The iKnow Natto Challenge!

Today I jokingly challenged Jamaipanese to the following on Twitter:

Last one to complete the Katakana course has to eat Natto

...and he accepted! Oh crap! Well, I'm a man of my word, so it looks like it's on!

The only rule is to do it in Long Term Learning mode, which means we are restricted to a certain number of katakana a day, but we benefit by learning at a sensible pace. The winner will most likely be decided by the amount of errors we make, since it will delay our progress, and by any real-life interruptions.

Once we get level on 32% of the course we will start. Let the battle begin! ^^

Don't they look delicious....

Photo by jasja dekker

Jamaipanese said on Mon 2009/02/23 16:50 JST:

mwahahahaha I shall be victorious!

Skillster said on Mon 2009/02/23 18:22 JST:

This is going to be fun :)

Deas said on Mon 2009/02/23 19:22 JST:

I'm rooting for both of you, cause I am tickled that the Gaunt-let *ahem* has been thrown down. Someone's gonna eat natto. If that's not proper motivation, I don't know what is! Ganbare, guys.

jrfiction said on Tue 2009/02/24 03:24 JST:

Anything to stay motivated! What happens if you both realise though that you really like Natto? It will no longer have that same "stick" effect. Who knows? It might even become a "carrot". I really want to see how this ends.

ryan the wired said on Tue 2009/02/24 06:00 JST:

what a great idea! we need more iKnow challenges. highest score on brainspeed wins!

Mike said on Wed 2009/02/25 06:12 JST:

Haha. Perhaps Deas and I should have some sort of Kanji contest ^^;

Loser has to eat shirako!

Deas said on Wed 2009/02/25 23:53 JST:

Forget that! The loser has to eat DRAGON CLAWS. 冗談！（爆笑）でも、チャレンジがいいかも。だが、今の僕のレベルはマイケルのと比べったら、絶対に負ける。やばいぞ。マイケルは流暢だし、僕は半分日本語半分チンプンカンプン語を混ぜながら話している。競争の意味を守る為に僕たち両方知らない漢字を勉強したら良い。でしょう？

Chris Gaunt said on Thu 2009/02/26 02:47 JST:

Oooh ok, last one to learn JAPANESE has to eat those freaky dragon claws ;)

Deas said on Thu 2009/02/26 03:24 JST:

Ha ha. They are sure freaky, huh? I dunno. Do you think they'd be better or worse / more or less adventurous than shirako? I mean, shirako is gross and all, but it's basically like eating roe...just different. Right? It's just male caviar. Or something.

Chris Gaunt said on Thu 2009/02/26 03:27 JST:

URGGHHHH! I hadn't seen shirako. I'm willing to try most things.. but that is just wrong! A very good incentive to not lose a challenge lol...

Mike said on Thu 2009/02/26 04:37 JST:

Yup. Shirako is the delightful delicacy of fish sperm sack chock fulla sperm! Yum. Seriously though, you're Japanese is really good Deas! Chinpunkanpun!? I think I heard that once before, but have never used it! I almost feel a little embarrassed as you@ve come this far in about half the time it's taken me!

Jamaipanese said on Thu 2009/02/26 16:13 JST:

....sneaks in to spy on the opponent.....

Chris Gaunt said on Thu 2009/02/26 17:30 JST:

60% and rising. Prepare to eat natto! ;P

Stoner said on Wed 2009/04/22 03:42 JST:

Chris Gaunt Eats it

simpanse said on Tue 2009/06/16 22:50 JST:

did natto make me throw up? im never taste it, it's looks delicious.. but my friends say it smell so bad and they throw up when they smell the natto at 1m from they hahhahha thats tragic!... i want to buy natto, but i dont khnow where the store prepare it...... and my friends now is going to japan, when my friends asked, what do you want for your souvenir? and i said, will you just bring me some natto? and my friends say, what?! you you want NATTO? "NATTO"! no... im sory.. i cant give you that smelly food.....................*. (T-T)