“My Career`s off to Norway…”

Below is a list of funny things said by my students or to fellow instructors:

• “Snatch Accident” – Used by one of my students to describe a mugging “There was a snatch accident in the papers recently”

• “North Korea`s going nowhere” & “My career`s going to Norway” – Both listen and repeat mistakes made when students were trying to repeat “My career`s going no where” – credit to Matt for that one!

• “Skunk Cabbage” – The English translation for a delicate and beautiful plant found in prefecture just north of Chiba-Ken. The students discovered this in Voice. “Here darling, I`ve got you some skunk cabbage”
• “Night Noises” – I asked a student about problems with her neighbours, she replied with night noises, stupidly I had to ask what she meant. She started saying “She is a hostess…” I stopped her there!

In japan at the moment, a TV jingle for a tomato pasta sauce has been made into a chart song (think Crazy frog style). It’s called Tarako and is everywhere. Here is Matt and I trying to emulate them…

I think I`m doing a better job of being a Tarako girl than Matt, maybe there`s another career beckoning….

• “Forklift War” – A student described the tension in World cup games between England and Argentina as being a consequence of the Forklift war. I guess it`s similar to Robot wars…

Santa in Japan is often associated with the Colonel, of KFC fame. I even had one of the Chibikko parents tell the kid that Santa was “the one from Kentucky Fried Chicken”. Here’s Matt and Sheryl giving him some love

Notice the magic powers that the colonel has, making the bucket of chicken levitate in the air…

Here`s me with a can of beer…

• “Did you pray at the shrimp?” – Student repeatedly asking me and saying she went to a shrimp on NYE to pray. She meant shrine obviously.
• “I have a copulate of that picture at home” – Duplicate dear man, duplicate! I didn`t correct the guy, it`s funnier that way.

• “S: I went to the movie theater to relieve myself, Ed: In the cinema? S: Yes” – Students are funny. Instructors making light of their mistakes is funnier. Credit to Ed for that one.

Above is Matt`s picture from Tokyo Dome City. We did different poses and this was the best!

“Me: What concerns do you have?  S: Hot Ass. Me: Hot….?  S: Hot Ass… warm ass” – The student was worried about Global warming (Hot Earth). I nearly fell of my chair when they said this.