@SteveClough @david_chisnall @tante I was once in Tokyo when there was a stoppage on a metro line and they were handling out tickets for other lines and apologizing profusely. And in both Japan and Canada, saying "I'm sorry" is not an admission of liability.

@meredith @nosrednayduj @david_chisnall @tante But East Asian earwax is different from European and African earwax, so the tools and techniques are different. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know-general-science/your-earwax-and-sweat-have-something-smelly-common

@sus Ivar's seafood restaurants in Seattle have the motto "Keep Clam" (and other o-fish-ally bad puns)