advice
Leeann E
curious as to what basic advice you would give to someone new to the country
and culture.
ie food, customs, personal security and safety adnthing else that may be
relavant.
regards
Leeann Eg
Ed
"Leeann E" <clogwogs1__optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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Bring underarm deoderant.
Amazingly, most people come to Japan thinking that it's an industrialized
country, yet without an affective underarm deoderant in the stores, it's
hard to justify the claim.
Dave Fossett
> Bring underarm deoderant.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who thinks the same.
--
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan
Rodney Webster
"Dave Fossett" <re...@via.newsgroup> wrote:
> Ed wrote:
>
> > Bring underarm deoderant.
>
> Glad to hear I'm not the only one who stinks the same.
I fixed your spelling for you.
--
Rodney Webster
http://knot.mine.nu/
Pete
"Rodney Webster" <rgw_n...@knot.mine.nu> wrote in message
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I found this out when I arrived when first running out of pit spray ,
apparently the majority of Asian people
don't produce the chemical that makes sweat 'smell' . (if you are in the 2%
of Japanese whose sweat
does stink you can get an Honourable Discharge from the army for the good of
the unit apparently)
So therefore whilst you can buy plenty of anti-perspirant in the 7-11's
(just as easy to dust your pits with flour
and as effective)
They've felt no need to develop or sell 'Deodorant'
Which is why I've had funny looks returning with 4 cans of Right Guard in my
carry-on
(They seem to draw the line at 5, had to bin one at Heathrow )
And getting odd comments when telling visitors to bring Tea Bags and
Deodorant
Just M2C
Pete
Shibuya
Kevin Gowen
> apparently the majority of Asian people
> don't produce the chemical that makes sweat 'smell' .
You're not the first fish to swallow that hook.
> (if you are in
> the 2% of Japanese whose sweat
> does stink you can get an Honourable Discharge from the army for the
> good of the unit apparently)
BWAHAHA!
--
Kevin Gowen
"When I'm president, we'll do executive orders to overcome any wrong
thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day." Dick Gephardt
(D-MO), presidential candidate
Michael Cash
<homepag...@zak.att.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going
with:
>
>"Rodney Webster" <rgw_n...@knot.mine.nu> wrote in message
>news:rgw_news001-A75F...@news01.so-net.ne.jp...
>> In article <K4wLa.1644$t6....@news1.dion.ne.jp>,
>> "Dave Fossett" <re...@via.newsgroup> wrote:
>>
>> > Ed wrote:
>> >
>> > > Bring underarm deoderant.
>> >
>> > Glad to hear I'm not the only one who stinks the same.
>>
>> I fixed your spelling for you.
>>
>> --
>> Rodney Webster
>> http://knot.mine.nu/
>
>I found this out when I arrived when first running out of pit spray ,
>apparently the majority of Asian people
>don't produce the chemical that makes sweat 'smell' . (if you are in the 2%
>of Japanese whose sweat
>does stink you can get an Honourable Discharge from the army for the good of
>the unit apparently)
Almost correct.
It isn't that only 2% of Japanese produce the chemical that makes
sweat stink. It is that only 2% of Japanese have the chromosome that
allows them to smell it. Unfortunately, close to 100% of the
foreigners who visit Japan seem to have been born with the chromosome
that allows them to smell Japanese sweat.
On a more serious note, there *are* clinics in Japan which offer
surgical procedures to remove underarm sweat glands from people who
perspire too profusely.
>
>So therefore whilst you can buy plenty of anti-perspirant in the 7-11's
Not all of us are on some big phat expat expense account.
>(just as easy to dust your pits with flour
>and as effective)
>They've felt no need to develop or sell 'Deodorant'
Similar problem when they first tried selling "Sinex" here. Nobody
knew they had sinus problems....because nobody knew they had sinuses.
(Sinii? No....that's a desert). Anyway, the commercial had to first
inform the Japanese that they even have sinuses before they could sell
them medicine for sinus problems.
--
Michael Cash
"There was a time, Mr. Cash, when I believed you must be the most useless
thing in the world. But that was before I read a Microsoft help file."
Prof. Ernest T. Bass
Mount Pilot College
Dave Fossett
> Almost correct.
>
> It isn't that only 2% of Japanese produce the chemical that makes
> sweat stink. It is that only 2% of Japanese have the chromosome that
> allows them to smell it. Unfortunately, close to 100% of the
> foreigners who visit Japan seem to have been born with the chromosome
> that allows them to smell Japanese sweat.
Hehe, this certainly sounds closer to the truth.
Kevin Wayne Williams
According to WebMD, it is actually both for a similar question: Does
everybody's piss smell bad after they eat asparagus and some aren't able
to smell it? Or is it that their piss actually doesn't smell?
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/43/1671_51089
KWW
Dave Fossett
> "Dave Fossett" <re...@via.newsgroup> wrote:
>
> > Ed wrote:
> >
> > > Bring underarm deoderant.
> >
> > Glad to hear I'm not the only one who stinks the same.
>
> I fixed your spelling for you.
I can't argue with that...
mtfe...@netscape.net
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 18:33:13 +0900, "Pete"
> On a more serious note, there *are* clinics in Japan which offer
> surgical procedures to remove underarm sweat glands from people who
> perspire too profusely.
As anyone who's ridden the trains can tell you, they should have clinics
that remove the sweat glands from the heads of 50+-year old, balding
salarymen.
Mike
obakesan
some introduction to Mr Toothbrush might help too
See Ya
(when bandwidth gets better ;-)
Chris Eastwood
we tend to blame others for our problems
I think this is something we inherit from our parents
please remove undies for reply
Michael Cash
<nih...@paxonet.kom> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
If you think I'm going to eat asparagus in order to find out, think
again.
Louise Bremner
> >As anyone who's ridden the trains can tell you, they should have clinics
> >that remove the sweat glands from the heads of 50+-year old, balding
> >salarymen.
>
> some introduction to Mr Toothbrush might help too
And a washing machine.
________________________________________________________________________
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Ryan Ginstrom
" Louise Bremner" <dame_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> obakesan <cjundie...@powerup.com.au> wrote:
>
> > >As anyone who's ridden the trains can tell you, they should have
clinics
> > >that remove the sweat glands from the heads of 50+-year old, balding
> > >salarymen.
> >
> > some introduction to Mr Toothbrush might help too
>
> And a washing machine.
SOP for Japanese 30s+ salaryman:
1) Get really, really drunk and smoke lots of cigarettes.
2) Get home, dunk in the tub sans soap, then pass out.
3) Sweat like a fat, drunken fool in the hot summer night
4) Wake up 4 hours later, throw on:
a) fresh clothes (if you are married)
b) the clothes lying around your room that stink the least (if you
aren't or she has left you)
5) Fuel your bleary-eyed rush to work with coffee and cigarettes
6) Get to work and complain to your token foreign intern about how gaijins
reek of soap and deodorant (unless the intern is French).
--
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom
mukade
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