Laughed at by Students

Yesterday, a couple of girls laughed at me.

On Saturday, I had gone to Sports Depo in Bell Mall in Utsunomiya to buy some more things for my Mt. Fuji climb next month. I found this:











I had read about canned air conditioning, and was actually looking for such a thing. Hey, a Japanese company sells ties that have a fan built in them, so why not? The canned air that you use to dust out keyboards is cold, so this would be just another use for an existing product.

I was in the teachers' room, and two of the girls that were helping with osouji (cleaning) were complaining that it was really hot. Which it was. I'd brought my can in, so I said, "Come here, I'll show you something. " I gave each a spray on the back, which they liked. I showed them the can, and said, "Air conditioning!"

They looked at the can more closely and laughed.

It turns out it IS cold air that is being sold here. But it's intended to be used in case of injury -- like an ice pack.

My pride was not injured enough to need my canned ice pack -- after all, my can of cold air still does what I want it to do!