| Thursday, February 15, 2007 |
| Nowhere to go but down |
 Annabelle lives on Shikoku, which is what you would get if you put Missouri and all its neighbors onto an island for several centuries, and then suddenly built a bridge across to the mainland and wondered why everyone who came across talked funny. If you are a visitor, you call her town Ka-non-ji. If you're a local, you say "KOWnj," and if you live there and are over the age of 55, you also swallow the second half of every Japanese word you speak. The Kownj is a bunch of paved-pararicepaddy-put-up-a-combini-lot towns all smushed into one "city" by the sea. It contains everything your heart desires... if your heart desires any of these things:
 1) The CIRCUS! The CIRCUS! We're going to the Picadilly *coughpachinkocough* CIRCUS!
 2) Tub o' lard. I am talking about the silver buckets on the left, thanks very much.
 3) Famous cheezu mochi. What's that? Processed (no other kind in this country) cheese inside mochi, which is then fried. May contribute to development of nicknames such as listed in point #2. |
posted by Raychaa @ 6:32 PM  |
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dutch oven silly is when you fart under the covers and it holds the smell in for hours. same with a small house. don't ever get a dutch oven.
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Cheezu mochi.. world-famous in Japan.
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Your blog is the best one we've got! And by we I mean the world.
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dutch oven silly is when you fart under the covers and it holds the smell in for hours. same with a small house. don't ever get a dutch oven.