Cracker jacks are a snack mix of molasses and caramel flavored popcorn and peanuts. They're essential for watching baseball (or at least traditionally). I don't think I've ever seen them here in Japan.
The best thing about Cracker Jacks is that each box has a prize inside! A little toy, a little comic book. And there's a cute sailor on the box. (Although I haven't seen a box in decades, so I might be completely off base about today's Cracker Jack experience.)
So like, I actually know that Kinder Surprise is not a thing in the states. It's a chocolate egg with a toy inside a small container inside it, if you weren't aware. I know it's not a thing because years ago my dad said 'in supermarkets in the US you can't buy Kinder Surprises chocolates because they are a choking hazard and someone might die (somewhat understandable), but you can buy guns'.
This is my life! I have to write in American, and even after ten years in Japan I'm still baffled at the simplest of expressions. Whenever I want to write "a fair bit" or "too right" or "blimmin" I have to pull up a thesaurus...
The moment Google Maps corrects a Māori place name is a vivid example of how a product choice can turn language recognition from a setting into a lived feeling. The humor keeps the story light, but the years of code-switching underneath it make the payoff land.
Cracker jacks are a snack mix of molasses and caramel flavored popcorn and peanuts. They're essential for watching baseball (or at least traditionally). I don't think I've ever seen them here in Japan.
Thanks! I honestly had zero idea!!
The best thing about Cracker Jacks is that each box has a prize inside! A little toy, a little comic book. And there's a cute sailor on the box. (Although I haven't seen a box in decades, so I might be completely off base about today's Cracker Jack experience.)
Oh like a Kinder Surprise? That’s really cool. No wonder they’re so fondly loved! Thank you for sharing!
well, y'all have me stumped at kinder surprise so we're even steven. Or I might say ya'll. Spelling is moody.
So like, I actually know that Kinder Surprise is not a thing in the states. It's a chocolate egg with a toy inside a small container inside it, if you weren't aware. I know it's not a thing because years ago my dad said 'in supermarkets in the US you can't buy Kinder Surprises chocolates because they are a choking hazard and someone might die (somewhat understandable), but you can buy guns'.
They have boxes and bags now; they still have prizes, and the cute sailor is there with his pet dog. And they have a website: crackerjack.com
Google Gemini tells me that they can be purchased at u-buy.jp, but the website isn't loading for me to confirm that.
And to confirm Mr. Seagall's point, the 1908 song still sometimes sung at baseball games today:
Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back.
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win, it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game.
This is my life! I have to write in American, and even after ten years in Japan I'm still baffled at the simplest of expressions. Whenever I want to write "a fair bit" or "too right" or "blimmin" I have to pull up a thesaurus...
Oh man, I can feel the pain through your explanation :(
The moment Google Maps corrects a Māori place name is a vivid example of how a product choice can turn language recognition from a setting into a lived feeling. The humor keeps the story light, but the years of code-switching underneath it make the payoff land.
Haha yeah! Thanks mate!
Cross-hemisphere minority-english solidarity! 🤝
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Oh, thought that was a fist bump at first 😆
you think that's bad? some internet places (possibly including one google account - I haven't checked) think I'm French!
Haha! I don’t think it’s that bad, this is very tongue in cheek. Wow, French! If you didn’t speak French that would be very annoying!