Kancho kudasai

My pal Gavin (I hope I spelled that right) was just in the store and filled me in about Kancho. Seemed interesting. So I did what I always do, I looked it up on the almighty Wikipedia. Here is what Wiki had to say:


Kancho (カンチョー, kanchō?) is a prank often played in Japan by young school-aged children; it is performed by clasping the hands together so the index fingers are pointing out and attempting to insert them into someone's anal region when the victim is not looking. It is similar in spirit to the wedgie or a goosing in North America.



It has been popular in Japan and other Asian countries for years but has recently become re-popularised by the anime Naruto, where it has been called the Thousand Years of Pain/Death technique. In Japan, there is a gameshow where a celebrity routinely kanchōs random people. It is also known in South Korea as "ttong chim", "ddong chim" or "dong chim" (똥침 in Hangul) and in the Philippines as "bembong" or "pidyok", from the Filipino word "tumbong" for coccyx.

In certain countries, the act of kancho may be illegal and considered sexual harassment, or even sexual assault, although children are given more leniency. While the practice is known in South Korea, there have been cases where adults performing it have been arrested. However, in Japan it is considered a childish prank rather than a criminal act.

The word is sometimes mistakenly used by foreigners in Japan who have limited knowledge of Japanese. When asking for the bill at a restaurant in Japan (one way would be "Kanjo kudasai" or "Please give me the bill"), however, a common mistake is to say, "Kancho kudasai" or "Please give me a kancho" which usually results in hysterical laughter by the waiter.

Kancho (칸쵸, kanchyo) is also the name of a brand of chocolate-filled biscuits produced by Lotte Confectionaries in South Korea. The same product is sold as Pakkuncho (パックンチョ) in Japan.
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Etymology

The word is a slang adoption of the Japanese word for an enema (浣腸, kanchō?). In accordance with widespread practice, the word is generally written in katakana when used in its slang sense, and in kanji when used of enemas in the medical sense.
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See also

* Boong-Ga Boong-Ga, a video game for the Korean and Japanese market that allows the player to engage in simulated anal probing