Geoff Gillespie's past comments

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  Geoff GillespieMay. 17, 2013 - 07:18AM JST

  Very strange...but why do I get the feeling that a similar Japanese list would make this one seem very tame indeed?

  Posted in: British diplomats reveal world of weird requests

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  Geoff GillespieMay. 07, 2013 - 07:22AM JST

  Oh FFS no....!

  Posted in: Next 'Die Hard' movie rumored to be set in Tokyo

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  Geoff GillespieMay. 06, 2013 - 07:14PM JST

  Laurel and Hardy were the funniest on-screen pairing in movie history and many of their gags were so revoltionary they are still used regularly today, especially Hardy's breaking the fourth wall to look at the cinema audience in exasperation - they were the first to do this and today you see it all of the time. In short - the greatest! In Japan, of course, nobody has ever heard of L&H, which is a great pity...

  Posted in: What do you think of old-time comedy acts such as the Three Stooges, Marx Brothers, Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy? Do you think their brand of comedy still holds up today?

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  Geoff GillespieMay. 01, 2013 - 07:02AM JST

  I have no doubt that this is all going to end in tears.

  Posted in: 'Abenomics' detractors brace for 'I told you so' moment

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  Geoff GillespieApr. 30, 2013 - 09:27AM JST

  FINALLY!!! Japan wakes up to what the rest of the world has always known and what it had presumably forgotten...

  Posted in: National obsession with cleanliness bodes ill for health

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  Geoff GillespieApr. 29, 2013 - 09:20AM JST

  At this rate, gays will have equal rights before women get them in Japan....

  Posted in: Rainbow Pride

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  Geoff GillespieApr. 29, 2013 - 09:05AM JST

  my answer : don't know. but no such option available here

  Likewise, no 'I couldn't care less' option....

  Posted in: Do you believe there are still Japanese abductees alive in North Korea?

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  Geoff GillespieApr. 29, 2013 - 09:02AM JST

  Yeah, it's called desperation.....

  Posted in: Beta males rejoice! 77% of women say geeky 'otaku' A-OK

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  Geoff GillespieApr. 25, 2013 - 10:25PM JST

  It's playing out just like the movie Contagion.

  No it isn't! Did you even see that movie...?

  Posted in: H7N9 flu 'one of most lethal' says WHO as virus spreads to Taiwan

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  Geoff GillespieApr. 23, 2013 - 07:38AM JST

  If Tsarnaev, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Chechen descent, is convicted of the federal charges, he could be sentenced to jail time

  Really, you think so...? Who writes this stuff?

  Posted in: Boston bomb suspect charged; religious motive seen

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  Geoff GillespieApr. 01, 2013 - 10:23PM JST

  More importantly, if they "attacked" U.S. bases in Guam or Japan, would anyone notice?

  Yes, I think they might....

  Posted in: Do you think North Korea will actually attack South Korea or U.S. bases in Japan or Guam?

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  Geoff GillespieMar. 28, 2013 - 01:11AM JST

  Went into prison a somebody, comes out a nobody. Next...

  Posted in: Livedoor founder Horie paroled after 21 months

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  Geoff GillespieMar. 25, 2013 - 07:45AM JST

  Roppongi and art - there are two words that really don't belong in the same sentence!

  Posted in: Roppongi Art Night 2013 to be held Saturday, Sunday

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  Geoff GillespieMar. 25, 2013 - 07:42AM JST

  No, call it something else but marriage. Case closed!

  Agreed. I voted 'yes' to the question because I think same sex couples should have all of the same rights as straight couples...but I am also unhappy with the use of the word marriage. I prefer civil partnership...

  Posted in: Do you support same-sex marriages?

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  Geoff GillespieMar. 20, 2013 - 08:08AM JST

  Bye..?

  Posted in: What do you say to a colleague who has been given notice by the boss due to downsizing or budget cutbacks?

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  Geoff GillespieMar. 14, 2013 - 07:39AM JST

  Again...?

  Posted in: Identity fraudster steals 45 million yen from elderly woman

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  Geoff GillespieMar. 09, 2013 - 11:07PM JST

  On international woman's day.. and with violence against woman nothing to joke about.. and with people getting stabbed in metro stations ... there is no need for this kind of film..

  Seen the movie? No? Come back when you have, OK...?

  Posted in: Ads in Tokyo stations for Western horror movie deemed too scary for commuters

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  Geoff GillespieMar. 05, 2013 - 07:26AM JST

  Perhaps make their own video, making fun of nutjob right wingers?

  .....and that is a better response than legal action for a group of elderly women, is it?

  Posted in: S Korean 'comfort women' sue Japanese rock band

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  Geoff GillespieFeb. 25, 2013 - 07:20AM JST

  Baseball has no place in the Olympics being as it is not a world sport and this should be the criterion by which the sports included in the Olympic games should be chosen.

  Posted in: Later this year, the International Olympic Committee will include one of the following 8 sports in the Summer Olympics from 2020. Which one gets your vote?

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  Geoff GillespieFeb. 22, 2013 - 07:27AM JST

  Want to see the way the Japanese really are? Spend a day travelling on the trains. Any facade of Japan's supposed national courtesy is quickly stripped away. They are just as rude as anybody, anywhere...

  Posted in: Could the way we behave on the train reveal our true personality?