Notginger said...

Notginger at 08:26 AM JST - 14th June

because it's French.

Posted in Why doesn't the U.S. switch to the metric system? at 08:26 AM JST - 14th June
Notginger at 01:36 PM JST - 12th June

NZ and Japan are both pretty low on international driving-safety leagues. I've heard from Kiwis that it's because there's so much drink driving going on in the sticks. I'm not sure why the Japanese are such terrible drivers. My private theory is that, sealed off from society inside their car,…

Posted in Japanese student dies, 2 others injured in New Zealand car accident at 01:36 PM JST - 12th June
Notginger at 01:32 PM JST - 12th June

Are they going to extend it to wasps, bees, mosquitos, butterflies, moths etc? How are they going to enforce it? A fleet of swallows during the days and bats at night?

Posted in Japan to impose no-fly zone over G-8 summit venue at 01:32 PM JST - 12th June
Notginger at 08:55 AM JST - 11th June

Dirty needles?

Posted in Woman dies, 13 patients fall sick after having intravenous drips at Mie hospital at 08:55 AM JST - 11th June
Notginger at 08:56 PM JST - 9th June

Are they going to go through the North West (or perhaps North East) passage?

Posted in 4 ships leave for North Atlantic for research whaling at 08:56 PM JST - 9th June
Notginger at 01:03 PM JST - 8th June

How about Ralph Nader as running mate?

Posted in Would you like to see Hillary Clinton as Barack Obama's running mate? at 01:03 PM JST - 8th June
Notginger at 08:56 AM JST - 6th June

Well, any step away from the ubiquitous tacky cheap black suit from Aoki or Aoyama must be good. Somebody needs to tell the Salarymen and OLs that suits only look good when they look sharp and fresh, not the baggy creased pyjama things they wear all the time.

Posted in What do you think of the Cool Biz campaign? at 08:56 AM JST - 6th June
Notginger at 08:54 AM JST - 6th June

Can it be called "live" tv when your face is so dead and expressionless and no-one knows if you awake or not?

Posted in Mino again wins Guinness certificate as busiest TV show host at 08:54 AM JST - 6th June
Notginger at 06:12 PM JST - 5th June

Exactly how is holding a prone man aloft on a long stick supposed to fight fire? By distracting it?

Posted in Traditional firefighters at 06:12 PM JST - 5th June
Notginger at 09:04 AM JST - 5th June

Fertility rate is a bit of a misnomer - it should be birth rate, or even conception rate (if you count abortions in the data) - loads of people are fertile, they just aren't producing. Nevertheless, population decline in a country as overcrowded as Japan can only be a good…

Posted in Japan's fertility rate hits 1.34 in 2007, up for 2nd year in row at 09:04 AM JST - 5th June