It’s a warm Saturday night in May, you’re on your fourth beer, and the new best friend you just met tonight says, hey, I hope the flowers I ordered for Mother’s Day get there in time. Wait, Mother’s Day?! NNNOOOOOO!!!
Okay, think. You’re a day ahead in Japan, on account of that fine bacon-saving invention The International Dateline. Maybe there’s still time. But Googling only deepens the panic. Chocolates? In your dreams. Flowers? Yeah, if you’re Bill Gates. And then…Domino’s to the rescue!
This heart-shaped pizza is the perfect way to say, “Mom, I love how you’re tough on the outside, but you never fail to be gooey on the inside! Whether it’s breakfast lunch or dinner, the sight of you always makes me happy! And you’re always there within 30 minutes when I call!”
Best of all, even after applying the beyond-depressing exchange rate, this heart-shaped pepperoni pizza is still only $16.28! Wait, how come it’s so cheap? Hm, it’s only 25 cm (10″). Kind of the equivalent of those ”fun size” Snickers you get at Halloween. But on the other hand, it’s Mother’s Day, not Mother & Father’s Day. Dad gets his next month. Surely for one night, he can warm up leftovers in the microwave.
Then you read the fine print. Only in Japan. DAMN. You’re still toast.
That’d be the equivalent of me giving my mom (who is very clumsy) a pogo-stick: showing my affection by giving her something she hates.
(She also does not like pepperonis.)
I’d order one for myself, though.
How often do you see heart-shaped pizzas?
This is the first one I’ve seen!
And yeah, my mom would be less than excited to get a pizza too. OTOH, in Japan, getting a pizza is a little more exotic than it would be un the States. More the equivalent of receiving a delivery of grilled squid in a stick…