(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Japan is so very similar to Western society

Here's the best example I can think of at this very moment... coming to me... right...  ... now!

Not being a very good cook--though I (and Matthew) once got paid to teach a cooking class--we're professional cooks!--I have spent a lot of my life nearly killing myself with my own cooking, or have let someone else do it for me in the form of fast-food cooking.

As a Coke addict--that's Coca-Cola, my friends--I always have one when at a fast food joint like Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald's or the ever mysterious Mosburger (which was always delicious, and I miss - despite the following kvetch).

When I place my food order, I always ask for a large Coke--and I do it in Japanese: "Oki-sai Ko-ra, kudasai." (Large size Coke, please).

Why do the greasy clerks working there always (and I mean every, single time) ask me this: "L-sizu, desu ka?", which translates into: "L-size, is it?"

It seems that fast-food restaurants the world over have some level incompetence working for them.

What's even more bizarre is that there is NO letter "L" in the Japanese alphabets!

Somewhere having an L-sized Root Beer,
Andrew "I said I wanted a Coke" Joseph
Today's title version is by Devo - YELLOWJUMPSUIT
PS - Today is also the birthday of my Japanese girlfriend Nobuko. We were engaged. Got your attention, eh?
PPS - I will introduce her very soon - perhaps this week.