I got a rice cooker!
One of the running jokes around here is that non-Asians can't cook rice properly in a pot. It really is a tough thing to do right; so much that even the natives just give up and get one of these.
Now if I can just overcome my fear of supermarkets....
March 23rd, 2004 at 8:56 pm
All I see is a radio...
March 24th, 2004 at 1:49 am
that's what I thought too!
March 24th, 2004 at 2:40 am
I did not know you had developed agoraphobia... could be worse. you could have Geniophobia (fear of chins) instead!
March 25th, 2004 at 12:45 am
LOL. Yes, I was thinking CD player, myself....
March 25th, 2004 at 11:22 am
Kinda like that scene in True Lies, if you remember it, where the terrorists ask Ahnold to tell them what the nuclear warhead is. "This is an espresso machine. No, no wait. It's a snowcone maker. Is it a water heater?"
March 25th, 2004 at 12:59 pm
It looks like one of those Fischer Price sing-along tape decks I used to have as a kid. All it needs is a microphone attached to the side.
March 26th, 2004 at 2:55 am
Cibophobia is the fear of food--I could not find a fear of rice, nor is there a fear of SUPERmarkets. I think it looks like one of those little tabletop jukeboxes they used to have at restaurants, and still do at oldies places. Can you get any Elvis on that thing? You know..."You Ain't Nothin' but a Rice Ball"?
March 27th, 2004 at 12:35 am
Thanks mom. I should have known you would prove me wrong.
March 29th, 2004 at 12:37 pm
What's wrong? Agoraphobia is fear of the marketplace, which is probably closer than anything. You had it right to start with. I was just seeing if they had a more modern version, fear of supermarkets---Costcophobia? Bashasphobia? Safewayphobia?
April 1st, 2004 at 12:13 pm
That doesn't belong to Joey or Haesung does it?
April 2nd, 2004 at 1:18 pm
Actually, it's a bit upgraded version of mine/Joey's. ;)