10/31/2005: Salmon plane
 

http://cellar.org/2005/salmonplane1.jpg

xoB sends along this item, and notes from the Seattle Times.

The good news? For years and years, Alaskan salmon has ridden in the bellies of Alaska Airlines passenger jets to the rest of the hungry world. They claim they can catch a salmon in Alaska and have it on a plate in a NYC restaurant within 24 hours, fresh not frozen. And so finally they have taken to pointing this out. They've painted up this "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon" to do so.

The bad news? Mostly paid for by taxpayers. Ah well, having footed the bill now let's enjoy this piece of work. It's pretty wild:

http://cellar.org/2005/salmonplane.jpg

I'm quite certain my tax dollars have been used for dumber things.

Fly high, Salmon-Thirty-Salmon! Fly proud!

MMmm... sake :yum:

http://www.origamirestaurant.com/sus...sushi_sake.jpg

Here's the story. :eyebrow:

Yeah it was here in Sitka the other day. It looks a lot better than the Disney one that they did last year.

They say it's to promote Alaskan salmon......... ooookay.

It's sushi. Sake's the rice wine.

/insufferable know-it-all

:beer:

Actually, I believe that is sashimi. :O

Nigiri... there I said it.

But I'm thinking bagels & cream cheese with some capers for the inflight snack.

It's nigirizushi sake. Trust me, I don't know it all, but I know sushi.

Salmon chanted evening,
You amy meet a stranger,
You may meet a stranger,
Across a crowded room...

Is that the suggested serving size of (whatever that hot green mustard is called -- wasabi)? Does anyone actually ever run out of that stuff before they're done eating it?

give it here! i'll fly that bird! errrr fish!

Burny but good
 

... Oh heck yeah. Mix it up with soy, mash it into an extra bowl of rice. I can't always stand to eat the whole ball, but I've been known to. Tastebuds? I think you are referring to my tastescales. :thepain:

Actually Jinx is correct!!!

Sake does mean salmon AND it means liquor (depends on the character used to write it).

They are homonyms (sort of). There are over 3000 possible syllabeles in English but only 101 syllabeles in Japanese. This means Japanese has a monster load of homonyms, it is a serious pain in the ass for those of us trying to learn the language.

Sake does NOT mean "rice wine" sake is just the Japanese word for general alcohol/liquor.

If you want to say "rice wine" you should say "Nihon-shu" (means literally "Japanese liquor")

That concludes today's Japanese lesson (my Japanese teacher would laugh her ass off if she knew "I" was trying to teach Japanese :lol: ).


OH YEAH.... Cool plane!!!