Kawaii? ;)

That is correct, sir.

Sir......I HAS been a while since you've seen me, eh?

I learn something new every day. Thanks.

how embarassing that I have to ask, being of japanese decent and all, but..

Kawaii:confused:

Kawaii = cute. But you have to say it in a high voice and extend the i so it's more like kawaiiiiiiiiiii

And, as a 6-foot-tall dirty gaijin fat American male, if I stand in the middle of a Japanese department store and say it somewhat loudly, it will completely mortify Lani (and I suppose the fact that I was willing to do that explains why she won't tell me how to say monkeybutt in Japanese, requiring me to instead say "monkey, but" since I know those words on my own).

It wasn't like some goofy European commercial where someone is caught naked and made to look silly. Like the Terrell Owens/Desperate Housewives bit and Austin Powers' shadowplay, the commercial used sexual motifs towards supposedly humorous ends. Every parent has to tell their daughter when they reach a certain age that, no, you can't change your clothes in public. Now I don't know if my daughter appreciated the sexual motifs in the Chevy commercial, but she was shocked and asked what they were doing. It wasn't the end of the world. I said something like, "I don't know, it's a commercial, they're just being silly," and we moved on.

I'm not sure what you mean by your comment about the guitar. Prince was simulating masturbation in public. If a manager did that at work, he'd be fired or the company would be sued. If a teacher did it, he'd probably be arrested. If a student did it, he'd be counseled or suspended. If, as recent history indicates, the NFL is going to deliver a sex show at halftime, it should make that point more explicit with appropriate warnings.

I had to look it up too.

I do believe 'butt' is "O-shee-dee" or "O-shee-tee"...my moms accent was pretty thick so I never really got the exact pronunciation, but definitely got the gist


dah mae, baka...neh? :D