck out of the way.
With a scattering of teenaged gum-snapping fuckcheeses and/or ancient senile
mummies standing in the bloody middle, yes.
>> 500 words or less, please, and the following words and phrases are forbidden in
>> your answer:
>>
>> 1. Ancient
>> 2. Traditional
>> 3. Samurai
>> 4. Ninja
>> 5. Zaibatsu
>> 6. "All your base are belong to us"
>
>I read somewhere that it had something to do with an expo. Maybe in two
>years Aichi can follow suit and at least agree to stand on one side?
I wouldn't bet on it. They're still trying to suggest, through cartooney
advertisements, that people should not take up several hectares of space when
sitting down on the subway. It ain't working.
Adriaan Tijsseling
The 2-Belo <the2...@msd.biPOKPOKglobe.ne.jp> wrote:
> Usually I see the phenomenon of 50 people standing on the left, and 10 people
> standing on the right who are totally oblivious to the fact that there are
> people standing right behind them stamping their feet and clearing their
> throats
> loud enough to be heard on Mars in an attempt to convey the desire that they
> get
> the fuck out of the way.
>
> With a scattering of teenaged gum-snapping fuckcheeses and/or ancient senile
> mummies standing in the bloody middle, yes.
I wouldn't know. I tend to bulldozer over them while trying to get to
the train, which obviously closes its doors the second I approach. I'd
dive into the train, where it not near impossible to do it's packedness.
Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson
> I hereby request someone to please explain to me why escalator etiquette in
> Osaka/Kobe is completely ass-backwards from that in Nagoya, to wit: in Osaka and
> Kobe, people stand on the right to allow people to pass on the left, the
> opposite of what I'm used to, so I'm constantly standing on the wrong side.
This is due to an ancient samurai tradition where the Kinai-jins kept
their sword arm to the wall side so they couldn't whip out their
super-secret Real Ultimate Power ninja weaponry to stab passing
zaibatsu-jins.
> 500 words or less, please, and the following words and phrases are forbidden in
> your answer:
>
> 1. Ancient
> 2. Traditional
> 3. Samurai
> 4. Ninja
> 5. Zaibatsu
> 6. "All your base are belong to us"
Arse. One out of six ain't bad? Alternatively, it could be that then
the Osaka World Expo opened in 1970ish, in order to appear more
Western, they recommended the standing to the right on the new-fangled
escalator things.
> Sincerely,
> "2"
Ken
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> Osaka/Kobe is completely ass-backwards from that in Nagoya, to wit: in
Osaka and
> Kobe, people stand on the right to allow people to pass on the left, the
> opposite of what I'm used to, so I'm constantly standing on the wrong
side.
>
I'm guilty of being a middle-space occupier. This is due in the main to my
gargantuan arse, but also - especially so at this time of year - to the
static electricity that builds up on the escalators. Does anyone else have a
car that tries to electrocute them every autumn (Fall for Sepponians)?
To be honest I must say that the elevator (lift for Austrians) is now my
preferred method of Nagoya building-commute. Again, in the main due to the
aforementioned arse, and there's nothing quite so satisfying as scoffing
down an Indian lunchtime buffet and then sharing the experience with the
innocent locals...
--
jonathan
"never give curry to ducks"
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"Declan Murphy" <declan...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> The 2-Belo wrote:
> > I hereby request someone to please explain to me why escalator etiquette
in
> > Osaka/Kobe is completely ass-backwards from that in Nagoya, to wit: in
Osaka and
> > Kobe, people stand on the right to allow people to pass on the left, the
> > opposite of what I'm used to, so I'm constantly standing on the wrong
side.
You're confusing with usage for stairs, corridors, sidewalks, and other
places where people walk....
On escalators, you are not supposed to move, especially if other people are
standing in front of you. So you can stand in the middle or on whichever
side you want, even block the way with your luggage if you need to.
In Osaka's stations and department stores, you can sometimes hear
loudspeaker messages telling people they shouldn't walk on escalators.
Accidents are not that rare.
> Correct me if I'm wrong, actually don't, but my experience of Nagoya
> over the past 10 years is that all too often the bastards stand in the
> bloody middle. Well only if they are over a certain age of course. But
> that still makes them bastards.
