A Kiwi, an Australian, and an American walk into a bar...

No, really! We all did. And they had much cooler accents than I do.

But neither here nor there. I met a very entertaining and nice guy named Suzuki Kazuyoshi. (Suzuki teachers/trainees, take note: he`d never heard of Shinichi Suzuki. Imagine! Explaining the Suzuki method in Japan!!) And thus I come tonight to dispel rumors.

1. Some Japanese do have a sense of humor. And laugh at things we think are funny...e.g. Seinfeld...and MEET THE PARENTS!!!! Okay, so actually, Kazuyoshi had not heard of the film Meet the Parents, but once I explained the premise to him--he thought it was really funny! (This came up because his daughter is living with her boyfriend, and he was all nervous about what he would say to the guy when they "hang out". Apparently he is a really good guy for her and he wants to make a good impression.) Still, he thought it was really funny that a parent might be so worried as to give a potential mate a lie detector test....yes, also, for your enjoyment, try imagining explaining "lie detector" to a Japanese person. Geesh.

2. There are more. Just not right now.