"Three-Bench Park"
Three-Bench Park is Osaka's most popular recreational area.
It is so-called because it has three benches, which is, incidentally, three more benches than what most other parks in Japan have.
Up until recently it had seven benches but visitors found this confusing, causing many to complain about the misnomer. As a result, the authorities recently came along and took four of them away.
Anyway….
Of an afternoon, there's nothing I like more than taking a stroll to this charming little park, settling myself on one of the three benches, pulling out a copy of the Japan Times (from my trouser pocket), and having a relaxing read of its printed contents.
However, last Thursday my plans were thrown into disarray.
On approaching the first bench, I was alarmed to see it taken up by a snoring salaryman...
Snoring-san
“Never mind," I said to myself. "This is Three-Bench Park. I can sit on one of the other two."
So I sauntered over to the second bench. I could hardly believe what I saw. Yet another snoozing salaryman.
Snoozing-san
“No bother,” I shouted, being careful not to wake Snoozing-san. “There's always the third bench.”
I made my way over to it, looking forward to finally being able to sit down. But to my utter horror, there was a third salaryman slumbering away....
Slumbering-san
....so I had to sit here instead.
It is so-called because it has three benches, which is, incidentally, three more benches than what most other parks in Japan have.
Up until recently it had seven benches but visitors found this confusing, causing many to complain about the misnomer. As a result, the authorities recently came along and took four of them away.
Anyway….
Of an afternoon, there's nothing I like more than taking a stroll to this charming little park, settling myself on one of the three benches, pulling out a copy of the Japan Times (from my trouser pocket), and having a relaxing read of its printed contents.
However, last Thursday my plans were thrown into disarray.
On approaching the first bench, I was alarmed to see it taken up by a snoring salaryman...
Snoring-san
“Never mind," I said to myself. "This is Three-Bench Park. I can sit on one of the other two."
So I sauntered over to the second bench. I could hardly believe what I saw. Yet another snoozing salaryman.
Snoozing-san
“No bother,” I shouted, being careful not to wake Snoozing-san. “There's always the third bench.”
I made my way over to it, looking forward to finally being able to sit down. But to my utter horror, there was a third salaryman slumbering away....
Slumbering-san
....so I had to sit here instead.
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on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 11:13 am.
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On Saturday, 10 November, 2007,
lina said:
that must the the reson it's so popular... with sleepy salaryman
On Saturday, 10 November, 2007,
OzBurger said:
And I'm glad that wasn't a syringe that you had to sit down next to.
On Sunday, 11 November, 2007,
Jonneh said:
On Sunday, 11 November, 2007,
Anonymous said:
On Sunday, 11 November, 2007,
Harp said:
On Monday, 12 November, 2007,
Z said:
so we can conclude that:
A. japanese rarely sit down when they go to parks
B. japanese salarymen like to sleep
if A and B is true then the reason why there are so few benches in park is probably the gov's way to have max. profit and labor, ie. by preventing the slacking off of workers during the day 0_o
On Tuesday, 13 November, 2007,
Anonymous said:
BYE!
On Wednesday, 14 November, 2007,
owenandbenjamin said:
On Wednesday, 14 November, 2007,
António Rebordão said:
Cheers and keep posting
On Friday, 16 November, 2007,
Anonymous said:
And what the HELL where you doing with a newspaper in your pocket? Trying to con the masses?
On Tuesday, 20 November, 2007,
Kayne said:
hilarious, actually. I think its like yawning, you see one person do it, and can't help but do it yourself. unless they all congregated to that place for the specific purpose of taking a nap
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