She Said "Rolls-Royce" Out Loud and Got Punched by Her Sister

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A woman was walking through Shibuya with her younger sister when she spotted a Rolls-Royce parked on the street. She called out the car's name — loudly and with genuine excitement — only to get elbowed in the ribs and scolded for "saying something dirty in public." She had absolutely no idea what her sister was talking about. It was a car. She was talking about a car.

As it turns out, "Rolls-Royce" is also the name of a sex position — apparently coined by a well-known Japanese adult video actor named Shimiken, who named it after the iconic hood ornament, the Spirit of Ecstasy. The sister knew this. The original poster did not. The internet, naturally, had a lot of thoughts.

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So I was walking through Shibuya with my little sister, spotted a Rolls-Royce parked on the road, and went “Oh, a Rolls-Royce!” — and she immediately elbowed me and went “stop yelling dirty stuff in public in broad daylight!! 💢” And I was like “WHAT are you talking about, I’m talking about a CAR 💢💢” We got into a whole thing. I can’t deal with her lol.

渋谷を妹と歩いてた時に道に止まってるロールスロイス見て私が「ロールスロイスだ！」って言ったら妹にど突かれて「昼間からでかい声で下ネタ言うな‼️💢」って怒られて、「なんのこと⁉️車の話してんだけど💢💢」って言い合いしたことある。いい加減にして欲しい。

Look, “Rolls-Royce” and “full nelson” are just not dirty words in normal society…

一般にはロールスロイスもフルネルソンも下ネタじゃねえのよ…

Is “Royal Host” (Royal Host is a popular Japanese family restaurant chain) safe to say? What about just “Roiho”?

ロイヤルホストはセーフか？ロイホはどうだ？

I work at a 風俗店 (a Japanese adult entertainment venue) and I had no idea… Rolls-Royce is dirty?? It’s a car?? What??

ふーぞくじょーなのに知らない、、、ロールスロイスって下ネタなん、、、？車じゃん、、？どゆこと？？

I genuinely don’t understand anymore

マジでなんなんだ

Rolls-Royce is a sex thing?? How?? …okay I looked it up 🥹

ロールスロイスが下ネタ？どゆこと？？？……調べちゃいました🥹

I’m no expert but hearing someone say “Rolls-Royce” and immediately going “that’s dirty!!” feels like a stretch… clearly she was talking about the car…

私詳しくないけどその言葉聞いて下ネタや！って言うのは流石にどうかと思うわ...どう見ても車の方に決まってるやろ...

I mean, the boxy silhouette and those gentle curves do give off a certain… energy. (losing my mind)

まあ確かにあのゴツさと程よい曲線美には一定のエロスを感じさせますよね(乱心)

Just googled “Rolls-Royce position” for the first time. You really do keep learning new things no matter how old you get…

「ロールスロイス体位」で検索して初めて意味を知った。幾つになっても人生まだまだ勉強やね…

I guess Rolls-Royce is actually a pretty niche position, so she only knew it from that context… thirsty little sister…

ロールスロイスって割とマイナー体位だからそっちの意味でしか認識がなかったんだな…エッチ妹…

First time learning Rolls-Royce is a sex position — wait, I thought that was a Ferrari! (another luxury car brand name used as slang) Goes to show how much this site teaches you lol

ロールスロイスって体位初めて知ったいやそれフェラーリやがなー！待ちなのかと思ってたお勉強なるついったらんど

I honestly can’t tell you the difference between a Rolls-Royce and a standing doggy style

僕はロールスロイスと立ちバックの違いがあまり分かりません

Sorry to jump in as a non-follower, but I had no idea what was dirty about “Rolls-Royce” either — apparently it’s a position that mimics the pose of the Rolls-Royce hood ornament, the Spirit of Ecstasy! TIL!

FF外から失礼します私もロールスロイスのどこが下ネタなのかわからなかったのですがロールスロイスのエンブレムマスコットの「スピリッツ・オブ・エクスタシー」っぽい型になる体位の事をロールスロイスって言うんですね！勉強になりました

Had no idea! A position?? Invented by Shimiken? (Shimiken is a famous Japanese adult film actor known for his encyclopedic knowledge of sexual positions) First I’m hearing of it. So I can never casually yell “Rolls-Royce” again. Because of the hood ornament. Okay.

知らんかった！体位？しみけん考案？初めて知った。今はうっかり大きい声で「ロールスロイス」って言えないんや。エンブレムに似てるからやて。

I genuinely didn’t know, so I looked it up — apparently Shimiken invented a position called the Rolls-Royce. The actual car company should sue lol

本当に何？と調べたら、あのしみけんが考案したロールスロイスという体位があるそうな。車側が訴えてほしい笑

I just gained completely useless knowledge. Like, genuinely useless. I know that for a fact.

無駄な知識が増えた本当に無駄って思っちゃった

So that position is called Rolls-Royce? Great, another piece of knowledge I didn’t ask for.

あの椅子ロールスロイスっていうの？また要らぬ知識を身につけてしまった

So that position has an actual name huh. Added another useless fact to my brain, classic Twitter (๑╹ω╹๑ )

あの体位ロールスロイスって名前なんやまた無駄知識が増えたわ流石ついったー(๑╹ω╹๑ )

So the sister is also a pervert…

妹も変態ですか…

The twist is that little sis was the closet perv all along

妹ちゃんのほうがムッツリさんだったオチ

Sister is horny

妹がスケベ

Dammit! I love dirty jokes but I couldn’t think of any dirty connection to Rolls-Royce!! What is it?? Is it about the “Sukebe-isu”?? (Sukebe-isu, lit. “pervert chair,” is a joke nickname for a massage chair) …looked it up, it’s a sex position. Of course a lifelong virgin like me wouldn’t know ^^

クソッ！下ネタ好きなのにロールスロイスから関連してくる下ネタが思い付かねぇッ‼️なんだ！？スケベイスの事か⁉️ って調べたら体位の事なんねそりゃ万年童貞にゃあわかる訳ねぇわ^^

I didn’t know what Sukebe-isu was so I looked it up and burst out laughing. Thank you for that.

スケベイスしらなくて調べて見たらドカ笑いしました。ありがとうございます。

lmaooo, and thank you for the new knowledge.

草こちらこそ新しき知見をありがとうございました。

“Oh look, a Fer-RARI!” (Ferrari contains the Japanese slang フェラ “fera,” slang for fellatio) “STOP with the dirty jokes!!”

「今度は『フェラ』ーリだ！」「だか、下ネタやめて！」

The Ferrari joke works in Japanese because the car’s name starts with フェラ (fera), which is informal slang for a sex act. The sister in this scenario would absolutely not accept this explanation.

Fer-rari~

フェラーり

If Rolls-Royce gets you in trouble, what hope does 駅弁 (Ekiben, literally “station bento,” is also the name of a famous sex position involving one partner being carried) have…

ロールスでこれなら駅で売ってる弁当なんかどうなるんや…

Rolls-Royce is literally the same situation for me — I think of the car first, every time. Same with Ekiben. Please stop ruining normal words.

ロールスロイスに関してはマジでこれになるからやめて欲しい。駅弁もそう。車の方が先に浮かびます

My take

Apparently there's a complaint out there — real or apocryphal — that the word *kannondaki* *(a style of double door that opens from the center, named after the Buddhist deity Kannon)* should not be used around Buddhist imagery because it sounds indecent. Which tells you everything you need to know about how language works: once someone plants the seed, you can never un-hear it. Rolls-Royce. Spirit of Ecstasy. You're welcome.

#Funny #Culture

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