Stupid Painful Human Tricks

Ok, so I was at a Japanese business dinner party with about thirty Japanese rock musicians and their friends and family. I’m not sure if there is a relationship between the fact that they were all musicians and the odd things that happened at the party, but I took some pictures so that you can see this exemplary stupidity in all its digital glory. When you see the funny haircuts, just remember that they are musicians and forgive them for their style.

Apparently, in a big-time Japanese dinner party, after everyone has eaten and everyone is talking and drinking, someone decides that it is time for the entertainment. So, names are called out and requests are made along the lines of “Hey, Bubba! Why don't you stand up and do something stupid so we can laugh at you!” This continues until many of the members have participated and everyone is satisfied that there has been enough PAIN involved in the evening that the party can return to its conversations.

Now, I was having a lazy picture taking night and I didn't feel like dragging my camera out in the beginning, so I missed a lot of pictures that I should have taken. I missed some of the pictures of the first few people that squeezed lemon juice into their eyes for the delight of the crowd. I missed the photo opportunity brought to me when a guy decided to eat some noodles - though his nose. I missed a chance to get a shot of someone using barbeque sauce as eyewash, but finally, I saw something that was so original that forced me to get my camera out. It was someone’s birthday (we shall call him……Fido), and Fido’s friend decided to try his acupuncture skills on Fido’s forehead. With toothpicks. And then, he lit the toothpicks like candles to see if Fido could blow them out before they burned his scalp.

Evidently, if you just jam a toothpick into the skin on your head, it will stick there without bleeding. Did anyone else know this? I never knew that.

Then other people decided to get in on the act.

I think this kind of like in the jungle when one monkey realizes he can drink his own urine and everyone else in his monkey clan learns how to do it too. It also appears to be not only evidence that we all did come from lower primates, but it is also a good example that human kind is much closer to apes than we actually like to believe.

I did get an aftermath shot of someone trying to drink somekind of gell-like substance (tofu?) through his nose.

And I did get later picture of someone washing their eyes with citric (lemon) acid.

And finally, a picture of someone drinking beer with his entire face, instead of only his mouth.

Remember a few entries ago when I told you that Japanese culture is stupid? Exhibits 784 through 791…

So, the moral is of the story is:
DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME! IT HURTS!

Mine,
Erich von Meatleg