Educated people. If you want to go faster than others, take the stairs or
the highway, not the escalator.
Faut pas pousser Meme dans les orties !
CC
Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing
folks seem to be standing and if someone wants to move around me then I
invite them to do so in the most loving of manners. If I am moving up the
escalator and fuckers are blocking me both ways I (after 2
"sumimasens")shove like a sumanabitch and fuckin pray that someone starts
some shit.
I'm a hillbilly and I know no other way.
Brian
The 2-Belo
>The 2-Belo <the2...@msd.biPOKPOKglobe.ne.jp> wrote in message news:<3f6911f5$0$2949$df06...@news.sexzilla.net>...
>> I hereby request someone to please explain to me why escalator etiquette in
>> Osaka/Kobe is completely ass-backwards from that in Nagoya, to wit: in Osaka and
>> Kobe, people stand on the right to allow people to pass on the left, the
>> opposite of what I'm used to, so I'm constantly standing on the wrong side.
>
>This is due to an ancient samurai tradition where the Kinai-jins kept
>their sword arm to the wall side so they couldn't whip out their
>super-secret Real Ultimate Power ninja weaponry to stab passing
>zaibatsu-jins.
BZZZZZZZZZZT!
>> 500 words or less, please, and the following words and phrases are forbidden in
>> your answer:
>>
>> 1. Ancient
>> 2. Traditional
>> 3. Samurai
>> 4. Ninja
>> 5. Zaibatsu
>> 6. "All your base are belong to us"
>
>Arse. One out of six ain't bad? Alternatively, it could be that then
>the Osaka World Expo opened in 1970ish, in order to appear more
>Western, they recommended the standing to the right on the new-fangled
>escalator things.
Hmm. What a stupid concept. And this idea is still in use after 30 years. There
are even signs up on the escalators that command you stand on the right. Sheesh.
>> Sincerely,
>> "2"
>
>Ken
The 2-Belo
>In Osaka's stations and department stores, you can sometimes hear
>loudspeaker messages telling people they shouldn't walk on escalators.
In how many mangled languages? I think Gifu's Melsa holds the local record, with
Gaggin' Annie female announcements in both English and French, for some reason.
But anyway. So I'm a bastard for wanting to walk up the escalator because the
damned thing moves at three cm per solar year and there are too many damned
people leaping down the fixed stairways like they're fleeing from multiple
hatchet murderers. At least -- MOST of the time -- with an escalator you get
something resembling a clear channel.
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"The 2-Belo" <the2...@msd.biPOKPOKglobe.ne.jp> wrote in message
> >In Osaka's stations and department stores, you can sometimes hear
> >loudspeaker messages telling people they shouldn't walk on escalators.
>
> In how many mangled languages?
Only one. Gozaimasu-go.
>I think Gifu's Melsa holds the local record, with
> Gaggin' Annie female announcements in both English and French, for some
reason.
Most of the time, I don't perceive the Japanese announcements in French or
English. It's worse than opera. Sometimes it's embarassing because there
were CMs or songs in *French* and I've asked what that meant, what dialect
that was...
Anyway, the messages are not for the gaigin. In Osaka's subway the English
version of "tanimachi yon chome" is "TuneeMachee yon Chowme", and of course
on all the maps and signs "yon" is written "4". They don't imagine there are
human beings that can't count till 4...
> But anyway. So I'm a bastard for wanting to walk up the escalator because
the
> damned thing moves at three cm per solar year
Escalators are designed for 2 persons to stand on the same step (on 2 steps
if one is really taller) and exhange a long kiss. In fact, they are often
too fast.
That was not the aim, but they are also useful for the (many) people that
get quickly exhausted when they have to walk 500 metres in the Japanese
crowd. They take an escalator each time they need a rest. My aunt loved the
HEP, because there are many elevators to go up and down and up and down...
> and there are too many damned
> people leaping down the fixed stairways like they're fleeing from multiple
> hatchet murderers. At least -- MOST of the time -- with an escalator you
get
> something resembling a clear channel.
Ah yeah ? I nearly always have the stairs just for me, while others are
queuing for the escalators. Except on Sundays or during peak hours when
there are so many people in your way that you can't do anything to go faster
(usually, I sit down somewhere, with a book or a drink until they stop
running like a herd of turkeys).
