Happy Ice Cream = jinx


	Happy Ice Cream = jinx

Osolage

12-30-2007 5:33 PM

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japan, culture, japanese

Osolage says:

Found this on a new Twitter friend's blog. My wife and I play the jinx game all the time. I'm forwarding this clip to her as I think she'll think the story is cute, because she's interested in Japanese culture as well.

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12-30-2007 11:31 PM

Deepti

I remember the whole 'jinx' thing from my schooldays...pop!

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