cleo said...

cleo at 10:31 AM JST - 18th July

Doctor Tofu -

Quite. And eloquently put. I like the bit about the eyebrows.

Signing up for a company knowing that they have dress rules etc., that you're not prepared to adhere to is one thing; doing your job adequately for 14 years with no complaints and suddenly having new…

Posted in Osaka postman fights to keep mustache at 10:31 AM JST - 18th July
cleo at 09:55 AM JST - 18th July

ZenB -

That's tantamount to saying companies can fire people at will simply by changing 'rules' to target the employees they want to get rid of, without having to give them severance pay or be charged with unfair dismissal. I'm not sure if that's legal, but it's certainly wrong.

His…

Posted in Osaka postman fights to keep mustache at 09:55 AM JST - 18th July
cleo at 09:49 AM JST - 18th July

they should provided the country whose leader is accused of crimes is a legitimate member of ICC.

Isn't that a bit like saying common thieves, pimps, murderers and rapists can only be arrested and tried if they've bought tickets for the Policemen's Ball, or if they've donated to the Lawyers'…

Posted in Do you think the International Criminal Court should be able to charge world leaders with crimes? at 09:49 AM JST - 18th July
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