cleo said...

cleo at 04:08 PM JST - 11th July

What on earth is a 37 year old man doing bathing and dressing a woman old enough to be his mother? Can't they employ more female care workers?

If I were 65 and needed care, I think I'd stink rather than let a man wash and dress me.

Posted in 37-year-old caregiver arrested for sexually assaulting 65-year-old bedridden woman in Chiba at 04:08 PM JST - 11th July
cleo at 01:27 PM JST - 11th July

Smoking is one of the few luxuries they have and all you non-smoking nazis are more than happy to see it taken away from them. What a selfish bunch you are.

Every time as a teenager I nagged my Mum to stop smoking she would tell me it was 'one…

Posted in Tobacco tax hike suddenly in spotlight at 01:27 PM JST - 11th July
cleo at 08:59 AM JST - 11th July

finally to arrive at denying the attendees their basic freedoms

Oh gawd 'elp us. No one is denying these poor little rich boys their 'basic freedoms'.

As you say, Everyone has the right to be a jerk. And freedom of speech means that it's OK to call a jerk a…

Posted in Tatami rooms don't agree with G-8 visitors at 08:59 AM JST - 11th July
cleo at 05:35 PM JST - 10th July

They had every right to complain

No, they had every right to request a change to a room with a bed, especially if they suffer from some back or knee infirmity. Complaining and demanding what you're used to just because you're used to it is what crass tourists off the…

Posted in Tatami rooms don't agree with G-8 visitors at 05:35 PM JST - 10th July
cleo at 03:32 PM JST - 10th July

It's one thing for a person with a physical condition to request a change of accommodation, and quite another for someone whose condition is a large hat size to complain about perfectly good accommodation just because it isn't what they're used to at home.

Posted in Tatami rooms don't agree with G-8 visitors at 03:32 PM JST - 10th July
cleo at 01:50 PM JST - 10th July

When in Rome.

There is no reason to assume that diplomats or workers from other countries were also offered tatami.

Really? The article states clearly, most of the rooms are Japanese style, with tatami.

It also says some of the visitors demanded Western-style rooms.

Sounds to me like most of…

Posted in Tatami rooms don't agree with G-8 visitors at 01:50 PM JST - 10th July
cleo at 12:24 PM JST - 10th July

LFRAgain - good one!

I'd like to go back nine months before 6th July, 1946, and give Barbara a really bad migraine.

Posted in If you could go back in time to witness any event or events, what would you choose? at 12:24 PM JST - 10th July
cleo at 12:11 PM JST - 10th July

As for those of you who snipe at the G8 visitors wanting a bed

A futon is a bed, it just has no legs and doesn't take up so much room during the day. As far as sleeping goes, the only people who need a bed with legs are people…

Posted in Tatami rooms don't agree with G-8 visitors at 12:11 PM JST - 10th July
cleo at 10:22 AM JST - 10th July

All in favour of it. I don't need the sun high in the sky when I'm in bed.

Posted in What are your views on daylight saving time? at 10:22 AM JST - 10th July
cleo at 02:58 PM JST - 9th July

Tokyo Disney Resort is going under a major expansion this year

Shouldn't that be undergoing?

Moderator: It has been corrected.

Posted in Tokyo Disneyland Hotel offers girls chance to be 'princess' at 02:58 PM JST - 9th July