AFTER RUNCH........

A California businessman had to fly into Tokyo for a Monday morning meeting where a sizable merger operation was to be hammered out. Planes were sold out for the weekend. The only seat he got put him into Tokyo on Friday 11 PM.

Not sleepy at all and bored to death - he didn’t speak a word of Japanese, he went for a short stroll in the hotel neighborhood. He happened to see a nice-looking girl in the oldest profession and by sign language persuaded her to come up to his room.

While they were well into the usual activity, the girl suddenly cried out with what sounded to him like "Zai shi ban". He was sure this must mean something like "fantastic!" in Japanese and duly noted it down in his mind.

The business conversations on Monday morning went extremely well and a major merger was negotiated to mutual satisfaction. After the signing ceremony, his Japanese host/partner remarked: "We have custom in Japan. When close good deal, we have good runch and then play lound of golf. You like golf?" Sure he did, and off they went to lunch and from there on to the golf course.

Teeing off from the third hole, the Japanese succeeded in a beautiful hole-in-one, and the Californian duly shouted "Zai shi ban, zai shi ban".

Bewildered his friend turned round and asked: "Why do you say The wrong hole??"

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