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To laugh along with this month’s video is to understand the cultural differences between Fiji and well, just about everyone else. The butt of many a joke, cultural misunderstandings are a staple of many indigenous races when clashes between perceived standards occur. This particular joke is no different.

Amongst the more naughtier circles of conversation, making a circle shape with your pointer finger and thumb means basically one thing: your arse.

Holding it up equals “This. Is your arse.” The bigger the circle you can make, the more the joke is on your intended victim.

For those of you who don’t understand Fijian, here’s a rough translation of the joke, although jokes like these are best spoken and acted out rather then read. Also it goes without mention that if you do indeed know Fijian, you can skip this here below paragraph and just watch the video via yasiboiyawa.

A kaivalagi (white person) man visits a fijian village and becomes good friends with one of the village men. They hung out a lot, worked together in the garden etc. Soon, it was time for the kaivalagi to go back. It was a sad moment for the both of them. The (somewhat old & noisy) bus arrives, and they exchange tearful goodbyes. ”Goodbye!” Said the fijian man, “Goodbye! Make sure you come back one day!” The kaivalagi nodded, held his hand up in the ‘Ok’ sign and yelled “OK!”.

Without missing a beat, the Fijian man shakes his hand furiously in the same hand signal and screams, “THAT’S YOUR SIZE!”