Farmboy said...

Farmboy at 08:35 PM JST - 19th November

Masks aren't supposed to stop viruses. They are supposed to stop droplets of spray from the coughing and hacking guy next to you on the train. Those droplets contain viruses.

Posted in Most masks do not block viruses as much as they claim to, test shows at 08:35 PM JST - 19th November
Farmboy at 05:25 PM JST - 18th November

According to this website, http://www.weird-websites.com/justweird/endofworld.htm, the next end of the world dates after 2012 are 2014 (Pope's declaration), 2028 (Eli Eshoh and Asteroid 1997 XF11), 2280 (Quran code), and 3797 (Nostradamus). This means we still have plenty of disaster movies to look forward to...if all goes well.

Posted in The end is near as Hollywood does the apocalypse at 05:25 PM JST - 18th November
Farmboy at 06:31 PM JST - 17th November

When is Hollywood going to make a movie where the entire Earth becomes a paradise filled with chirping little birdies, purring widdle puddy tats and bikini girls frolicking on beaches?

It's too close to reality...nobody would go see it.

Posted in The end is near as Hollywood does the apocalypse at 06:31 PM JST - 17th November
Farmboy at 06:28 PM JST - 17th November

Every president makes an effort to be polite in each country. I agree with yokomoc above...this kind of discussion gets ridiculous, where mundane things are spun out of all proportion.

http://images.google.co.jp/images?q=bush+kissing+saudi+prince&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=JGwCSvlIYqgkQWs06y3AQ&sa=X&oi=imageresult_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CBwQsAQwAw

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 06:28 PM JST - 17th November
Farmboy at 08:27 AM JST - 17th November

Nobody says anything when Bush kisses Saudi princes... Bowing is what you do in Japan. Should the Emperor refuse to shake hands when he visits the US?

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 08:27 AM JST - 17th November
Farmboy at 08:33 PM JST - 16th November

Rudolph the bottlenose reindeer? A few antlers, an underwater sleigh, ...yep, this has possibilities ...

Posted in Swimming Santa at 08:33 PM JST - 16th November
Farmboy at 08:56 PM JST - 15th November

I used to like the reporting, but it's gone downhill, and now has very little real news... very little real news anywhere, actually...even BBC has gone downhill, though not at much as CNN.

We need to bring back Soledad O'Brian and restore Anderson Cooper to his former job...they were at…

Posted in CNN finding that prime-time success is elusive at 08:56 PM JST - 15th November
Farmboy at 08:01 AM JST - 15th November

Some politicians have argued that an influx of immigrants would lead to lower wages for Japanese workers and a higher crime rate.

I suspect lower wages and a higher crime rate are in the cards with or without "migrtants."

Posted in Hatoyama says Japan should embrace more migrants at 08:01 AM JST - 15th November
Farmboy at 12:11 PM JST - 11th November

I think almost all religions have been successful at producing self-righteous nutcases. We shouldn't give Christianity any exclusive commendation for being able to do that.

Posted in DPJ's Ozawa calls Christianity 'self-righteous' at 12:11 PM JST - 11th November
Farmboy at 08:42 AM JST - 10th November

I'm waiting to see 2012, but if the world is still around in 2013, I wonder whose calendar we can use to predict the next end of the world... We're running out of predicted doomsdays.

Posted in Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit at 08:42 AM JST - 10th November