The easiest jokes to write about Japan revolve around the stereotypical inability of Japanese people to pronounce “L” and “R” – they both come out as “soft palette” “R’s” leading to silly jokes about “elections” and “erections” as shown above.
Much of my humor just pops into my head as I write – my muses have a wacky sense of humor. As the turmoil in Iran continued today, Twitter icons turning green, the debate over what a “free election” really was provided the spark for yet another “LR” joke.
