# And then there was the Formosan bartender ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293 "2012-04-09T20:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293/1 "2012-04-09T20:04:08Z")
… named Taiwan On. And the dive shop that specialized in dive computers and frustrated English majors, called “Divers Alarums.” ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293/2 "2012-04-10T00:30:13Z")
I have a Mexican-Irish drinking buddy: Juan Moore. ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293/3 "2012-04-10T07:50:58Z")
I went to school with a guy named Brian Iwata. He became a microbiologist, not an oceanographer. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293/4 "2012-04-10T08:35:58Z")
Wow, I feel exceptionally dumb today. I didn’t get any of these except Juan Moore. Had to look up “tie one on”, “alarum”, and I still have no idea what Brian Iwata is supposed to mean.😕 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293/5 "2012-04-10T09:00:40Z")
Bri-ny watuh. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293/6 "2012-04-10T09:02:14Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Bri-ny watuh. But wouldn’t it be bri-any watuh? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293/7 "2012-04-10T09:13:40Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > … named Taiwan On. He was cousin to the Siamese-Mexican bartender, Thai Juan On. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293/8 "2012-04-10T14:35:10Z")
Henry Wong and Mary Wong had a baby. They killed it, then tried to reanimate it so that they could have an undead child. But it didn’t work. It just goes to show you, two Wongs don’t make a wight. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293/9 "2012-04-11T03:02:10Z")
How long is a Chinaman’s name./? ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293/10 "2012-04-11T03:55:03Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-the-formosan-bartender/618293/11 "2012-04-12T03:38:58Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Wow, I feel exceptionally dumb today. I didn’t get any of these except Juan Moore. Had to look up “tie one on”, “alarum”, and I still have no idea what Brian Iwata is supposed to mean.😕 Sorry about that. Brian Iwata = briny water