cleo said...

cleo at 09:42 AM JST - 18th July

USAR-

No, when he signed on moustaches were OK. He'd had his moustache for 14 years with no trouble before the company (revamped in 2003 from the old Postal Services Agency, and privatised in 2007 under Koizumi's reform plans) decided they were going to change the rules.

Posted in Osaka postman fights to keep mustache at 09:42 AM JST - 18th July
cleo at 09:27 AM JST - 18th July

Do they call up with the ol "ore! ore!" thing and say call me back when you get to the ATM for the details?

Apparently, yes. Or they call back at a set time. Or they keep talking to them all the while they're walking to the ATM.

The Nigerian…

Posted in Banks to ask customers not to use cell phones at ATMs due to fraud at 09:27 AM JST - 18th July
cleo at 09:11 AM JST - 18th July

The reason they are not permitted is because they're not compatible with the use of oxygen masks, gas masks, fire fighting gear, etc.

Neither Santa nor the postie uses any of that stuff.

Posted in Osaka postman fights to keep mustache at 09:11 AM JST - 18th July
cleo at 12:42 AM JST - 18th July

after all it was a chaotic war-zone

-- where people do things like throwing grenades at the enemy. So how come he's being charged with murder and terrorism? If they want to treat him as an adult, why isn't he being treated like a regular prisoner of war, which is…

Posted in Canadian teenager cries in Gitmo interrogation video at 12:42 AM JST - 18th July
cleo at 12:33 AM JST - 18th July

It seems Mr Nakamura had been taking his moustache with him on his delivery rounds for some fourteen years before his clever bosses decided that a moustache hinders proper letter and parcel delivery. I think Mr. Nakamura's moustache's length of service trumps his bosses' new grooming regulations.

Speaking of long-serving…

Posted in Osaka postman fights to keep mustache at 12:33 AM JST - 18th July
cleo at 12:16 AM JST - 18th July

That "measly" grenade took the life of a brave soldier who was fighting for your right to say that kid should be forgiven.

Was he as brave as the brave soldier who shot a blind and bleeding teenager twice, in the back?

If the situation had been reversed you'd be…

Posted in Canadian teenager cries in Gitmo interrogation video at 12:16 AM JST - 18th July
cleo at 06:00 PM JST - 17th July

The kid was shot twice in the back by one of Uncle Sam's boys after 4 hours of being bombarded by rocket fired grenades, rifle-fire, helicopter cannon, rocket fire and 82 bombs all topped off with a piece of shrapnel in the eye. Maybe he can be allowed one measly…

Posted in Canadian teenager cries in Gitmo interrogation video at 06:00 PM JST - 17th July
cleo at 04:53 PM JST - 17th July

Everyone knows you can't deliver letters properly if you have a moustache. (rolls eyes)

We have a post lady, and she has one. Doesn't stop her doing her job at all.

Posted in Osaka postman fights to keep mustache at 04:53 PM JST - 17th July
cleo at 01:15 PM JST - 17th July

If someone wants 1 billion yen worth of textile and crap, they should have the right to have it.

And if someone wants to say it's a crying waste, they should have the right to say it.

Shouldn't they?

These people should get a job and feed themselves.

Gosh,…

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cleo at 02:04 AM JST - 17th July

eresay, you may not have noticed but intelligent, well-educated men also bow and scrape to royalty. And not only in Japan.

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