Comments on: Shitte: Internet FAIL FAIL

By: TheStrawMan

TheStrawMan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:27:04 +0000

I was gonna mention 尻毛駅 but you beat me to it. I used to pass that station occasionally when I lived in Gifu, and had a chuckle about it.
Most Japanese I talked to also considered it amusing enough to bring up in passing conversation.

By: M-Bone

M-Bone — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:34:10 +0000

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%BB%E6%AF%9B%E9%A7%85

This, of course, refers to some ancient Shinto-onmyodo-tantric syncretic thing, certainly not to hairy bums.

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Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:28:10 +0000

[...] META no TAME » Blog Archive » Shitte: Internet FAIL FAIL meta.neojaponisme.com/2009/08/24/shitte-internet-fail-fail – view page – cached I was on the train the other day and discovered that there is a station called Shitte (尻手) on the JR Nambu line. Shitte! And did you see the kanji??? “Ass-hand.” Again, everyone: a city called Shitte made from the kanji for “ass-hand.” — From the page [...]

By: Barry Black Boy

Barry Black Boy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:13:00 +0000

Just to clarify –
you translate “shitte” as ass-hand, and then
say that this is the kind of thing that idiots do,
but you aren’t an idiot because you don’t
actually mean it ?

Sort of like “it’s funny because I know it’s not actually
funny but other people think I think it’s actually funny”

By: Barry Black Boy

Barry Black Boy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:03:26 +0000

Shitte … funny !! like shit !! like from the anus !! ha ha ha !!!!

By: W. David MARX

W. David MARX — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:30:02 +0000

I don’t know, maybe that woman was asking “are you retarded?” in a kind, concerned way?

By: Durf

Durf — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:26:31 +0000

The indignant comments are what totally made this entry work for me.

By: W. David MARX

W. David MARX — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:49:25 +0000

I thought the bekkoame joke was a dead giveaway, but alas…

By: rabuho

rabuho — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:43:25 +0000

I think Marxy’s facetiousness is lost on some of the commenters here.

I used to get off at this station all the time (to go to the Nitori nearby), and though the “ass-hand” image came to mind immediately, once I discovered the etymology of the name it was quite a disappointment.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:38:10 +0000

Kindaichi, way to go with the flow. Of course it doesn’t mean what Marxy is insinuating, but I will also admit that the first time I looked at the Kanagawa area on a JR map and saw this station, I smirked as well.

Etymology, shmetymology. The explanations don’t make it any less amusing.