cheshireinthemiddle:

So way back when, tumblr kept refusing to post the list of stuff that came up when I spoke to my Japanese neighbors. Now that I am on a computer, you can all enjoy them as I did.

“I really like tofu. Americans don’t know what real tofu is”

“I like American movies, but reading the subtitles all the time makes me tired.”

“In America they think we are bad drivers but here we think Americans are the bad drivers. ”

“ I went to the US as a student and everyone had to take a drug test. America must be drug free!”

“What?! America has gangs? I thought that was just in the movies. Is it like The Godfather?”

“ Do you know about Beyoncé? She’s this really pretty American singer!”

“America is soooo much bigger than Japan. How do you not get lost?”

“Do you recommend any cool American cartoons? We have netflix”

“You listen to Japanese music too?! You know that these bands are from Okinawa?!”

“ do you see the Japanese people here in cowboy hats? So embarrassing.”

“Why are all the streets in America in a straight line? I feel like a robot”

“ you have American songs on your phone? Let me see!” *proveeds to write down every artist and song on the back of a receipt*

“ some people think all Americans are bad just because some are bad. But some Japanese people are bad and that doesn’t mean we all are.”

“No, I don’t eat spicy food” *proceeds to eat a tofu dish covered in sliced Thai bird chilis*

“My neighbor puts bowls of cat treats all over her house and now we have too many cats around.”

“We should have a Christmas party!!!!”