SumoBob said...

SumoBob at 08:44 AM JST - 8th May

So, is she programmed to respond with "anger" when the little kiddies "kancho" her?

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SumoBob at 01:45 PM JST - 23rd April

What's up with the breathalyzer test? Normally that's for driving infractions only? And "highly intoxicated" at 0.8 milligrams!? That's the standard arrestable amount for a DIU in North America. Hardly qualifies as falling down drunk.

Posted in SMAP member Kusanagi arrested for stripping naked in Tokyo park at 01:45 PM JST - 23rd April
SumoBob at 02:54 PM JST - 7th April

5 of 600, you say? So that's 1% of the total. Japan (120,000,000 people) represents 2% of the world's population. This is news, how? :)

Posted in 5 Japanese among 600 climbing Mt Everest this season at 02:54 PM JST - 7th April
SumoBob at 09:16 AM JST - 3rd April

One employee said, ‘‘There was no hole until today.’’

And the award for the most obvious statement goes to....

Posted in Woman dies after falling into hole on golf course in Hokkaido at 09:16 AM JST - 3rd April
SumoBob at 04:37 PM JST - 30th March

"we'll give positive consideration to the matter"

isn't this the classic Wa way of saying no?

Spot on, Jonnyboy. It's classic J-bureaucratic jargon for "Nothing will be done."

Posted in A change of name could mean it becomes confused with the U.S. state of Georgia, but it's a serious complaint and we'll give positive consideration to the matter. at 04:37 PM JST - 30th March
SumoBob at 04:31 PM JST - 23rd March

Just like the banks, they have loaned money to people who can no longer afford to pay them back.

Yes, but the regular banks don't make you work on a fishing boat to "pay off your debt", buy a life insurance policy on your behalf then conveniently "have you lost…

Posted in The recession affects the yakuza just like everyone else. They are losing investments in real estate and that means losing jobs as well. Just like the banks, they have loaned money to people who can no longer afford to pay them back. at 04:31 PM JST - 23rd March
SumoBob at 01:11 PM JST - 10th March

The gal on the left has some serious daikon ashi.

Posted in Kagome at 01:11 PM JST - 10th March
SumoBob at 02:57 PM JST - 9th March

Yes, this is a good plan. Making people stuck in the air with 300 other humans in a narrow, metal tube pay for the privilege of expelling their bodily waste. :?

There are "extra" services, and then there are basic human needs that all are entitled to. What's next? You…

Posted in Ryanair chief says he's serious about pay toilets on planes at 02:57 PM JST - 9th March
SumoBob at 02:48 PM JST - 9th March

I've never had a problem at Narita. What I would suggest would be to do away with the separation of people at immigration. In this day and age, there is no need to saparate "Japanese" from "the others". I can't speak for other nations, but in Canada it's anyone and…

Posted in Gov't seeks faster entry procedures for foreigners at airports at 02:48 PM JST - 9th March
SumoBob at 02:25 PM JST - 30th January

Never mind the fact that Tokyo (ie.Japan) doesn't deserve the Olympics for several reasons, but the real reason to deny this bid would be the insane amount of money that would be spent, particularly on security matters (like protecting Japan from the masses of "foreigners" invading the country. If last…

Posted in Tokyo's Olympic bid gets much-needed boost at 02:25 PM JST - 30th January