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Funassyi's Toilet Cleaning Time

By Michael Kanert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzxXWK3_NG0

This video, entitled Funassyi no Toire Souji (Funassyi's Toilet Cleaning), is a long-way-around ad for Domesto, a high-powered drain cleaner. Funassyi spends more of his time playing than actually cleaning, which is all the better for our amusement.

Don't worry about the Japanese. Between the peculiar pear's high voice and his penchant for adding "-assyi" to every second word, we can barely understand anything he says anyway. As you might guess, it's mostly variants on "I wonder what's up?" "What was that?" and "Gaaaaaaah!" with a brief interlude of, "Hey, what the heck are you doing?"

The final line is "What the—?" Which basically sums up the whole thing. Yet for some reason, we still can't stop watching.

- welovefunassyi.com

Michael Kanert

In Japan since 2001, I'm a former ALT trainer who's lived in Shizuoka, Saitama and Tokyo, and visited 34 of Japan's 47 prefectures (13 to go!). When I can get out from behind the editorial desk, I take photos, do bits of theater and practice German longsword.

www.thekanert.com