Reading Funny Stuff

Just when I think I have seen every absurd thing Japan could possibly throw my way...

Two separate items to establish first.

1. Public bathhouses in Japan (you can get shampoo, soap, conditioner, etc., plus a warm bath, for between ¥300-¥1800, depending on how nice the place is; that's $2.50-$16.00 USD, approx.) are usually adjunct to laundromats– I think it has something to do with municipal water hook-ups.

2. The school I work at uses cloth towels for both hand-drying and napkins, as washing and reusing them is both more economically and more environmentally sound.

Today was my turn to run them over to the coin laundry nearby; my friend went with me to pull her clothes out of the dryer.

We walked in, and lo and behold, there was a naked man calmly sitting on the sole bench, reading porn, his pertinent... parts... covered only by a plastic bag and a stack of more porn.

He was completely, utterly naked. His clothes were, I assume, in the washer across from him, as his watch and wallet were lying on top of it.

What's particularly unique about this is that he was not actually doing what one would assume a man, naked and reading porn, would be doing.

I swear to god, I think he was reading the articles.

What I had to wonder was, was he just at the baths, and then decided, "What the hell, my body's clean now and my clothes are already off, might as well go wash 'em at the neighboring laundry?"

Or was he walking down the street, spilled some coffee on his clothes and thought, "Enh, I'll just strip, catch up on some porn while my clothes wash. What's the worst that could happen?"

The situation made me flash to those "Coed Naked Sports" t-shirts that were so popular when I was in junior high– anyone remember those? They had slogans like, "Coed Naked Hockey: On the ice is twice as nice."

Coed Naked Laundry: Because more than just the clothes are dirty.

My stepdad isn't mean, he's just adjusting. -Death to Smoochy

This post was edited by r_pendragon on Sep 07, 2004.

ROFL!!!

*shakes head and continues to chuckle*

Well .... atleast he spared you the eyesore of him actually doing the things men do when they read porn ..

Wow, and you even came up with you coed catch phrase. Hillarious.
You are lucky, or not what ever way you look at it. But you seem to be the one to always stumble on the good experiences. Or at least you chronicle them so well. Damn your writing prowess...

I should be ashamed of myself.

That's absolutely hillarious. Although it isn't the most bizzare thing I could imagine seeing anywhere. At least there weren't multiple nudes sitting around reading porn articles and waiting for their clothes to launder. :-)

--Jami

P.S. I would so have had to sprint after a camera and get evidence of this. It's just one of those stories I'd be telling for years with my group of easily amused friends.

You fail it.

Would have been a good time to grab his wallet that was sitting there and take off.

Would have been a good time to grab his wallet that was sitting there and take off.

I feel somehow better knowing I wasn't the only person to consider this. . .

Thbbbbt

You guys want an aroused naked man chasing you? To each his own, I suppose..

"What you don't understand you can make mean anything." - Misty Wilmot

Would have been a good time to grab his wallet that was sitting there and take off.

We talked about it, actually. :) But since he clearly had the audacity to publicly loaf in the nude, what would have stopped him from running after us, naked or not? Embarrassment is not likely an issue for a person who was just barely not jerking off in a laundry.

Besides, a 5'10" white girl in the middle of Tokyo? I am way too ID-able.

My stepdad isn't mean, he's just adjusting. -Death to Smoochy

what would have stopped him from running after us, naked or not?

Just run away screaming "Pervert! Pervert!" in your worst Japanese and all will be well. I suppose a naked man with a hard-on chasing two scared gaijin girls will not get very far!

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

Seku Hara! Seku Hara!

Please contiune to vote AND post.

Eh, I think it's wrong to take advantage of psychos no matter how tempting it is...

P.S.
what does seku hara mean?

...and that was the last you heard of her.

what does seku hara mean?

It's an abbreviated Japanization of "sexual harassment."

The non English-based word for pervert is "hentai"; using that in public would definitely earn some strange looks.

As an aside, I was at the laundrymat again today, and there was a different man there with his shirt off. Felt like I'd gotten an upgrade or something.

P.S. Kagome, what's the story behind your user name? Here in Japan, Kagome is a major spaghetti sauce/ketchup/tomato juice company.... Are you fond of tomatoes, or is there another reason?

My stepdad isn't mean, he's just adjusting. -Death to Smoochy

I'm betting she's an Inuyasha fan.

"What you don't understand you can make mean anything." - Misty Wilmot

I am thinking so to. That is the only true introduction of that word in teh united states.

I should be ashamed of myself.

*grinning* what an honest approach to doing laundry. It's definately a way to get all your laundry done at once.

It only looks that way because your standing on your head.

Yes, to be able to get all of your laundry done at the same time is a mythological feat of great proportions... and at least one of us has experienced the complete elation of accomplishing this!

I should be ashamed of myself.

Yes, gotta hand it to the guy. gives me an idea, since I live in a house and there are hours here where no one but kevin and I are here,...well, enough said. Any more would be too much information

It only looks that way because your standing on your head.

gives me an idea,

Have fun!

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid