"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 11:09:10 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 3:58:35 PM UTC-10,
> wrote:
> > > ... It's fairly obvious if a piece of sushi should be approached by
> > > the
> > > fingers or hashi. Mostly, I use hashi because I'm a neat
> > and clean kind of
> > > guy. What I won't do is shove a whole god-damned piece in my mouth
> > > like
> > > the
> > > Japanese insist on doing. Such savagery ...
> >
> > I guess I never thought of that, maybe so. There is just something in
> > that
> > culture not good about consuming rice - actually -while you're consuming
> > something else (similarly fermented? that is not rice) at the same time.
> > No. No chop sticks. I remember that I was always swiftly shown that
> > Hashi
> > and Sushi don't mix, something like that you know... like using a fork
> > for
> > drinking water with-your-fingers-on-the-glass kind of thing, ha, ha.
>
> I'm fairly sure that the Japanese have no problems with eating sushi with
> hashi. In fact, eating sushi with the hands seems to be kind of low class.
> I
> would never eat sushi with my hands in polite company - unless they used
> their hands first. You have to eat sushi in the manner that other people
> around you feel comfortable with.
>
> http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/...re-id170747843
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> https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...db04df811a.jpg
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>
> They look like chopsticks to me. Btw are you saying the Japanese
> can't afford plates ...
>

The plate situation is getting critical in Japan. Other countries are
helping by sending plates to this country in need. Send yours today! It's
getting so bad that they have to resort to using young virgins as
substitute. Virgins are so clean that you can eat off of them.

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LOL I knew you would get it <g>



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