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  NessieSep. 01, 2011 - 03:09PM JST

  Good ones from Cleo, especially the last one.

  Posted in: Why do so many Japanese women take photos of their food at restaurants and post it on Facebook or their blogs?

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  NessieSep. 01, 2011 - 03:08PM JST

  I've seen better, Ivan.

  Posted in: Why do so many Japanese women take photos of their food at restaurants and post it on Facebook or their blogs?

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  NessieSep. 01, 2011 - 02:58PM JST

  I like Uniqlo, but I wonder if they'll adapy their colors to overseas markets. Good stuff, but often in ugly hues.

  Posted in: Uniqlo to open two mega-stores in New York

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  NessieSep. 01, 2011 - 02:56PM JST

  "There were those who, during World War II, said, `Good, I’m glad they’re interning all the Japanese-Americans who are living here,’” Clarke said. “But we look back on that period with disdain.”

  One thing’s for damn sure: They should stop sending all those Islamic-Americans to internment camps.

  Posted in: NYPD monitored where Muslims ate, shopped, prayed

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  NessieSep. 01, 2011 - 01:02PM JST

  I don't have any calories in my crotch.

  Posted in: Japanese underpants burn calories in your crotch

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  NessieAug. 31, 2011 - 05:19PM JST

  Where are the beach boys?

  God only knows.

  Posted in: Husband, wife die after falling into pit on Ishikawa beach

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  NessieAug. 31, 2011 - 05:06PM JST

  So this is a tasting dinner and they don't mention what wines will be served?

  Posted in: Duca di Salaparuta Wine Dinner

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  NessieAug. 31, 2011 - 05:00PM JST

  When you pay 10,000 Yen + for a meal you expect privacy not flashing cameras which you do not know at the time at what they are pointed at.

  @steve

  You sure you're out with your wife, and not a "niece", Steve? (wink wink)

  @everyone

  Anyway, it's bad form to be downvoting Steve for having an unpopular opinion. Enough groupthink around here already.

  Personally I take pictures for several reasons. I'm a guy, for the record. (That's not a reason.)

  The first is recon, so when I go a place I can show friends what's on offer. This is good for the restaurant, unless the presentation or portions are poor. The second is that Japanese are pathetic at describing dishes. What did you have for dinner? "Nimono, yakimono and yudemono." Completely useless description. Photo solves that. Third is that Japanese are obsessed with presentation, so a photo is appreciated. If the restaurant has rules against photos, I'm more than happy to comply, but this has never happened. More often the waiter will ask if I want him to take a photo of my gf and me.

  Anecdote time (stay with me)...

  I remember in Hakodate at a famous local burger joint called Lucky Pierrot, one guy ordered the Lucky Burger, a chin-high stack of a dozen patties on an overdressed bun with all the trimmings. (Cleo, read on at your own risk.) No way to eat that fleshtower without looking like slaughterhouse worker-of-the-month. Anyway, when they bring it out, they ring these handbells, like Salvation Army Santas. Everyone looks up at this Babel-burger. A customer sidles over and asks to photograph it. One by one, every other customer in the shop, including my friend, goes over for a shot. The customer looks half proud and half embarrassed. His date was much less happy with the attention.

  Posted in: Why do so many Japanese women take photos of their food at restaurants and post it on Facebook or their blogs?

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  NessieAug. 31, 2011 - 04:25PM JST

  If my wife did this after i had paid for a meal i would smash her phone/camera. Who cares what soemone else ate

  Rrrrrr photo bad, me smash photo, rrrrr

  Posted in: Why do so many Japanese women take photos of their food at restaurants and post it on Facebook or their blogs?

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  NessieAug. 29, 2011 - 11:34PM JST

  They don't care about Ramadan and they don't care about Islam. Why can't everybody realize that?

  They do care about Ramadan. 'Tis the season when their brand of killing is extra effective at propagating their brand of terror and their brand of Islam, or so they think.

  Posted in: 29 dead in suicide bombing in Iraq mosque

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  NessieAug. 29, 2011 - 11:32PM JST

  Is it our fault or Mr. Noda's that you, blamer "gaijins," lost your confidence in this country? Think it over.

  Wake up and smell the o-cha, Mr. Chopricana: More than a few blamer nihonjins have lost their confidence in this country.

  Posted in: Noda to become Japan's next prime minister

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  NessieAug. 29, 2011 - 04:11PM JST

  Was she just going to take her husband for a walk on the beach at night and then say, "Happy birthday darling. Here's your present. A hole in the beach."

  Maybe he was wishing for a hole in one.

  Posted in: Husband, wife die after falling into pit on Ishikawa beach

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  NessieAug. 29, 2011 - 08:08AM JST

  Pamelot has a point about the states having primary responsibility, although Bush's cronyism didn't help matters.

  Posted in: Hurricane Irene shuts down New York

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  NessieAug. 28, 2011 - 10:44PM JST

  Papasmurf is correct. It's common knowledge that she has had plenty of work.

  The only people who can keep a straight face and say Seiko's looks are natural are people who have less successful cosmetic surgery.

  Posted in: Seiko Matsuda, Kyoko Koizumi to costar in ad for first time

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  NessieAug. 28, 2011 - 09:39PM JST

  Seems they keep trying him until they got a guilty verdict. Is that double-jeopardy?

  Yes, but double-jeopardy is a concept alien to Japanese justice.

  This is what happens when you can't browbeat a confession out of someone.

  Posted in: Convicted Nepali anxious for retrial but prosecutors in no hurry

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  NessieAug. 28, 2011 - 09:30PM JST

  have never heard of this charge anywhere else in the world

  Abandonment of a corpose is a class d felony in parts of the US

  194.425. 1. A person commits the crime of abandonment of a corpse if that person abandons, disposes, deserts or leaves a corpse without properly reporting the location of the body to the proper law enforcement officials in that county.

  2. Abandonment of a corpse is a class D felony.

  Posted in: Suspect admits dumping body parts in Osaka park

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  NessieAug. 28, 2011 - 09:28PM JST

  The beauty of winter, as opposed to summer, is that you can always find ways to keep warm

  @smithinjapan

  Summer too, which is why I chose to live near a river and within biking distance (20k) of the beach. Also, cold showers.

  Posted in: Freezing winter looms for Tokyo post-Fukushima

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  NessieAug. 28, 2011 - 09:24PM JST

  In fact Japan is perhaps more flexible; my name on my bank books, credit cards, etc., is the same as on my UK passport, ie in roman script

  @cleo

  My name has an apostrope, which is used on my passport but not on my Japanese ID documents or Japanese bankbook. You can imagine the bureaucratic rigamaroles with that one.

  Posted in: Maehara says he got Y590,000 from foreigners in 2005-2010

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  NessieAug. 26, 2011 - 05:11PM JST

  雪国 represent!

  雪国 representing!

  All is not lost, however, as Hokkaido Electric will continue to supply some power to the Tokyo region usually served by TEPCO

  This means my electric costs here will be lower, right? RIGHT?

  Posted in: Freezing winter looms for Tokyo post-Fukushima

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  NessieAug. 26, 2011 - 05:08PM JST

  The cops should ask him one more question ... Why? Why did you do it the way you did?

  Funerals are expensive here, Edojin.

  Posted in: Suspect admits dumping body parts in Osaka park

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