At one of Hunter's schools, the kids have taken to calling him Hana Takai Sensei, literally "Tall Nosed Teacher", or, which I translate to a more general Mr Big Nose. I don't think that his nose is all that big, it's only marginally longer than mine, but compared to the average Japanese button nose, it is quite large. Besides, kids are kids.
However, we had a great laugh this morning. We went to park our bikes in underground managed parking. We park our bikes there fairly regularly, and most of the staff (all men just below retirement age) know us pretty well. One of the men was making small talk with Hunter about the weather. He commented that it was cold, and Hunter agreed that it was very cold. Something else was said, and then suddenly the man said something along the lines of "Because your nose is so long, it sticks out and must get cold". Ah, kids and old people!
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