bamboohat said...

bamboohat at 09:08 PM JST - 6th July

Why I care, you should, anything I think! I've never watched a beauty contest for more than 30 seconds. But they make money, people watch, winners make money for charities, so I guess there are worse things in the world.

Posted in What do you think of beauty contests like Miss Universe? at 09:08 PM JST - 6th July
bamboohat at 09:04 PM JST - 6th July

Good pic. lucky kids. I wonder if the kids had any advance notice, or if they just scanned the crowd for some kids and say "Hey you! c'mere!"

Posted in Bush at 09:04 PM JST - 6th July
bamboohat at 08:52 AM JST - 5th July

I wonder if they guy really wanted to kill himself, and the cops, figured , hey what the heck, knock yourself out, OR if it really was just a tragic, albeit completely retarded, accident.

Posted in 4 police officers face charges for letting detainee set himself on fire at 08:52 AM JST - 5th July
bamboohat at 09:39 PM JST - 3rd July

http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4182

more pics. I, um, er, don't think she'll win this year.

Posted in Reaching for the universe at 09:39 PM JST - 3rd July
bamboohat at 09:31 PM JST - 3rd July

Nato is based on soybeans, and soy is known to reduce testosterone in males. So dudes, eat nato all you want, you you'll end up in another article sympathizing with a guy that can't read his homo mags in jail.

Posted in Singer Akiko Wada named Natto Queen 2008 at 09:31 PM JST - 3rd July
bamboohat at 12:52 PM JST - 3rd July

The answer lies in testosterone. Guy who isn't all that aggressive with the ladies gets married somehow. wife has a kid. sex drive decreases. both husband and wife want nothing to do with one another sexually after the first kid. The low birth rate has nothing at all to do…

Posted in Japan needs to raise birthrate to remain economic power, say experts at 12:52 PM JST - 3rd July
bamboohat at 12:44 PM JST - 2nd July

The print edition of the Daily Yomiuri English Version reported it as writing in "Roman Letters" and didn't mention English at all. Seemed to be a bit more professional with its reporting.

Posted in English graffiti 'Hack' grounds bullet train at 12:44 PM JST - 2nd July
bamboohat at 12:42 PM JST - 2nd July

It's really not that hard to look out for bikes when you are driving. Of course, that requires that you are actually paying attention to driving, and not looking at your bleeping cell phone or shaving or putting on makeup, or watching some cartoon on your dvd player...

It's not…

Posted in Man arrested over hit-and-run death of 82-year-old cyclist in Funabashi at 12:42 PM JST - 2nd July
bamboohat at 12:38 PM JST - 2nd July

when i hold up a flashcard of a watermelon, the kids say "su i ka!" they don't say "me ron"

but then I never show them a picture of a square one, so I don't know...

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bamboohat at 07:13 AM JST - 2nd July

Yea, are they sure about the chest part? Murder or suicide, what a horrible way to spend your last moments....

Posted in Limousine driver found dead in apparent suicide in underground car park in Ginza at 07:13 AM JST - 2nd July