Farmboy said...

Farmboy at 04:08 PM JST - 18th October

PS. The bottom part of that last comment was part of the quote as well. Sorry.

Posted in Japan should keep insisting Russia 'illegally occupies' isles: Maehara at 04:08 PM JST - 18th October
Farmboy at 04:07 PM JST - 18th October

This is an excerpt from about.com. The key phrase is "did not sign the peace treaty." I think Japan is legally correct, though it's not such a clear issue. In any case, name-calling is unlikely to yield results.

Following World War II, the San Francisco Peace Conference was held and…

Posted in Japan should keep insisting Russia 'illegally occupies' isles: Maehara at 04:07 PM JST - 18th October
Farmboy at 03:58 PM JST - 18th October

Anyone would have been OK.

And here we see why he can't get a girlfriend as well.

Posted in Man slashes woman because he 'can't get a girlfriend' at 03:58 PM JST - 18th October
Farmboy at 08:57 PM JST - 16th October

The school I work at puts the kind of flu next to the students name. Every single on has been Flu A and not H1N1

Yes. It's because if you have Flu A now, they don't bother to test because it will be H1N1.

Posted in 8,047 new-flu group infections reported in one week at 08:57 PM JST - 16th October
Farmboy at 08:21 AM JST - 11th October

Maybe they were trying the Texan solution to terrorism, which was to arm everyone on board, and this guy was the only one they caught.

Posted in American transit passenger with handgun arrested at Narita at 08:21 AM JST - 11th October
Farmboy at 10:18 PM JST - 9th October

Nice headline, but it sounds like the son was the one who scared the robber.

Posted in 77-year-old woman scares off would-be robber in Osaka at 10:18 PM JST - 9th October
Farmboy at 09:29 AM JST - 8th October

...quoted him as saying that he placed the gun, used for competition, in the bag several years ago and mistakenly brought it with him on his travels

That would be a fun dialog for English classes.

A. Excuse me sir, but is that a loaded gun? B. Oh my goodness,…

Posted in American transit passenger with handgun arrested at Narita at 09:29 AM JST - 8th October
Farmboy at 03:41 AM JST - 8th October

This ojisan needs to fix the roof, as the water is dripping in the hallway. Ah well, the bucket is in place, and the towels are down. Pretty windy and very rainy here...nice howling sound effects.

Posted in Powerful typhoon lashes southwest Japan; expected to make landfall Thursday at 03:41 AM JST - 8th October
Farmboy at 07:39 AM JST - 1st October

All I know is I have been in Japan during many of these "tsunamis," and every time there are officials at the shoreline with a meter stick measuring to see if anything is happening. Usually, nothing much is. If they can do that, and not run for the hills, then…

Posted in Small tsunami hit Japan after Samoa quake at 07:39 AM JST - 1st October
Farmboy at 07:27 PM JST - 30th September

I was just saying today, after going down to look at those waves, that new guidelines for announcements are needed. If the waves aren't at least a meter, it seems like a waste of everyone's time to call them tsunamis, and such announcements make everyone disregard any warnings they might…

Posted in Small tsunami hit Japan after Samoa quake at 07:27 PM JST - 30th September