Today we had our monthly teacher's meeting at the town city hall. After the meeting, the town International Center ladies came to escort us to their social gathering they'd invited us to a month earlier. Anyhow, everyone had forgotten about the meeting, including myself, and people were making excuses left and right as to why they couldn't stick around. I wanted to go home too, but I'd told them before I would come, so I stuck around for the meeting, along with 2 other teachers: Paija (sp) from Yogoslavia, and Michel, a tall, bald, dark-skinned bro from Senegal who looks like Seal with a goatee (really).
So us 3 foreigners followed the middle-aged ladies to the Int'l Cntr., which was about a block away. We went to the meeting room where there were some other members and a spread of food waiting for us. After introducing ourselves and chatting for a bit, we we all dug in to the spread. We stood around and talked , while we ate tempura, some veggies, some kind of shrimp and rice casserole and some traditional soup called O-den with hard-boiled eggs, fish, gelled potatoes, tofu, and white radish, and sliced kiwi and apple.
They also had a tray of individually-wrapped candies. I figured I'd go for one; upon closer inspection though, I noticed the candies had an odd shape..Wait, hold up, is that what I think it is?
That's a... "It's nipple!" one of the ladies said. Indeed it was: little breast-shaped white chocolates with pink nipples on them. I was like, "What in the he.."
"Wha.. why do you have nipple candies?" I asked one of them.
Honestly, I don't remember the answer. I don't think there was a real answer, actually. I was just kinda surprised they had these little breast chocolates--especially these people who're supposed to be representing the town's international association. They were just giggling about my reaction and questions, I suppose. Apparently, they didn't see anything peculiar about the candies. Me and the other two guys had a good laugh though, especially when Paija said "It's good. I'll take TWO."
"Yeah, I bet you will," was my line.
Those joints were kinda good though. ;)
Only in Japan.
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