are you my butcher?

There is a brand new shop on our block. It appears to be called Nakakawa Meat. Nakakawa is a family name I'm assuming. Some further assuming leads me to believe that this Nakakawa guy is selling a variety of meats. Or perhaps he's just selling goat meat. Or he's only selling the meat of goats raised on imported toilet paper.

I do not know the answers thus I anxiously await the grand opening. Maltsby feels differently.

Two days ago a lone pair of rain boots sat outside the store. At the precise moment that Maltsby went in for a blissful sniff some unrelated squeal sounded and echoed down the empty morning street. The boy has a fragile constitution and has not recovered from the Case of the Screaming Boots.

The downside to Maltsby's new phobia of all things boots and squeals and Nakakawa Meat and paper-eating goats is that he forbids me to pass by the store at a pace conducive to good spying. Instead he drags me like greased lightening past the store, across the street and AWAY from the scene of the crime. I'm just wondering if I'll lay my eyes on a goat is all.

Comments

[Karen Rani]

OMG! That picture and your writing made me snort. More then once.

[Sarcasmom]

Let us know how that goat picture translates. When my daughter was living in Japan I was surprised how much English was used on signs. Sometimes not too clearly. There was a restaraunt called Flapchop that she always was curious about, but never went into as it was located at the top of a rickety stairway. At least we think it was a restaraunt.

[LadyBug Crossing]

Poor Maltsby... He'll be scarred for life!
Do let us know what this store ends up being. I'm so curious!!
LadyBug

[Heidi]

I can't wait to get the official scoop on the paper eating goat.

[Kim]

Looks to me like you could get duck, beef, goat, pork, horse and/or chicken(maybe). The far right one is the real mystery. You've got the kanji for crow, bone and chicken. Hmmm. Of course the crow character can also mean black which might make sense as black boned chicken. Makes more sense than crow boned chicken.

[Old Horsetail Snake]

Get right back on, Maltsby: Attack the boots!!

[MommaK]

Mmmmmmm...goat ;-)

Just stopping by to wish you a wonderful (and late, I guess) Mother's Day.

I love you cousin.

[Marie]

Interesting sign! Must be some good sloppy food!!

Happy Mother's Day, Meredith.

[raehan]

Oh my god, funny, funny post. The Japanese love the odd cute thing. I'm sure that's what it is. Goat eating toilet paper = cute, tee-hee.

Anyway, Maltsby is very much like Charlie. A door moves by itself and she's shaken by it. One time an earthquake occurred during a bad windstorm. Every since she's been a wreck on windy days. So much so that you leave her inside the house on a windy day and she will destroy something.

But you tell a much funnier story than me. I should just give you my stories and have you tell them.

[Lucinda]

Hilarious- The pic and the Maltsby story. I wish they had more bizarre storefront pictures in the states... I would go to that store just for the TP goat.

[Elizabeth]

you are too funny-- I like to think I am adventurous but I bet I would be a total wuss in Japan and insist on rice and grilled cheese every day.

[kelly]

In Japan it's stereotypical for a goats to eat paper. That's why the goats eating toilet paper.