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

Perfectly innocent car-spotting turns into a public decency incident.

· 5 min · Togetter

What's going on

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.
Look, “Rolls-Royce” and “full nelson” are just not dirty words in normal society…
Is “Royal Host” (Royal Host is a popular Japanese family restaurant chain) safe to say? What about just “Roiho”?
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??
I genuinely don’t understand anymore
Rolls-Royce is a sex thing?? How?? …okay I looked it up 🥹
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…
I mean, the boxy silhouette and those gentle curves do give off a certain… energy. (losing my mind)
Just googled “Rolls-Royce position” for the first time. You really do keep learning new things no matter how old you get…
I guess Rolls-Royce is actually a pretty niche position, so she only knew it from that context… thirsty little sister…
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
I honestly can’t tell you the difference between a Rolls-Royce and a standing doggy style
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!
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.
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
I just gained completely useless knowledge. Like, genuinely useless. I know that for a fact.
So that position is called Rolls-Royce? Great, another piece of knowledge I didn’t ask for.
So that position has an actual name huh. Added another useless fact to my brain, classic Twitter (๑╹ω╹๑ )
So the sister is also a pervert…
The twist is that little sis was the closet perv all along
Sister is horny
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 ^^
I didn’t know what Sukebe-isu was so I looked it up and burst out laughing. Thank you for that.
lmaooo, and thank you for the new knowledge.
“Oh look, a Fer-RARI!” (Ferrari contains the Japanese slang フェラ “fera,” slang for fellatio) “STOP with the dirty jokes!!”

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~
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…
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.

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.

Comments loosely translated for tone.

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