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Whatever the Yaks get up to with football here, it can never be as bad as…
Posted in: J-League vows to keep yakuza out
The societal affects of drinking greatly outweigh those of smoking. So you say. However, you don't…
Posted in: Smoke-free laws lead to less smoking at home
This guy is what Japan need to lead the country. I wonder why it took almost…
Posted in: Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
Not if they don't drive drunk. Driving drunk is illegal. Are you suggesting smoking should be…
Posted in: Smoke-free laws lead to less smoking at home
With a mirror everything would be reversed. It is certainly going to turn his world upside…
Posted in: Teacher nabbed for using mirror to peek up girl's skirt
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IvanCoughalot
First kick goes to the snack-sized, trembling "dog". The second to the squeaking spinster who did this to it instead of acting like a woman.
Posted in: Dog days
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IvanCoughalot
iPhone - One coesn't like to go into details, but I can assure you she had. Why do you think she's smiling so broadly? One aims to please.
What did she say about the "outdated facets" of Japan's entertainment industry? There is certainly a lot needs changing in the quality of entertainment here. Watching other people eat, shout and squeak don't remain eternally fascinating.
Posted in: Erika Sawajiri signs with Avex, promises to change attitude
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IvanCoughalot
Make that one's own mother/wife. Anything else is fair game for a leer.
Posted in: Anne chosen as Tokyo Metro poster girl
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IvanCoughalot
"My family and me", surely?
Posted in: U.S. weighs release of bin Laden photos
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IvanCoughalot
Why does the metro need advertising at all? People would go everywhere by taxi if there weren't ad campaigns? Waste of money.
Posted in: Anne chosen as Tokyo Metro poster girl
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IvanCoughalot
Good luck to the pair of them, I say. And God Save the Queen.
Posted in: William, Kate marry as 2 billion tune in across globe
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IvanCoughalot
And have we noticed how effective the constant reminders about how the world would be a better place were we to exhibit elementary courtesy?
I'd like to thank my fellow passengers on the Chiyoday line last week who helped me assist the elderly gentleman who collapsed to the floor and began an epileptic seizure. Except I can't, since not a single one of the mouthbreathing arseholes made the slightest effort. Not even those occupying the "courtesy seats" (odd, don't you think, that there needs to be a section of the train in which that cultural trait so famed in the Japanese is requested, but not expected?) could rouse themselves from their seats until sworn at vociferously by the barbarian who broke the wa by doing something more than tilting his head and making "Are? Eh? Daijobu?" noises.
We Japanese consider those around us, they will tell you, and do not only think about ourselves. This is what makes us unique, they will say. And despite delineated good-manner zones and constant brainwashing it's beyond them to even move along a seat and let another wareware nihonjin sit down.
Posted in: Repetitive post-quake public service messages drove TV viewers nuts
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IvanCoughalot
seesaw - Princess Diana and Yasser Arafat are "in the ground", not "in the world".
Posted in: Name 5 people who you think are among the most influential in the world.
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IvanCoughalot
I'm assuming it must be Mino Monta, Tanoshingo, That World Champion sex-change thing, that fat transvestite and the bloke who says "Ehhhh?" and falls over laughing and clapping.
They must be, or there wouldn't be any point having them on TV all day every day.
Posted in: Name 5 people who you think are among the most influential in the world.
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IvanCoughalot
Ah, Paris. I love the smell of urine, stale sweat and unjustified self-satisfaction. Le Bois de Boulogne, Les Champs Elysees, and for you, UberLeutnant, the finest table in the house.
Posted in: Christel Takigawa launches new book on why she loves Paris
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IvanCoughalot
I think Epicurus had a very convincing line of thought:
Posted in: Japan's Christians celebrate Easter amid disaster
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IvanCoughalot
Was there anything in this study which explained why ugly women act like utter morons when presented with something which requires problem-solving faculties? Blinking, pursing the slivers they've got instead of lips and squeaking "dou shiouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu?" is not the same thing as a cognitive process.
Posted in: Men act stupid when talking to beautiful women, study shows
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IvanCoughalot
It would appear that whoever's in charge of recruitment at my office subscribes to this view. We've got a right coven of bloodless crones here. Not a single one of them possesses the slightest allure. They sit around squeaking and affecting cute mannerisms even though they're all the wrong side of 35. Not a lip between them. And oh, the dentistry.
I of course am irresistible to any red-blooded wench.
Posted in: Men act stupid when talking to beautiful women, study shows
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IvanCoughalot
I never understood why the Japanese didn't take to Easter like they did Christmas. It's got the lot - seasonal change for the traditionalists, cutesy bunny wabbits for the half-witted squeakers who think the most important thing in life is diabetes-inducing cuteness, and chocolate for the economic stimulus/ obligation spending.
Yet ask a hundred Japanese if they've heard of Easter and you'd be lucky to get a single affirmative answer.
Posted in: Japan's Christians celebrate Easter amid disaster
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IvanCoughalot
I'd much rather the friendship of the US military was used in this way than in the friendly fire they show with depressing regularity to their supposed allies in combat zones.
Posted in: Is U.S. military relief effort Operation Tomodachi really about friendship?
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IvanCoughalot
The amount of beer I've got in my fridge, I'm not ruling that out as a possibility. Nonetheless, I repeat. Good luck to them both, and a happy St. George's Day tomorrow to all Englishmen. Ladies too, if I may make so bold.
Posted in: NHK to broadcast UK royal wedding live
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IvanCoughalot
Good luck to them both I say. There'll be celebrating at Chateau Coughalot with a slab of roast beef and a fridge full of booze for the loyal toast.
Gawd bless 'em.
Posted in: NHK to broadcast UK royal wedding live
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IvanCoughalot
I know a number of Japanese wives who need their rings smashing.
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IvanCoughalot
I don't think they should. The reason is purely practical.
We all know that, if they go to trial, they'll tick all the formulaic boxes for tears, appropriately-worded expressions of sorrow, deep bows and so on, and will be found innocent of any wrongdoing. These are up-the-ladder Japanese men we're talking about, not some philipino punk with a trace of meth in his flat.
In the very unlikey instance that they are found guilty, they'll be punished with a suspended sentence in view of the sincerity of their expression of regret.
In the meantime, millions of yen of Taxpayer money will have been pissed away in futile legal fees, when it could, should - but won't - be spent rebuilding the lives of the survivors.
Just insist on resignation and financial penalty and get the guilty out of my sight.
Posted in: Once the nuclear crisis is brought under control, should TEPCO executives face criminal charges at some point in the future?
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IvanCoughalot
Koyuki's overrated to a bizarre degree. Far too big a conk for someone who's supposed to be the archetypal Japanese beauty.
Posted in: Koyuki, Kenichi Matsuyama tie the knot