Sunday, August 3, 2008

Best euphemism ever

My only pair of "city-appropriate" sandals broke the other day. Without much hope of finding shoes in Japan that fit me (US size 9), I went into a shoe store, just in case. The LL sized ones were hopelessly too small. I gave up on the idea. But as I was heading out of store, I see a separate rack, off in the corner. I try on a pair, and miraculously, they fit. I look up to check the size of shoes on that rack: "MODEL SIZE".

Way to go, Japanese politeness!

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