Message-ID: <340C509F.4AEA2F35@jyurai.demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 18:45:03 +0100 From: "Tsunami@Jyurai" To: megami@usagi.jrd.dec.com Subject: Re: It's REALLY HOT (was: RE:Teatime....) Reply-To: megami SHIMIZU KENJI wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Les Jenkins wrote: > > > On 2 Sep 97 at 2:07, Tomi wrote: > > > > > Oh, that one. But he just warns Belldandy not to burn her mouth. > > > In OAV Keiichi doesn't say "This will keep you warm". I don't know > if he > > > says so in manga. If I have understood correctly, anime is based > (loosely) > > > on a manga storyline. > > > > Actually, "here, it's hot" could be interpreted a number of ways > > beyond just not burning her mouth. One could argue that it's > > something to take away the chill is implied by the statement. > > I don't know how many of you actually bought HOT CANNED DRINKS in > Japan, > but the ones comming out of the machine are REALYY HOT. IHot, meaning > it's hot to HOLD ON TO... They heat up that darn thing from the can... > For the drinks in Japan, there are more than one type of cans you can > find in those vending machines... ones are the Aluminum cans, same as > the > ones in the U.S.... other are the smaller cans, made out of Steel, > etc.... so they just simply heat up that can to make it warm... (so, > when > you buy it, and you're not careful, it's hot...) I think Keiichi means > this. (Try to buy a hot can of drink next time you visit Japan... (in > the > winter...) it's really hot... (unless, except ofcourse, that is, the > Coca-cola guy just restocked on the cans a few mins. ago, and it's > still > not warm... Things like this happens... I bought a cold drink... well, > it > wasn't cold... the guy jusy re-stocked on the machine, and the drink > was > warm... ;_;) > > Kenji Shimizu Are the cans heated up for you while you wait, or do they keep them heated all the time? I have to admit that I am very interested in a culture where almost anything is available from a vending machine. -- "You will never amount to very much" Munich schoolmaster to Albert Einstein, aged 10. http://www.jyurai.demon.co.uk/ tsunami@jyurai.demon.co.uk