01 December 2005

How do you say, "I'll slap that smile off your face" in Japanese?

English textbook salesman Koji Kurihara knows exactly the type of people Sugano is talking about. His boss beat him up -- for smiling. Kurihara says his boss asked him if he was listening while he was being told off. Kurihara says the wild glare in his boss's eyes and bulging veins on his temples indicated the situation was a little hairy, so he gave a broad smile while answering "Yes." Next thing he knew, he was picking himself up off the ground after having copped a wicked right to the jaw.


Excerpt from a Wai Wai translation of this article from Spa magazine.

I shouldn't find that so funny, it's not funny at all, if you think it's funny you probably laugh at the Three Stooges. (that is such a Moe moment, too. Now I'm picturing a Japanese 'Salary Man' in a Moe cut, now that IS funny)

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