One thing I learned about living out in the Pacific is that conversations with people who aren't native English speakers can be kind of fun. My friend Angelo fished out this video for Jeff after his latest blog entitled Herding cats with Sisyphus.
I hadn't seen this cat herding video since it aired during the Super Bowl years back, so I forwarded the link to my Japanese friend. Her English is okay for conversation but she doesn't know all that much about the good ol' US of A.
When she sent me an instant message about it I couldn't resist having a little bit of fun with her. Read our conversation below...
*Editor’s Note:
Here’s a little lesson in Japanese that will surely help
1. Hai means Yes
2. Neko means Cat
3. Desho means Right
4. Honto means Really
5. Gomen Nasai mean I’m Sorry
6. Demo means But
Okay, here goes...
kimiko: neko desu
brad: hai
brad: did you watch the whole thing
kimiko: hai, just did. cat herding wa kidding desho?
brad: no, it’s a big business in the
brad: only in the west
brad: in the dessert
kimiko: honto!!!!????
brad: hai
brad: they roam wild out there
kimiko: I thought just kidding for the video
brad: no
brad: where do you think all of the pet store cats come from?
kimiko: just born and come to pet shop... that I thought
brad: no
brad: if not herding the cats they would be all over
brad: maybe take over the country
brad: there is a big hunt every november
brad: they bring hunters from all over the world to hunt the cats
kimiko: I didn't know that
brad: a lot from japan too
kimiko: really!!
brad: hai
brad: you never heard of people hunting the big cats?
kimiko: no, hunting for pet?
brad: no
brad: for jackets
brad: and hats
brad: for pets, it's in october
kimiko: honto!!
brad: but they never get enough
brad: so they have to hunt in november to kill off enough of them
brad: so they don't get to be too many
brad: they scratch up all of the buildings and rocks
brad: climb up all of the trees
brad: some of the big ones even come into towns and drag dogs back into the wilderness
brad: once they even attacked a little kid
kimiko: wow... a Japanese traditional instrument use cat's skin
brad: that’s why
kimiko: dangerous ne
brad: do a google search for big cat hunters
brad: you'll see lots of sites
kimiko: honto
brad: hai
After a little while I couldn’t take it anymore so I spilled the beans. It would have been too cruel not to let her about truth.
brad: by the way
kimiko: hai
brad: i was just kidding about the cats
kimiko: huh??? honto?
brad: hai, it was a joke commercial
kimiko: ja, the video also kidding?
brad: hai, for a computer company
kimiko: I really believed you
brad: gomen nasai
kimiko: I thought what a lot of wild cats...
brad: demo, could you imagine if that was real
The funny thing is that if you Google “big cat hunters” you will see a lot of sites, but of course it's for lions, tigers, cougars, and big cats like that.
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