Back when I was learning to use Flash I used to make little cartoons for the kids. I used their Neopets as the characters, that way, no matter how awful it was, the kids loved them.
Here is one I made with my son and daughter.
This is a flash cartoon that my niece and I put together one week-end. It raises a very important safety concern about crossing sidewalks.
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My friend and I went to a japanese restaurant recently. They brought out a little bowl of miso soup to start off the meal. Miso soup is an interesting little soup that consists of water and wet food.
It also tastes like they scooped it out of the pond out back.
The first time I had it, I assumed the kitchen staff in the back was making fun of me. “Hey, let’s see if the round-eye can tell the difference between pond water and soup.” So, I didn’t eat it in order to show I was on to their game, but I did leave a good tip. It’s not the waitress’ fault the chef thinks he’s a comedian. However, I have had it in larger cities as well and it tastes the same.
Apparently it is supposed to taste that way.
People might be getting their back up right now because I’m bashing their beloved soup. Their beloved pond-water soup. I would normally be the first person to agree about this kind of cultural insensitivity being wrong, but in this case it’s bang on. My friend proved it to me.
Me: “Hey, this soup tastes like pond water.”
Her: “No, it doesn’t. It’s miso soup and it tastes good. It doesn’t taste like pond water.”
Me: “What’s in it?”
Her: “Seaweed.”
Sometimes, the jokes just insensitively write themselves.
What I hope you’ve learned from this blog today is that soup is not culture but yogurt is. And watch out for the samurai elephants.
