from the japanese ladies

So this weekend I visited a teacher for lunch and then drove on the expressway for the first time. I hightailed it to Bernies to make some pottery with some of her ladies from English class. I first arrived to find this lady telling us a story of how the gallery got robbed and her husband was not happy. Not happy because it wasn't his things that were stolen. The husband said that the thief was not smart. She continued to talk in English phrases that were putting me in awe. She knew what they meant and how to use them appropriately along with a little humour. I haven't met a Japanese person that knew how to joke properly.

I continued to make my dish and then we were off to eat with her (Midori which means green), her friend, husband, Bernie, Amy, and I. She was so funny throughout the dinner. She had such a dry sense of humour. She once was saying in Japanese - How do I say this in English. Her husband who hasn't spoken a word of English yet because she said he doesn't know it. He came up with "resistance" of all the words he knew, he knows resistance.

She even used the term woopsy daisy, tipsy, drunk, some other puns. I asked her if she wanted more wine, and she said yes, "I am not tipsy." and then she cheers'ed me and said "lets get drunk" She got off on talking about a sparetire. And again she used it correctly in the terms of having a thick waist. She said hers was a sparetire from a dump truck and her friends is a spare tire from a bicycle.

This morning I got an email Bernie forwarded to me from Midori saying that "I hid the chocolate that you brought so the gangsters next door wouldn't eat it." The gangsters are her grandchildren.
What ever will she come up with next. We taught her "you crack me up", "you rule", "you're my hero", and muffin top (just like sparetire).
I can't wait to have dinner with her again. My stomach will get another work out. Oh and next time she says we are staying at her house so we can drink.