#348 冷笑を止めるSiri

T-shirts, Taxes, and Orange Range's Mysterious Move

The episode opens with Nishida getting teased by Saya about his Back to the Future T-shirt. The conversation drifts to Orange Range, whose members now seem to spend their time doing backing vocals ("aino te") on all kinds of songs, and who are rumored to have relocated to Singapore — reportedly for tax reasons. That spins into a broader riff on taxes, with Saya admitting she has mixed feelings about how much disappears from her paycheck, especially now that ED medication is covered by national health insurance — a policy she finds hard to swallow even while accepting that the wealthy should pay more.

A Startling Scene at a Highway Service Area

One of the hosts recounts a work trip to Yokohama. On the taxi ride back, the female driver felt unwell and pulled into a service area, pausing the meter so she could use the restroom. While waiting, the host wandered off to buy melon bread and use the bathroom, where a man in his sixties was thoroughly scrubbing his penis at the sink. When asked about it, the man explained he was washing up before heading to a soapland. The story is told with a mix of shock and reluctant admiration for the man's grooming standards, set against the surreal backdrop of a highway rest stop.

The Mystery Smell That Hit an Outdoor Festival

Saya shares her own story from a beachside outdoor festival. That day's lineup leaned hard into loud, punk-rock acts, drawing a mosh-pit crowd rather than the idol or J-pop fans seen on other days. During soundcheck, she stepped up to the mic and was hit with an overpowering smell mixed into the sea breeze — not the tropical ocean smell she expected, but something closer to an industrial harbor odor. She burst out laughing on stage, and the crowd cheered along. The smell didn't let up during the set: drummer Gocchan and guitarist Tetsu-kun, positioned differently on stage, caught varying degrees of it, with Tetsu-kun apparently hit hardest during his guitar solo. Afterward, they learned the venue might be plagued by dead fish washed ashore or a manure-like odor, and the festival reportedly won't use that beach location again. The hosts speculate that brass-heavy acts like Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, or long-note vocalists like Misia, would have had it even worse.

GERA's Joint Live Show Announced at Nakano Zero Hall

The show includes an official announcement: a special live event bringing together GERA's roster of personalities will be held on Monday, November 16, 2026, starting at 7:00 PM at Nakano Zero Big Hall. The lineup includes Larland, Harusuke Hikouki, Mamatart, G-panpan, Suzuki Zeroji, Tenten, Nishikigoi, Niji no Tasogare, Modern Times, Monoroke Yoshizumi, and Sentinel Party. Early-bird tickets are already on sale, though the hosts joke that even the performers themselves have no idea what the event will actually involve.

The Man Who Couldn't Stop Singing, and a Girls' School Bonfire Ritual

A listener named Yupuipui writes in that he was dumped by his girlfriend after repeatedly humming and singing a jingle from an ad truck, despite being asked to stop five or six times. Inspired by watching Nishida sweat through a workout video, he joined a personal training gym to turn his life around. The hosts aren't buying it, arguing the real issue isn't his fitness but his inability to stop doing something after being told to — predicting he'll just become an annoying, buff version of the same guy. The segment closes with two more listener letters: one describing a bonfire ritual at a prestigious, century-old girls' school where, after one student confessed her struggles with unruly pubic hair, classmates began plucking and burning their own pubic hair one by one in a chain reaction; another recalling a college drinking party where a friend, stripped down to her underwear, set her own pubic hair alight with a lighter — a moment the hosts note is eerily identical to behavior they'd normally associate only with men.