I love it when people from all walks of life devote themselves to humor. Comedians aren't born, they are created. Thus is the case with Taro Makeburu, a former fisherman devoted to sharing the seedy secrets of the deep. Not tales of mermaids and sirens, but good old fashion sexual relations with traditional ocean dwelling life.
"Almost everybody in the fishing business has had sex with a manta at some point," Makeburu proclaims.
While I would do no justice to the comedic write up on Mainichi, Makeburu says that sex with a manta isn't just for long stays from port, but also a rite of passage. While it disturbs me to think that "getting sickly drunk" and "having sex with a fish" could be considered conventionally acceptable parts of youth, the intrinsic humor wins me over.
Two experts from the article after the jump. Definitely NSFW... if your Boss has really good eyes... and no sense of humor(xenophobic)?
Before mounting one of these intimidating creatures, points out J.K. special, it is "absolutely essential" that its stinger be removed. Yes, that certainly would make sense.
And of course, there's the matter of protocol. To wit, the ship's captain, if he so chooses, is entitled to go first.
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At least the manta survives the violation. "With most fish, we just whack 'em, but we release the manta's we screw back into the ocean," Makeburu relates.
A curious Matsuzawa wonders ... if the captain had an STD, wouldn't the other crew members who had sex with the manta contract it too?
"That's right," grins Makeburu. "So some guys slip on condoms before they do it. Once I came down with the clap. But we were in port around that time and I did it with a woman, so I don't have any way of knowing if I picked it up from her, or from the manta."
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