Bovinus said...

Bovinus at 12:45 PM JST - 11th August

Japan doesn't have its best players because the clubs wouldn't release them. Hence, every player except 3 is under 23. No Maki, no Kawaguchi etc etc. Why would anyone expect anything other than 3 straight losses?

Posted in Nigeria sends Japan crashing out of Olympic men's soccer at 12:45 PM JST - 11th August
Bovinus at 01:46 PM JST - 9th August

Or just turn the AC up slightly. Nothing worse than freezing your tits off in summer.

Posted in Belly up at 01:46 PM JST - 9th August
Bovinus at 01:44 PM JST - 9th August

Only 2 of these paragraphs are not about some celebrity I've never heard of. Put this kind of article in the entertainment section please.

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Bovinus at 09:49 PM JST - 8th August

I tried it once and it was the best time I've ever had. Simply amazing. But I wouldn't want to be one of those people who do it all the time. Like any drug, that's pretty sad.

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Bovinus at 09:46 PM JST - 8th August

The weight is not really an issue, just if people need one seat or two. The weight of individual passengers is negligible compared to the weight of the aircraft itself.

If people need 2 seats they should have to pay for 2 seats.

Posted in How airlines deal with 'customers of size' at 09:46 PM JST - 8th August
Bovinus at 10:45 PM JST - 7th August

"So smoking will, in the near future, become a vice for the affluent."

So let the rich kill themselves slowly in their own homes. Also, there aren't that many rich people (wealth distribution is like a pyramid). Thirdly, it's usually the poor that smoke. There is a direct correlation between…

Posted in Cigarette prices may be doubled at 10:45 PM JST - 7th August
Bovinus at 10:38 PM JST - 7th August

Has the Olympics started? Wake me up when it's over.

Posted in U.S. beats Japan 1-0 in Olympic men's soccer opener at 10:38 PM JST - 7th August
Bovinus at 02:40 PM JST - 7th August

There's a limit where people look at how much money they're spending on cigarettes and so 'that's enough'. For some people the limit is somewhere between the present 300 yen and the potential 600 yen. These people will try to quit.

As it is, a pack a day smoker will…

Posted in Cigarette prices may be doubled at 02:40 PM JST - 7th August
Bovinus at 10:18 PM JST - 6th August

I think he's just trying to distract the media after his gaffe yesterday where he called the opposition 'Nazis' (apparently new governments bring in dictatorial policies (?!) )

Posted in Aso suggests halting antiterror refueling mission at 10:18 PM JST - 6th August
Bovinus at 12:17 PM JST - 6th August

I would divide all western countries into a) America and b) the rest. America has the death penalty, no public health care, uses the imperial measurement system, plays baseball etc unlike other western countries. I would lump Japan in with America, not the rest. And since countries other than the…

Posted in In the world of geopolitics, do you think of Japan as part of the West? at 12:17 PM JST - 6th August