# Turning Japanese--I don't get it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2002, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233 "2002-05-10T04:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Arken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233/21 "2002-05-12T03:53:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Worst. Lyric. Ever. Virtually every lyric to every Men Without Hats song is worse than that line. “Every time I wonder where the world went wrong / I end up lyin’ on my face goin’ dingy-dingy-ding-dong” ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233/22 "2002-05-12T06:24:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arken \* > \*\* > > Virtually every lyric to every Men Without Hats song is worse than that line. > > “Every time I wonder where the world went wrong / I end up lyin’ on my face goin’ dingy-dingy-ding-dong” \*\* "As long as we abuse it, never gonna lose it …Every little boy needs a girl, Pop Goes The World. " "…Curiously apropriate for this thread… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233/23 "2002-05-12T07:24:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\ ***Greenie** what are you doing asking masterbation song questions when you should be busy squirting out that sprout? > > [sup]How’s that for a highjack?[/sup] \*\* [continuing hijack big-time, but I’m feeling self-indulgent at the moment] I’m _TRYING_, goshdarnit! The doctors have been telling me for 2 weeks that I am ready to pop any second now. (I’m not overdue–due date is May 19–but I’ve been in pre-labor for weeks!) So, I’ve been stuck at home doing needlepoint and watching TV. The good news is that I am up right now because I am having some pretty good contractions, pretty closely spaced. Hopefully, things will finally progress… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233/24 "2002-05-12T07:49:46Z")
Holy Guacamole! Just after I hit “submit,” my waters broke! :eek: I guess I’ll be sprouting within the next 24 hours! ( **Biggirl** –next time I see you, I am going to give you the BIGGEST KISS! And buy you a beer or 3!) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233/25 "2002-05-12T16:01:00Z")
Now _that’s_ what I call a highjack! ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233/26 "2002-05-12T16:36:57Z")
So, Green, you gonna call the new sprout Jack? Or Jaqueline? Jus’ wunnerin. b. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233/27 "2002-05-12T23:20:45Z")
For those of you following along with the hijack, you’ll be happy to know that [Green Bean has Sprouted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=114820)! ---
**Author:** ![Arken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233/28 "2002-05-13T13:51:11Z")
> [@](#): > > "As long as we abuse it, never gonna lose it …Every little boy needs a girl, Pop Goes The World. " Lest we forget “every little nest needs a bird / pop goes the world.” Yes, they actually tried to rhyme bird and world. Sad really. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233/29 "2002-05-13T21:28:47Z")
Heh… wonder how many times the server timed out on _that_ post. “C’mon, c’mon! I gotta go deliver a kid! What do you _mean_ ‘cannot find server’?!? It’s in the same damn place it was last time!” ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233/30 "2002-05-14T19:33:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jk1245 \* > \*\*I remember seeing that Letterman episode; Hilarious > > Even stranger, Lauper was a guest on the old Dr. Ruth show of all things (back in the mid 80’s when both were popular). She talked excessively about twirling the pearl and I remember thinking it was odd that a celebrity would appear on the show first of all, and even stranger that she’d spend all her time talking seriously about masturbation. > > What are the odds you’d see that today?\*\* I don’t know, but since Cyndi will be here in town this weekend, maybe I can ask her! ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233/31 "2002-05-16T02:47:54Z")
God I was a naive 20 somethin… I never knew what the song was about, had vague thoughts about acculturation or something… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-japanese-i-dont-get-it/108233.md?page=1)