This morning I was playing around with the kids at the start of a lesson. I had a blackboard duster in my hand, and was running around using it as a microphone to interview kids with the question, "How are you?". One of the boys I interviewed said he was hot. The classroom was actually rather cold, but he was really rugged up. I pointed to his neck-warmer and heavy jacket, and told him to take it off. The teacher added, in English, "Take it all off." I said, "No, not all", but it was too late.
Layer by layer, the boy peeled off neck-warmer, jacket 1, jacket 2, jumper 1, jumper 2 and long-sleeved t-shirt while the class erupted in laughter. Down to just a t-shirt on top, he stood up on his chair and started fiddling with his pants. The kids were all screaming mitakunai (I don't want to see it), with me saying the same thing in both English and Japanese. He pulled off his pants to reveal shorts underneath. The teacher and I looked at each other, both shaking with laughter, hoping that it was going to end there. It did. The boy sat down happily, said he wasn't hot any more, and with the odd giggle, we proceeded with the lesson.
About ten minutes later, the teacher tapped on my shoulder and pointed to the boy. Strangely enough, he'd put about half his layers back on.
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