Soba is 16 mon a bowl.
Toki Soba (ๆ่้บฆ, "Time Noodles") is one of the most often performed rakugo stories. A man swindles a coin off his bill at the stall of a noodle seller by using the method of asking the shopkeeper what time it is in the middle of counting the number of coins one by one.
A chump witnesses this by chance and wanting to copy this, he decides to attempt the same thing the next day but due to the time being too early he ends up paying more than his bill.ใ
When performing this story the story teller will often explain beforehand about the established rules of the Edo Period.
For example, the strange time system of that time where, roughly every two hours, you go back by one from nine to four until you return to nine again at midday and midnight respectively. The first man paid the bill at the nine late at night but the idiot paid at 10 pm which was four. This means he lost four coins!Oh! I like it the most when I can split the chopsticks cleanly!One, two, three... what time is it now, by the way?I'm gonna have to pay extra!One hell of a dirty noodle bowl!Heeeeey!!You too, Reisen! Why didn't you resist!!?Too much trouble.Aaaargh! Geeeeeez!!!!!!
Soba is 16 mon a bowl.
Toki Soba (ๆ่้บฆ, "Time Noodles") is one of the most often performed rakugo stories. A man swindles a coin off his bill at the stall of a noodle seller by using the method of asking the shopkeeper what time it is in the middle of counting the number of coins one by one.
A chump witnesses this by chance and wanting to copy this, he decides to attempt the same thing the next day but due to the time being too early he ends up paying more than his bill.ใ
When performing this story the story teller will often explain beforehand about the established rules of the Edo Period.
For example, the strange time system of that time where, roughly every two hours, you go back by one from nine to four until you return to nine again at midday and midnight respectively. The first man paid the bill at the nine late at night but the idiot paid at 10 pm which was four. This means he lost four coins!
Oh! I like it the most when I can split the chopsticks cleanly!
One, two, three... what time is it now, by the way?
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