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"I am a Libra of Libras" - I could have stopped reading there. "...the interview was over and I was leaving the room. As I shut the door behind me, the committe
by janethenew 12y ago
"I am a Libra of Libras" - I could have stopped reading there.
"...the interview was over and I was leaving the room. As I shut the door behind me, the committee erupted into laughter" - of course they did. He probably had just told them that alignment of planets made him suitable for the job.
Relevant SMBC: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3634#comic http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3634#comic
- walshemj 12y agoIn japan they ask you for your blood group on job applications
- janethenew 12y agoThat's odd. At least, they don't ask about astrological signs. I hope that they don't. "I am a Libra of Libras" sounds like "I'm a crackpot of crackpots" to me.
- desdiv 12y agoThe blood type obsession thing is basically their version of astrological signs. Wikipedia has more about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_types_in_Japanese_culture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_types_in_Japanese_culture
- phaemon 12y agoThat's odd. Your comments in this thread sound like "I'm not intelligent enough to identify a metaphor" to me. Strange how those things work, isn't it?
- Udik 12y agoI have the suspect that "libra of libras" shouldn't be intended necessarily in its literal sense (of astrological sign), even if it were true. The symbol of the libra is a scale, so the author is just saying, as made clear in the next period, that he usually keeps his moods and opinions very balanced between the positive and the negative, in contrast with the fully optimistic attitude he sees in the Americans.