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Bryan Parker
Mel Kladenjugs
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with:
Fuck off, asshole!
Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing
> Potty mouthed mother fucker ain't ya?
>
>
Fuck me raw,
Brian
Ryan Ginstrom
"Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing" <la...@my.nuts.wouldja?> wrote in message
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>
Welcome back, Dick.
So where did your latest bagswing land you?
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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom
The 2-Belo
>
>"The 2-Belo" <the2...@msd.biPOKPOKglobe.ne.jp> wrote in message
>
>> >In Osaka's stations and department stores, you can sometimes hear
>> >loudspeaker messages telling people they shouldn't walk on escalators.
>>
>> In how many mangled languages?
>
>Only one. Gozaimasu-go.
>
>>I think Gifu's Melsa holds the local record, with
>> Gaggin' Annie female announcements in both English and French, for some
>reason.
>
>Most of the time, I don't perceive the Japanese announcements in French or
>English. It's worse than opera. Sometimes it's embarassing because there
>were CMs or songs in *French* and I've asked what that meant, what dialect
>that was...
>Anyway, the messages are not for the gaigin. In Osaka's subway the English
>version of "tanimachi yon chome" is "TuneeMachee yon Chowme", and of course
>on all the maps and signs "yon" is written "4". They don't imagine there are
>human beings that can't count till 4...
Heh.
"This is Nyah-goyah. Please change here for the Hi-GYEASH-ee-YEAH-ma,
May-tetsoo, Keen-tetsoo, and JR lines."
or
"This is Kokusai Center. All desperate gaigins searching for English teaching
jobs at the Nagoya International Center, please lunge off at this station. All
gaigins who do not depart at this station will be stared at expectantly by other
riders until it dawns on them that not all gaigins are bound for Kokusai
Center."
PS. Years ago, before I learned the language, I could have sworn "Chome" was
pronounced similar to "chrome".
[...]
>> something resembling a clear channel.
>
>Ah yeah ? I nearly always have the stairs just for me, while others are
>queuing for the escalators. Except on Sundays or during peak hours when
>there are so many people in your way that you can't do anything to go faster
>(usually, I sit down somewhere, with a book or a drink until they stop
>running like a herd of turkeys).
I don't know how it is in other cities, but Nagoyans (Nagoyites? Nagoyacs?) have
this thing for running at full tilt up and down the stairs, two or three steps
at a time, in a life-or-death dash for other trains, children and elderly be
damned. Rather than being run over like an old man at a crosswalk, I opt for the
moving stairs thingie.
Topic morph: At least the escalators in Nagoya are manageable distancewise. Some
of the escalators in Metro stations back home in Washington DC -- here I'm
thinking of the Red Line Ridley Park/Zoo station in particular -- look like they
might be 22,397 feet high. They're the scariest escalators I've ever seen. Does
Japan have any of these stairway-to-heaven superescalators?
Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing
> Welcome back, Dick.
>
> So where did your latest bagswing land you?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ryan Ginstrom
>
Still in Saitama and much calmer than before. I have chilled out and am
ready to rock some ying yang ass.
Thank you,
Brian
Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing
> Welcome back, Dick.
>
> So where did your latest bagswing land you?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ryan Ginstrom
>
Ryan,
Still in Saitama and doing well,thank you.
Ready to rock some ying yang ass.
Brian
Michael Cash
<la...@my.nuts.wouldja?> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
>
>> Welcome back, Dick.
>>
>> So where did your latest bagswing land you?
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Ryan Ginstrom
>>
>Hey Ryan,
>
>Still in Saitama and much calmer than before. I have chilled out
Let me guess. That means you no longer live with/near your
father-in-law?
Bryan Parker
said:
>
>> Potty mouthed mother fucker ain't ya?
>>
>>
>Only for you,Daddy.
>
>Fuck me raw,
>
At the next gathering, Baybee. I've got a
soldering iron that I've been saving for your
man-sized ass bagel.
Welcome back.
Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing
> Let me guess. That means you no longer live with/near your
> father-in-law?
>
with.
Brian
Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing
> >
> At the next gathering, Baybee. I've got a
> soldering iron that I've been saving for your
> man-sized ass bagel.
>
> Welcome back.
>
Brian