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From: "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" <ajo@andrew.cmu.edu>
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Iain D Broadfoot wrote:
>
> David Reis said something:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 22:19:36 +0000, kirara wrote:
> >
> >>>   Join the |****|==========| Soon bombing
> >>>   US World |****|==========| a small
> >>> Domination |===============| country
> >>> Tour 2003! |===============| near you!
> >> Heeeey!
> >
> > I thought you were from Japan? Why does it offend you then?
>
> It just occurred to me (after reading kirara's reply) why this might be
> offensive to Japanese - think 'Big Boy'.

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This was as far as I got before realizing
that no matter what I tried, this "Big Boy"
was going to come out looking really
deformed.


I think you meant "Little Boy"... although
there *are* "Big Boy" restaurants in Japan
now, so maybe they'd be upset about the
quality of the food, or something.  Those
dang hamburger hegemonists!

-Arthur