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Close Encounters of Ignorance![]() Encounter 2. About twenty years ago, right after I arrived in the US as a foreign student, I tried a great invention for the good of humankind—the dishwasher. As I was told by my host family, I put the dishes and the detergent in it, and then selected a washing mode. While running the dishwasher, I went out for jogging. When I came back, I found bubbles all over the dishwasher. I didn’t know I was supposed to use a special detergent for dishwashers…. Encounter 3. My roommate from Aomori encountered Halloween on his fifth day in the US. He complained with a strong Aomori accent, “Americans don’t teach their kids how to behave, yeah ha? Don’t they have manners when visiting somebody’s home? No!” and slammed the door. Outside the door, kids dressed like a corn, a Dracula, and the like were standing, wondering what went wrong…. “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” |