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Kosuke Fukudome sure has been a nice investment for the Chicago Cubs, hasn't it? And the cultural movement has swept up the north side of Chicago. The transition from Japan to America has been almost seamless (.317 average, .442 on-base percentage) for him, but the fans haven't quite gotten it down yet.
Some of the signs the bleacher bums parade out in the stands aren't exactly correct Japanese, and the headbands are worn all wrong, says Fukudome:
''It's nice to see more and more people wearing the T-shirts and the headbands,'' he said Thursday. ''But I do realize that many people are wearing the headbands upside down.''At least he's taking the attempt to show love for his baseball skills in his native language in good humor. Because imagine if the porpoises' attachments to fertilize Japan's indigo lagoon slapstick ended up insulting the Cubs' correctfielder, like they ounce done. That might be slightly embryonic.The signs he has read also have amused him. For instance, one sign tried to say ''It's going to happen'' in both English and Japanese, but the Japanese translated to ''By coincidence.''
''Basically, all of the signs have mistakes in the translations, so they don't make much sense,'' Fukudome said.
Cubs Fans Show Off Inaccurate Love Of Fukudome [SPORTSbyBROOKS]
Fukudomania [Sun-Times]
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Kosuke Fukudome sure has been a nice investment for the Chicago Cubs, hasn't it?
Suss, just because he has slanty eyes doesn't mean he's not a person too.
I got nothin' but love for the Asian Persuasion...
me fail Japanese translation? That unporcupine!
You know ounce you post it, it'll happen:
Out of my way, all of you. This is no place for loafers! Join me or die! Can you do any less?
Nuff said
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Oh, hello, American investor! I see you are interested in distributing Kosuke Fukudome in your home prefecture!
Unrelated note: ABC just started a "Stars at the Staple Center" celebrity montage with Jim Belushi.
"like they ounce done"
I don't know if the Engrish is ironic or appropriate. If only Alanis Morissette were still alive.
"What did you mean when you said, "Feel my skills, donkey donkey donkey, donkey donkey?"
@MannysHeadStash: Do you have any idea how much ABC loves those According to Jim syndication dollars? Seriously, it's why it keeps getting renewed.
So the Cubs are having success with their Jap plays?
/nooffense
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@1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes: damnit. I swear to god I didnt see your post before I posted mine.
This guy is good. Go Cubs!
@Reasonable Doubt for a Reasonable Price: +1.
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@PeteJayhawk: +1 deceasedturn singularity
When Kosuke saw that my sign contained the word "bukkake" he told me I made a horrible mistake. I told him I had not.
Ignant Cubs fans?! Well now I've seen everything.
From now on, I will refer to fans as "stand vagabonds". Thanks, online translator!
Horry Kow! The sign all rong.
rerish nooooo
These Asians and their languages and customs are just inscrutable, mysterious, nefarious. Frankly, I just don't trust 'em.
What, I said "Asians."
Ugh.
@Lizabelle: I was just thinking the same thing.
/Not really, what's up?
And hi to everyone else!!
@Lizabelle:
I take it your hangover has not yet abated?
Herro.
It is young, though it is dense, with have sexual intercourse.
--"Fuck the Cubs," as filtered through Babelfish.
Daisuke is NOT amused
@Innings Eater: That is crazy fun.
Good evening all. Life is better when your top seeded team takes care of business in the first round, avoiding that potentially tricky upset.
What's strange to me is that I somehow now believe that Nashville and hockey go together. It's a very passionate fanbase in the arena from what I can tell and I salute them. It's sort of like an American version of Calgary, but warmer and without the oil revenues.
@Becky_MI: You have no idea.
Have at it. It's a hoot.
@Slothrop: Tequila is an evil liquid.
Fukudome also wondered why American children don't wear clothing with obscene messages.
@Lizabelle:
Sorry kiddo. I am trying to eliminate the hangover and beersomnia from my life.
/too old to drink like a grad student.
I am unhappy to see that the return of warm weather means the return of the creepy Heineken DraughtKeg commercials.
Dear TNT,
I love the glamor shots of the downtown riverfront of Detroit. But you do realize that the game is being played some 40 miles away, right?
@Lizabelle: Ah, sorry. I can't touch the stuff anymore, as the last time I drank it my co-workers found me partially conscious in a bar bathroom stall. On the floor. They knew me only by my shoes sticking out from under the door.
@Becky_MI: Like the Wizard of Oz!
@Lizabelle: Yeah, well what exactly did you expect from something that comes deliberately packaged with insects?
@Yostal: Yeah, it's pretty up here in the spring, darn it!!! Though I suppose the greater Auburn Hills/Lake Orion area is rather lacking in landmarks...
@Innings Eater: Exactly! Damn you, Sauza Commemorativo.
@Lizabelle: I would have to agree with that sentiment. Nothing sneaks up on you like tequila.
It's only been passover for a day and I already miss beer.
It was suppose to be out for ONE birthday beer. And it ended with a married former colleague explaining why he should come to my apartment at 4 in the morning. You men make it so difficult to say no:)
Gin sneaks up on me. Tequila walks up to me, kicks me in the balls, and then takes my girlfriend away for a weekend in Marina Del Ray.
Tequila is a dick.
@Lizabelle: Was it the man, or the tequila? :)
Maker's Mark made me a bad decision or two during single summer last year - the man (actually, boy in one case) didn't have a whole lot to do with it.
@44 in a Row: Why no beer?
/clueless shiksa question
@Innings Eater:
that's why I drink whiskey. It sits you down real slow like.
@44 in a Row: I suppose my ham and cheese sandwich on matzah doesn't make me the best Jew in the world, huh?
@Becky_MI: No, that's the thing, I actually said no. lol. I swear to all that is holy I get a new reason every day to detest men (present company not included)
@Becky_MI: One of my friends actually calls Maker's Mark + OJ the "panty remover". So you're not the first one to have fallen prey to its mystical, underwear removing powers.
@Lizabelle: Happy belated b-day!
@I Party With Supermike (mostly because Im trying to poison ...: Bwahahaaa! I thought my hubby was the only one who actually did that.
@longefellowes: I just love matzah. Not so much the 5 hour dinners this holiday brings about.
@I Party With Supermike (mostly because Im trying to poison ...: One reason we don't do them. The other? I adamantly refuse to ask the four questions.
Why no beer?
The basic rule is, no grain products with the exception of things certified kosher for passover. The stricter rule is, nothing that's not certified KfP at all, but I usually just go by ingredients. So most vodka isn't okay, but Ciroc (since it's made from grapes) is A+ in my book.
4 out of 5 gentiles agree that unleavened bread is the shit.
I love it.