More appropriately, this post could be titled "Japanese things that should be but aren't the same as back home" but it didn't really have a very appealing ring to it.
There are many things here that by all practical purposes should be the same as they are back home. Naturally between countries things vary considerably but there are things that often I wonder why they're different at all. This post has actually been sitting in my "draft" folder for months now waiting for me to compile a good list, but I'm left with only one. So I might as well just talk about that.
Here, when you open a bottle of soda (pop, coke, carbonated beverage) it makes a different sound than back home. I figured things like Coke would be especially similar between countries, since its production is controlled at some level by the all-powerful Coca-Cola god.
I know this sounds stupid, but really, it makes a different sound. Back home you open a bottle and it makes something of a "fizz" sound. I'll approximate it by saying "fwssshhh" because that's the sound it makes. Here, you open the bottle and it literally goes "pop!" A single sudden popping sound, no fizzing, and that's the end of the opening experience. I can only assume it can be attributed to differences in carbonation tactics but still...
...weird eh?
Comments
I think this needs more research. And after you expand upon your observations, a submission to NPR.......
Posted by: ma | November 15, 2006 8:57 PM
I thought the pube thing was bad, but now they're messing with the opening of a pop can! Where will it all end !!!!
Posted by: esc | November 16, 2006 12:20 AM
I got mad carbonation tactics.
Posted by: oldefezziwig | November 16, 2006 2:29 AM
That's wacky. Even more so, I'd be interested to know if someone engineered that or if it's just an artifact of something else in the bottling process that's different between countries.
My vote--stick with alcoholic drinks. That way you don't have to worry about whether or not the sound it makes is telling you anything about whether or not there might be something growing inside. If there was anything growing, it's likely already dead, and besides, if you drink enough, you won't notice anyway! :-)
Posted by: jansen | November 16, 2006 7:10 AM