Rickyrab said...

Rickyrab at 04:42 PM JST - 24th December

Sure, get someone who's allegedly from Kenya but is really from Hawaii, like we did.

Posted in Japanese workers face horror of mass firing era at 04:42 PM JST - 24th December
Rickyrab at 04:38 PM JST - 24th December

Why does this remind me of the Disneyfication of Times Square?

Posted in Last call for Kabukicho red-light district at 04:38 PM JST - 24th December
Rickyrab at 04:38 PM JST - 24th December

Hmm. I wonder where the Yoshiwara of Edo is going to slink off to now.

Posted in Last call for Kabukicho red-light district at 04:38 PM JST - 24th December
Rickyrab at 04:33 PM JST - 24th December

and thank you, Make-a-Wish foundation, for making a courageous kid very happy.

Posted in First-ever Japan Wish flight takes off for Disneyland at 04:33 PM JST - 24th December
Rickyrab at 04:32 PM JST - 24th December

No offense, but I thought Tokyo Disneyland would be closer and better than the LA version (it has DisneySea, after all!) But the original Disneyland is where it all began, and there's history there that's not quite in the newer parks.

Posted in First-ever Japan Wish flight takes off for Disneyland at 04:32 PM JST - 24th December
Rickyrab at 04:27 PM JST - 24th December

In other words: BAWWWWWWWWW, as they say on the image boards. Or as I say, much whin(g)ing about nothing!

Posted in Tourists to be barred from Tsukiji tuna auctions for a month at 04:27 PM JST - 24th December
Rickyrab at 04:23 PM JST - 24th December

(Shrugs) If he can't speak English, then it'd be harder for anglophone physicists and him to understand one another; however, he still has a scientific community to talk with. If there's a lot of people who speak only one language, and a lot who speak only another, then there'll be…

Posted in Physics requires the ability to think creatively using mathematical formulas, so English isn't essential to pursue theoretical physics in Japan. at 04:23 PM JST - 24th December
Rickyrab at 04:20 PM JST - 24th December

Has ANY WWII bomb gone kaboom by accident in recent years? (Shrugs) On the other hand, it's probably safer to get rid of them, lest there be Darwin Award attempts and other nonsense.

Posted in No. of unexploded bomb disposal missions exceeds 30,000 in Okinawa at 04:20 PM JST - 24th December
Rickyrab at 04:18 PM JST - 24th December

LOL at troofing. Since it has already been established that Barack was born in Honolulu, not in Kenya, and that it would have been pretty inconvenient for Dunham to fly to the other side of the world from Hawaii (a prestigious travel destination and thus one which would command high…

Posted in Hawaii's latest lure: Obama tourism? at 04:18 PM JST - 24th December
Rickyrab at 01:48 AM JST - 15th July

30 square centimeters? Japanese police measure small damage that precisely?

Posted in Molotov cocktail thrown into garden of U.S. Consulate General in Okinawa at 01:48 AM JST - 15th July