Today some papers appeared on my desk. "Can you correct these by Thursday?" The assignment was to advertise one of these 6 weird Japanese inventions and sell it to a customer. We customers don't know what it is or how to use it, so they have to explain. It's these kinds of things that make me love being an ALT.
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Name: Hanakamikun, A Toilet Paper, Mr. Noseman, Anwhere Paper, Always With You, No More a Runny Nose
"You can use this product by carrying out the following procedure. First of all, put on your head. Next, when you want to blow your nose, you use as you like. Advantages of it is you can use easily whenever you want to use. After that it is not trouble because it is on your head. Lastly, it is large enough. A pocket tissue runs out in a short time, but it is a large oblong chest. So I recommend this product. If you use it, you may be a popular person because of the funny appearance."
"Do you have an experience that you want to blow your nose but you have no tissue paper? Then this commodity is of great help. What's this? This is a "Hanakamikun". If you set it on your head, you can use tissue paper whenever and wherever you want to blow your nose; during the meeting, on the train, and even during the test!It usually costs 20 dollars, but today, you can buy it for only 10 dollars. Get it right now! Thank you for hearing me."
Name: Mane of Lion, Ramen Hat, Eating Without Trouble, SHIFF
"First, hook this to your forehead and your chin. After that, eat noodles like ramen with putting on the SHIFF. It prevents being splashed with soup. So you can eat noodles without soiling your hair, and your clothes! The price of the SHIFF is 100 yen. And now, if you affix a SHIFF's prize seal to a letter and enter the prize contest, you may win ten thousand yen!"
"It are children that the products are used. When you shampoo your child's hair, please get your child put on this on the head, and shampoo won't enter child's eye. Also, if your child put on the hat, your child can transform himself into lion! This hat makes your bathing fan. Please buy this product."
Name: An Electric Fan, Cool Bringer, Ramen Cooler, Huu Huu Machine, Winds of Angel
"You may have burned your mouth with hot ramen. This is a good news! This machine is called "ramen cooler" and cools ramen. How to use it? It's easy. First make ramen (or go to ramen stand). Second, turn on this machine and hang it on your wrist. Lastly, enjoy ramen. This machine cools ramen by blowing over ramen. We sell this for 1000 dollers! Very low price! There must be no choice but to buy it."
"If you feel hot, please switch it on, and you will feel cool! I'll show you how to use this product. First, set it on desk or flat floor. Then, switch it on, and change the direction of it so that you get cool wind. Cool Bringer has strong power to turn blades, though it is small. So you can bring it anywhere. The price of it is 1,980 yen. If you buy it in 3 hours, we can allow you a 10% discount. Let's buy it now and spend cool days!
"It's called electric fan. It is nice to enjoy uttering " A A A ... " in front of electric fan. If you don't have something to do during your summer vacation, you can enjoy by yourself. So electric fan is the most useful in consumer home electronics. Do you wanna buy the electric fan, don't you?"
Are we getting these for Christmas?! :D
ReplyDeleteI love all these inventions. Very creative, and I agree with Zac, they'd be great Christmas gifts. We can open them at KFC!!
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