cleo said...

cleo at 11:21 AM JST - 16th June

One of the 'wide' shows this morning featured hundreds of faxes they'd received from viewers sympathising with Kato, some of them expressing the view that 'It could be me next'. Hopefully they're all just crying wolf, or joking (weird sense of humour), but it was a bit disturbing to watch.…

Posted in 17-yr-old girl held for threatening massacre in Internet message at 11:21 AM JST - 16th June
cleo at 09:42 AM JST - 16th June

SuperLib - It doesn't say prices have risen by 80%. It says the prices of 80% of goods have risen. Big difference.

Posted in Retail prices rise for 80% of surveyed products for daily life at 09:42 AM JST - 16th June
cleo at 02:24 AM JST - 15th June

the problem was, as Triumvere stated, re-educating those who had grown up with the old English system

The US can't manage what the UK sailed through? I grew up with old money, old weights and old lengths and then they shifted over to metric everything. Can't remember anyone having any…

Posted in Why doesn't the U.S. switch to the metric system? at 02:24 AM JST - 15th June
cleo at 12:50 AM JST - 14th June

there's only one case of an American being arrested and designated as an enemy combatant: Jose Padilla

Does John Walker Lindh not count?

Posted in Supreme Court rebukes Bush on rights for Gitmo detainees at 12:50 AM JST - 14th June
cleo at 04:05 PM JST - 13th June

akuma -

My only comment on 'this story' was that it's 'All in a night's work'. As you say, it's not serious, it's not news.

My other comments have been on the suggestions from other posters (yourself included) that there's something wrong with an on-duty copper sleeping in the koban…

Posted in 22-yr-old drunken woman held for attacking police box in Chiba at 04:05 PM JST - 13th June
cleo at 12:15 PM JST - 13th June

the real question is why a police man sleep during is service?????????

They're on 24 to 30+ hour shifts. You try going that long - regularly - and see how fit you are at 2 am.

Posted in 22-yr-old drunken woman held for attacking police box in Chiba at 12:15 PM JST - 13th June
cleo at 08:18 PM JST - 12th June

It's funny she thought there was a cop sleeping inside. I guess that's normal for J-cops.

When you've been on duty since 6am and it's 2 in the morning, a bit of shut-eye can be hilarious.

Unfortunately they are understaffed.

Very much so.

Posted in 22-yr-old drunken woman held for attacking police box in Chiba at 08:18 PM JST - 12th June
cleo at 02:35 PM JST - 12th June

The head of the hospital was interviewed on telly last night, he admitted that at least one nurse had been making the stuff up in batches for use later, although it's supposed to be made up fresh every time. He said he 'hadn't been aware' of what she was doing,…

Posted in Woman dies, 13 patients fall sick after having intravenous drips at Mie hospital at 02:35 PM JST - 12th June
cleo at 11:14 AM JST - 12th June

the number of whales that you think is enough for whale meat

One is too many.

Posted in Fukuda, Rudd agree whaling will not undermine bilateral ties at 11:14 AM JST - 12th June
cleo at 11:13 AM JST - 12th June

Not many actually break windows, but apparently there's a steady stream of phone calls and visits to the koban in the small hours, people wanting to discuss everything from domestic squabbles ('My husband won't wash the dishes') to UFOs, politics and crimes that occurred 25 years ago ('Any news yet…

Posted in 22-yr-old drunken woman held for attacking police box in Chiba at 11:13 AM JST - 12th June