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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
I was on the way here with a bicycle.
Yeah.
Do you know 桐谷さん?
桐谷さん?
From Matsuko-san's TV.
Oh, I know.
株主優待でクラッシュしている。
Yeah, that's right.
Yeah, yeah.
And he rides the bicycle, right?
He rides bicycle, yes.
Yeah.
I think I rode past by him.
Really?
Yes.
So I was stopping at an intersection, right?
I was waiting for the light to go green, right?
And it went green, and I was slowly just accelerating.
Right.
And I think there was this おじさん riding a ママチャリ, right?
He was wearing jeans with a striped shirt.
Yeah, that's what I know.
Tucked under his jeans, right?
Yeah, that's what I know.
Red striped shirt.
Yeah.
And he had a mirror, kind of like a side mirror, attached to the ママチャリ.
Does he?
We'll have to check.
Yeah, yeah.
We'll have to check.
And he was wearing glasses.
Okay.
He was kind of bald.
Okay, okay.
Great.
And yeah, he had a round face.
Okay.
So that was the character that I got.
You crossed his?
Yes, yes, yes.
We crossed each other.
Okay, you saw his face.
Yeah, I saw his face.
I saw his fashion.
Yes.
But what I felt was like, he was a little bit, he was very pale.
Oh.
I don't remember Kiritani-san being very pale.
Okay.
Okay.
And he was riding kind of slow.
Oh, really?
He's a fast rider.
Yeah.
I know he's just, he runs so fast, like every time he rushes into something.
Right, as fast as a car, right?
Yeah, yeah.
But he was slow.
He was kind of slow.
Oh, was he slow?
So that was the two elements that I was like, hmm, is this really Kiritani-san?
Pale and slow.
Pale and slow.
Okay.
And plus, you know, the mirrors, the side mirror on the bicycle too.
Yeah.
I don't remember him having that.
Yeah, about the mirror, he might have them.
Might have them.
Yeah.
Possible.
Possibly, yes.
We'll see.
So let's check the internet.
All right, all right.
See if Kiritani-san has a side mirror first on his bike.
I don't know if he's pale or not.
He's pale, yeah.
But I have the image of him not like, you know, going outside every day.
So it's like more like indoor.
Yeah, true, true, true.
All right, this is him.
Yeah, I know him.
Yeah, this is him.
Yes, yes, yes.
Um, hold on, which one, which picture?
That one.
That one?
Okay.
He's got a GoPro.
He's got a GoPro.
This is probably for the TV, right?
Yeah, yeah.
But, okay, he doesn't have a side mirror on this photo.
Not this one.
Not this one, too.
Okay, so maybe, huh, he doesn't have a side mirror.
I don't know about that one.
Oh, dang.
He doesn't have a side mirror.
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Hmm.
So maybe it wasn't him.
Oh, shit.
This is GoPro.
Yeah.
Oh, wait, he doesn't have a side mirror.
Oh, no.
Nah, he doesn't have.
Oh, shit.
Side mirrors.
He's kind of pale.
Yeah, he's kind of pale.
Yeah, he's kind of pale.
Yeah.
But maybe he's just, you know, repaired.
Yeah.
He just got two mirrors.
He, maybe, yeah, he maybe updated his bike.
Yeah.
But, yeah.
But it looks a lot like the person that I, that I crossed.
Yeah.
Just like this.
Just like this.
Hmm.
Yeah.
Right, his shoulders were a little bit, like, tight.
Like this.
Like this.
Yeah.
Holding a handle like this.
Just like this.
Just like the picture.
Hmm.
He's 70?
Wow.
Oh, shit.
He's 70.
He's young.
He's young, yeah.
Yeah, he looks very young.
Yeah.
He looks like he's in the 60s or something.
Like, you know, late 50s or even.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wow.
Right, he wasn't standing up.
He was just sitting down.
Very slow.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I have this image of him always standing.
Always standing.
Right, right.
Oh, okay.
Hmm.
Wow.
So, it's a mystery.
It's a mystery.
Okay.
I don't know if it's actually him or not.
It's a mystery.
But did you, did you see his face?
I saw his face.
Yeah, very similar.
Very similar.
Okay.
You know, he had a very, like, he had a, you know, thin eyes.
You know, kind of like a.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He was squinting.
He was squinting.
Squinting?
He was squinting his eyes.
What do you call that?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, like this.
Yeah, you call the squinting.
Okay.
Squinting.
Yeah, he was squinting.
Okay.
Yeah.
And wearing glasses?
Yeah, he was wearing, like, Ojisan glasses.
Okay.
Yeah, he had this bald hair.
Yeah.
Very similar.
Very similar.
Hmm.
Yeah, his shirt was tucked in, his jeans.
Just like this.
Just like this, yeah.
Oh, man, I hope it was him.
Oh man, I hope it was him.
Yeah.
I hope it was him.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Is that close to your house area?
Uh, no, not that close.
Oh, okay.
Not that close.
It was more, rather close to this studio.
Okay.
Yeah.
So maybe he might be living around here.
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Or maybe he was using his Yutaiken.
He goes all over, right?
Oh, that's why it's true.
He goes all over Tokyo to use his Yutaiken,
so you never know where he lives.
That's right.
Yeah.
It's true.
He goes like west, east, south, north.
Everywhere.
Everywhere.
So far.
That's right.
Yeah.
So you don't really know where he lives.
That's right.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's funny.
I wonder what he's doing, you know?
Yeah.
But he wasn't in a rush.
He was not in a rush.
And it's not...
You know, I understand if the day was like around night,
where all the stores are closed,
but you still have a lot of stores
where you can use the Yutaiken, right?
Yeah.
Oh.
That's right.
Yeah.
So he was kind of chilling.
He was chill.
He was chill.
He's got plenty of tickets that he has to use.
Yeah, where to go?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Still got time.
Right.
Yeah.
Oh, mystery.
Mystery.
He's a professional investor or something, no?
Yeah, I think he invests, too.
I think his net worth is very big.
Oh, really?
Several hundred million or something.
Wow.
Yeah, just with all the stocks he has.
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, that's...
I saw a book of his on the bookstore.
It's like a kind of investment book.
Ah.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
I guess he's a good investor, I guess.
I mean, yeah, he succeeded, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And live with all the tickets without paying anything.
Yeah.
Right.
Have you ever received a Yutaiken from anything?
Yeah.
Do you get Yutaikens from like the Shintaku?
I don't think so.
No, right?
You have to buy it individual.
Yeah.
Kabu, right?
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.
Have you gotten it and used it before?
Yeah, once.
But most of them are not...
Like, for example, like a cruise tickets.
Oh, wow.
But it's not completely free.
It's just like 20% off tickets or something like that.
Is it worth it?
Is it worth the deal?
I don't...
I mean, for me, that's not the purpose of it.
Oh, right.
Some people buy it for the Yutaikens, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
So, for example, like, maybe like a chocolate company or like, you know, those like...
Like a dog or something.
Yeah, yeah.
You know?
Yeah.
Maybe you can get like a ticket for like...
Like A&A or JAL.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right.
Or like train companies that have like...
Oh, true.
Like green shop or something.
Yeah, those.
That's true.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
So, it might have been him.
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Yeah.
It might have been him.
I would be so lucky if I ran into him.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Because he moves fast.
Right.
You can never catch him.
It's real.
You can't catch him.
Yeah.
Jealous of him.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
All right.
Thanks for sitting, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.