Based on Genesis 12:3, bless Israel and be blessed by God!
Saitama Pref., 27 September 2025
Quite some time has already passed since I last updated my blog. So let me first apologize to my dear followers for my laziness. I really can't help admiring you for your patience. Today I've got something to share with you for the purpose of entertaining you. What's that? It's a joke I wrote back in 2010, when I was a heavy user of InterPals, an SNS where I enjoyed communicating with quite a number of people from around the world, especially from Western Europe and North America. I took this opportunity to introduce my vignettes to them and some of them were kind enough to comment on them. Here are their comments on one of my vignettes entitled 'The Singaporean Law and the Twelve Lustful Men':
1. A 41-year-old woman from Las Vegas at 11:53 p.m. JST on October 6, 2011: 'Hahaha! Insightful and clever! :)'
2. An 18-year-old girl named Lorena from Puerto Rico at 8:04 a.m. JST on May 29, 2010: 'I like it! The Spanish men would most likely curse. Hahaha. They have a bit of a potty mouth with a beautiful accent. What ever they say, it sounds good. A very clever vignette!'
3. An American man in his late teens or early twenties at 10:17 a.m. JST on May 23, 2010: 'Hahahaha. Rom, you are a genius for this lol all of your vignettes are awesome, this was very funny/awesome. I look forward to the times that you post them. Good work, Rom. And not just this one. All of them are very insightful. It really makes me think a lot.'
4. An American girl named Christine: 'I have read your 44th vignette. It makes me think about how the different nationalities interpret the law and I must say you've captured the American reaction quite accurately. I also like how you show the difference in the seven men's reactions in terms of how they view the law because of their ignorance. I applaud you for your work, very well put together!'
5. A Singaporean girl named Elle: 'I've read the latest vignette. I found it rather funny and amusing. No one gets arrested in Singapore for oral sex unless it's in public anymore.... However, it does get the point across. Well done.'
6. An American girl named Laura: 'Rom, you have made my day. That was one of the funniest and most wonderful vignettes of yours I have ever read! I'm still laughing. XDDD Hahaha!'
The following is the whole text of the vignette:
The Singaporean Law and the Twelve Lustful Men
Singapore is widely known as a country where some laws are very strict by international standards. One day twelve men of different nationalities went to the brothel in the city-state. After things were over, each of them was told that oral sex was illegal there, which all of them happened to be ignorant of. The reactions of the men were as follows:
The Israeli gave the performer more than enough money to silence her and left the country successfully;
The German apologized for his ignorance and turned himself in to the police;
The Frenchman asked to be fellated again before being arrested;
The American blew his top and threatened to ask his government to pressure Singapore to abolish the law;
The Briton, wavering between going and staying, regretted having recognized the independence of Singapore;
The Italian, ignoring what he had heard, now began to woo the performer;
The Spaniard thought to himself: 'Que sera, sera';
The Russian sullenly ordered another bottle of vodka to be brought to him;
The Finn inquired as to whether he had enough time to take a sauna;
The Chinese spat on the ground and fled;
The Korean insisted on his innocence, claiming that he had been deceived; and
The Japanese killed himself.
(End of the vignette)
Well, that's it for today. Have a great weekend!