Big Irish Ciaran.
I taught with him in Japan - the kids loved him because his name sounds like kirin, a word that can be used for 'giraffe' (he's particularly tall, even when not placed in a race of midgets).

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - his Japanese was in a fledgling state, but he was fairly competent. So one day, when he's telling his class about a traditional Irish breakfast, he explains about black pudding. He accompanies this with the kanji for pig blood on the blackboard.

The kids go fucking nuts: the girls are screaming, the boys are petending to puke. 'WTF?' thinks Ciaran. 'This from a nation that eats snacks made from fried chicken cartilage and fermented beans?'

The Japanese teacher he works with sidles over. 'Erm, Ciaran-sensei? Is this true?' he asks, and points at the kanji. 'Sure,' replies Ciaran. 'Pig blood.'

There's a pause. 'Erm, Ciaran-sensei, this not say pig blood. This say, erm, pig period. You tell kids you eat pig period.'

Hmm...another bunch of potentially dumb tourists with crazed beliefs is on its way to England.
( thealternativefact, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 11:04, 5 replies)

Nom nom nom
*click*
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 11:20, closed)

*Slightly sicky grin*
Yuck!

*Click*
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 13 Aug 2008, 12:25, closed)

lolol!!!!!!!11
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 15:18, closed)

pig blood vs pig period
would there really be much difference once its been boiled up and seasoned????


HMMMMMM!!!!! pig period
(smells-like-victory-v's, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 15:36, closed)

Well, Victory V
I think the kids were so traumatised by the whole thing, that trying to reassure them it's not made from periods, just ordinary blood, wouldn't have helped much.

So no, I doubt there would have been much difference at all in the end.
( thealternativefact, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 16:20, closed)