Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

JackDorff's past comments

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JackDorffAug. 16, 2010 - 12:52PM JST

I only use Japanese whiskey for my Irish Coffee.

Posted in: U.S. consumers pushing beyond sake to Japanese whiskies
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JackDorffJul. 07, 2010 - 11:28AM JST

Can it get any sillier. If Chirac sees this his love affair with Japan will come to an end.

Posted in: You put your left foot in
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JackDorffApr. 21, 2010 - 11:50AM JST

> musing a book here tentatively titled "My children are half-foreigners - what you lookin' at?!"

Now that would be a book I could relate to! Can I contribute a chapter, "I suggested he take a photo and he responded by staring at the ground intensely."?

Posted in: My Darling Is a Foreigner
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JackDorffApr. 21, 2010 - 10:46AM JST

> “You could say it is a bit of Dunkirk spirit,” said Stanley Johnson, father of London mayor Boris Johnson, who was among some 800 soldiers and civilians picked up in Spain by a Royal Navy warship, HMS Albion.

Yes - a tinsy tiny little bit.

Posted in: Flights resume in Europe but many remain stranded
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JackDorffFeb. 22, 2010 - 08:16PM JST

The only way this girl can get a good gig is to don a uniform.

Posted in: Akina Minami goes back to school
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JackDorffFeb. 21, 2010 - 09:41PM JST

Pukey2 - Youre spot on about Nakano Yukari. Sure, shes easy on the eye, but its her appearances on Junk Sports which are always a delight. Shes charismatic and willing to entertain.

Gotta add too that Ando Miki looks the goods in this photo.

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JackDorffFeb. 14, 2010 - 02:42PM JST

I think its because Japan doesnt have the genuine criticism which we have in the west throughout the media, and readers are just trying to fill the void.

Take a movie such as "Happy Flight" for example. Could someone just honestly call it a waste of time and money? Of course not. The producers have paid for advertising and in return get a sweet review.

I like reviewers who call a spade a spade. (Therefore someone like Don Morton is my kind of guy.) Unfortunately few of his J-counterparts have the freedom to do so.

Posted in: Why do Japanese celebrities featured in photos or stories on Japan Today frequently come in for a lot of derision from some readers?
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JackDorffFeb. 07, 2010 - 08:17PM JST

Shes got her mothers teeth!

Posted in: Imalu suits up for Aoyama
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JackDorffJan. 29, 2010 - 11:09PM JST

So the guy with the swollen face was B? I thought he was A.

Posted in: Backstage violence livens up 'Music Station'
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JackDorffJan. 26, 2010 - 10:38PM JST

Brad Pitt only played a bit-part and didn`t appear in the best scenes.

Posted in: 'Inglourious Basterds' wins SAG film award
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JackDorffJan. 26, 2010 - 10:36PM JST

Does anyone still give a tupenny fart about this franchise? During the last battle in POTC3 I asked my wife to explain the goings on to me. She had no idea. There were big ships and big waves fighting to be in the foreground. It was the most confusing scene in a movie since those buses and cars driving around and around in The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour.

Posted in: Fourth 'Pirates' to be filmed in Hawaii
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JackDorffJan. 19, 2010 - 11:20PM JST

Oh, sad news!! I fondly remember back in the`80s meeting Marc Almond and Jimmy Sommerville every FRiday for a Taco Bell feast. My fav was the yummy bean burrito.

Thanks MR Bell JR, you made some of us happy with your fast food. Wish you were still selling in Blighty.

Yes - Marc was a huge fan of the stuff. Once he was even rushed to hospital after consuming far too much. He just couldn`t help himself.

Posted in: Taco Bell founder dead at 86
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JackDorffJan. 11, 2010 - 08:43PM JST

On Sunday, Queensland Acting Premier Paul Lucas called on Japan to apologize for the sinking.

Go Paul Lucas - the Number 2 of a state!! Hes not going to shy away when hes got a sniff of an international stoush. Get in there while youve got your chance in the spotlight. You getem tiger!

Posted in: Australian WWII hospital ship sunk by Japanese filmed
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JackDorffDec. 30, 2009 - 09:47AM JST

Interesting read. Ive picked up a few useful words/kanji from playing Winning Eleven and Panzer Front. And since were talking about killing two birds with one stone, I think the little stories that accompany porn can be useful too.

Posted in: Video games -- the best Japanese teacher money can buy
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JackDorffDec. 26, 2009 - 05:23PM JST

People trying to act as a town crier (office crier) by announcing the news first thing in the morning.

Posted in: What habits by your co-workers annoy you the most at your workplace?
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JackDorffDec. 26, 2009 - 05:15PM JST

A soccer team that thinks it's world class and a pop group that thinks it's soulful.

Hey, Plasticmonkey - Exile dont have soul? Come on! Those guys have spent hours at the tanning salon to get a kind of dark look. Theyve got those street-smart tracks in their hair. Sometimes they look "hard" at the camera too. And then someone like you comes along and disses them. Tchok!

Posted in: Exile to create official Samurai Blue song for Japan's soccer team
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JackDorffDec. 13, 2009 - 08:41PM JST

So then what does she do between 8:30am and 10:00am?

Posted in: What it's like for department store staff in a recession
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JackDorffDec. 09, 2009 - 10:54PM JST

Shiori routinely works from 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m

If the shop closes at 9:00pm, what exactly does she do until 11?

Posted in: What it's like for department store staff in a recession
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JackDorffDec. 09, 2009 - 10:44PM JST

Actually, the more I think about it, I think the Japanese have got it right with the pronunciation of QANTAS.

Posted in: Becky beckons
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JackDorffDec. 09, 2009 - 10:36PM JST

Ian Thorpe is reasonably well known here. Why didn`t he get the gig? QANTAS calls Australia home, yet it employs Chinese to carry out maintenance and Japanese to push product.

Posted in: Becky beckons