Before leaving for Japan, I took pictures of Jon and Justin eating with chopsticks, just to have proof that yes, some foreigners are indeed capable of performing this task. In terms of student interest, these pictures ranked much higher than, say, the state capital. Then I showed them these:
And told them that they were American chopsticks. Which they believed. One day, when they visit America and can't understand why the restaurants don't have giant novelty chopsticks, they will realize that they have just been hit with the punchline of a ten, twenty year joke.
