CaptDingleheimer said...

CaptDingleheimer at 01:00 AM JST - 8th November

Aso: "Mista Obamasan, can you use Japanese chopsticks?"

Obama: "Yes, I can."

Aso: "ええええ、すごいね！ Can you eat Japanese sushi?"

Obama: "Yes, I like sushi quite well."

Aso: "ええええ、すごいね！ Do you know Japan has four seasons? Japanese four seasons very famous!"

Obama: "Yes, I figured it does. Illinois has four seasons,…

Posted in Aso among 9 leaders to speak with Obama on phone at 01:00 AM JST - 8th November
CaptDingleheimer at 11:21 PM JST - 5th November

I grew up in a small town in rural New England, and I lived for a number of years in a similarly-sized town in rural Tohoku. Not only using these two towns as barometers, but also other small towns I've been to across America and Japan alike, I've noticed a…

Posted in Obama city residents delighted over presidential victory at 11:21 PM JST - 5th November
CaptDingleheimer at 09:10 AM JST - 4th November

Get outta here- Miss World? If she passed me on the street I wouldn't even leer at her.

Posted in Miss World Japan goes for the crown at 09:10 AM JST - 4th November
CaptDingleheimer at 02:29 AM JST - 4th November

Was the 'Brazilian' in question of Japanese descent? Because if he was, and he'd made the news by saving a drowning puppy instead of selling drugs, he'd be a 'Japanese-Brazilian'. Put that in your rice cooker and steam it...

Posted in Doshisha student says she bought cannabis from Brazilian at 02:29 AM JST - 4th November
CaptDingleheimer at 12:28 PM JST - 2nd November

That's fine, but how about at least acknowledging support for the fact that the government fired him? Childish, you two...

Posted in S Korea, China criticize ex-Japan air force chief over war essay at 12:28 PM JST - 2nd November
CaptDingleheimer at 12:44 AM JST - 1st November

That shaggy orange mop of bleached hair look has never done a whole lot for me. Keep it long and black, Japanese chicks.

Posted in Tiffany handset at 12:44 AM JST - 1st November
CaptDingleheimer at 08:17 AM JST - 4th October

Haha, good stuff. I remember seeing those tools in stations in Japan. I alsways got the impression that, rather than trying to perfect their swing, they were trying to say in that quiet humble Japanese yet painfully obvious way "HEY EVERYBODY! LOOK AT ME!!!! I'M A GOLFERrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Posted in Manner poster at 08:17 AM JST - 4th October
CaptDingleheimer at 08:43 PM JST - 2nd October

Pretty much a bunch of uninteresting, socially inept people. That's my conclusion after a handful of years there, and a large part of why I left.

Posted in Japan's online social scene isn't so social at 08:43 PM JST - 2nd October
CaptDingleheimer at 11:22 PM JST - 28th August

That number would probably go down if they'd allow diners to pack up and take home what they didn't eat. I imagine they don't want to be held responsible for the food once it's out of their hands, then catch a bunch of crap because someone got food poisoning from…

Posted in The agriculture ministry estimates 22 million tons of food get thrown out by consumers, restaurants and supermarkets each year in Japan. What are your thoughts on this? at 11:22 PM JST - 28th August
CaptDingleheimer at 12:22 AM JST - 26th August

You never hear a story about a house fire in Japan in which the family got out and the fire was put out at a point that made repairing the home an option. They always burn to the ground and kill nearly all the occupants. Is at Japanese firefighters, Japanese…

Posted in Adult, 2 children die in fire in Fukushima at 12:22 AM JST - 26th August