2016.03.15 AD - Janken for it.
<º)))>< Translation of Ohno Satoshi's 'Arashi Discovery'.
<º)))>< Translations by ear (aided by Japanese transcripts).
<º)))>< Check my FAQ if you have questions.
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Good morning. This is Arashi's Ohno Satoshi.
Here's today's thought of the day; come on!
"If you look around the table and don't see a sucker, who could the sucker be?
The answer is obvious." [1]
[BGM 'Fukkatsu LOVE']
What the heck? (laughs)
This is apparently a poker proverb. This was sent in by listener Bagel-san of Tokyo.
The message reads:
"In a world of winning and losing, it's better to look for the loser than to try be a winner. If you can't find them, it means that you're the loser. This is random, but I'm ridiculously weak in battles, especially in janken (rock, paper, scissors). In the past, I played janken with 35 people and I was the ultimate loser. Just recently I played janken with 10 people and lost. Satoshi-kun, you became leader of Arashi by winning in janken, didn't you? Is Satoshi-kun good at janken? Could you give a janken weakling like me some tips on surefire ways to win?"
Ohh... Amazing, does janken happen with 35 people? And recently they did janken with 10 people... That's pretty rare!
My surefire-win method... Well, when playing amongst a large group - and this is just between you and me here - I usually put out 'paper' first. Surprisingly that wins quite a lot. That's what I heard. When playing in a large group, people tend to be scared of putting out 'paper' because it's so open. Apparently there's a tendency to put out something where you scrunch up your hand like 'rock' or 'scissors'. So the chances of people putting out 'rock' is high and you can win.
But when it comes down to a one-on-one match, you can't tell. Mm. Janken is tricky, I think. It's hard.
Which is why I won and became leader. At the end it was down to me and Sho-kun. And I won. And just as I was about to rejoice, he was like, "You're the leader!"
And I was like, "Eh?"
It was when Arashi got to appear on Shōnentai's show around the time of our debut. We didn't have a leader at the time and they told us to decide on one. "Janken for it," they said.
So me and Sho-kun were the last two. I won and thought I'd successfully escaped being the leader, but he was like, "You're the leader!"
"...Eh?"
That's how it began. Seems that Shōnentai tend to do that - like if you don't have a leader, they make you decide through janken. It was the same for TOKIO, apparently.
So leaders are decided through janken. (laughs)
Well, I was grateful. I'd never had 'Leader' as a nickname before. If I had to say, I am grateful.
Well, good luck with janken - start with 'paper'! Bagel-san, try starting with 'paper'!
That's all; this was Ohno Satoshi!
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[1] Alternatively: "If you sit in on a poker game and don’t see a sucker, get up. You’re the sucker."
-- attributed to various sources in 1979, according to the Quote Investigator website.
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<º)))>< Translations by ear (aided by Japanese transcripts).
<º)))>< Check my FAQ if you have questions.
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Good morning. This is Arashi's Ohno Satoshi.
Here's today's thought of the day; come on!
"If you look around the table and don't see a sucker, who could the sucker be?
The answer is obvious." [1]
[BGM 'Fukkatsu LOVE']
What the heck? (laughs)
This is apparently a poker proverb. This was sent in by listener Bagel-san of Tokyo.
The message reads:
"In a world of winning and losing, it's better to look for the loser than to try be a winner. If you can't find them, it means that you're the loser. This is random, but I'm ridiculously weak in battles, especially in janken (rock, paper, scissors). In the past, I played janken with 35 people and I was the ultimate loser. Just recently I played janken with 10 people and lost. Satoshi-kun, you became leader of Arashi by winning in janken, didn't you? Is Satoshi-kun good at janken? Could you give a janken weakling like me some tips on surefire ways to win?"
Ohh... Amazing, does janken happen with 35 people? And recently they did janken with 10 people... That's pretty rare!
My surefire-win method... Well, when playing amongst a large group - and this is just between you and me here - I usually put out 'paper' first. Surprisingly that wins quite a lot. That's what I heard. When playing in a large group, people tend to be scared of putting out 'paper' because it's so open. Apparently there's a tendency to put out something where you scrunch up your hand like 'rock' or 'scissors'. So the chances of people putting out 'rock' is high and you can win.
But when it comes down to a one-on-one match, you can't tell. Mm. Janken is tricky, I think. It's hard.
Which is why I won and became leader. At the end it was down to me and Sho-kun. And I won. And just as I was about to rejoice, he was like, "You're the leader!"
And I was like, "Eh?"
It was when Arashi got to appear on Shōnentai's show around the time of our debut. We didn't have a leader at the time and they told us to decide on one. "Janken for it," they said.
So me and Sho-kun were the last two. I won and thought I'd successfully escaped being the leader, but he was like, "You're the leader!"
"...Eh?"
That's how it began. Seems that Shōnentai tend to do that - like if you don't have a leader, they make you decide through janken. It was the same for TOKIO, apparently.
So leaders are decided through janken. (laughs)
Well, I was grateful. I'd never had 'Leader' as a nickname before. If I had to say, I am grateful.
Well, good luck with janken - start with 'paper'! Bagel-san, try starting with 'paper'!
That's all; this was Ohno Satoshi!
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Grab the audio for this entry here; courtesy of the lovely
nepheliads ♥
[1] Alternatively: "If you sit in on a poker game and don’t see a sucker, get up. You’re the sucker."
-- attributed to various sources in 1979, according to the Quote Investigator website.
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