Thomas the Offroad Tank Engine

I'm not sure how much you remember about your kindergarten days. All I can remember is that for some reason I went to two kindys, possibly because I was expelled from the first, and that one of them had a splintery old row boat in the playground (The USS 'lawsuit waiting to happen'). We certainly never had anything as cool as this:

I'll get back to you on that one.

Discussing the floods in Queensland with some students.

Me: In fact, a boy was eaten by a crocodile.
Confused Student: Was it...delicious?

Oh the perils of the passive voice.

We're baaaaaack!

Well, after almost two years in Japan and a lengthy blog hiatus, I've now saved up enough 'insights' for 61 blog posts, a tell all novel and a poorly conceived and shoddily acted sitcom starring former wonder years teen hearthrob Fred Savage. Coincidentally, we have 61 days left in Japan.

So to kickstart things, here's yet another in the seemingly endless parade of impossible to understand Japanese commercials.

This is an ad for 豆しば (mameshiba), which are these adorable keychain type things which are basically fake edomame bean thingo's, the catch being when you squeeze the bean out, it has an adorable little puppy dog face. How cute, warm fuzzy rainbow hug squadron etc. So what the Dickens is the caper with this ad? Here's my (possibly wrong) transcript:

Cute Puppy Bean: nyyuuuuuunnn!

Salaryman: Eh?

Cute Puppy Bean: Did you know?

Salaryman: Eh? What is it?

Cute Puppy Bean: The inside of a Kangaroo's pouch is reallllllly stinky.

*Salaryman's soul leaves his body*

Salaryman: Thankyou for the delicious meal.#

If you're like me, your face probably looked a bit like this -----> ???! at the end of the ad. I think the prospect of walking the earth as some kind of soulless kafkaesque drone is not what I'd be hoping for after an encounter with a cute little talking bean.