curlygene said...

curlygene at 09:16 PM JST - 24th April

This is the most refreshing review I've ever read on Japan Today! I though making fun of a product would have got you the sack and forced you to have to work at the Japan Times. It sure the hell ain't another ad posing as news, capone.

Posted in Phonetastic at 09:16 PM JST - 24th April
curlygene at 09:12 PM JST - 24th April

And you just beat me to saying "you beat me to it", dammit! Katanana or English, it still sounds like Mickey D's is finally saying it like it is.

Posted in McWrap Chicken at 09:12 PM JST - 24th April
curlygene at 04:04 PM JST - 24th April

Pukey2,

I was disappointed by a film made by Korean actors and a foreign director.

I don't think we can blame the translator for this one. I think the director means that he'd seen a movie made under similar circumstances to his own, and was worried that the language gap,…

Posted in Haruka Ayase turns into cyborg at 04:04 PM JST - 24th April
curlygene at 03:57 PM JST - 24th April

So what did Kwak say to the actors? Duck!

Posted in Haruka Ayase turns into cyborg at 03:57 PM JST - 24th April
curlygene at 03:56 PM JST - 24th April

JT,

We are all deeply grateful for the translations of Japanese news stories that you provide, and it's good to see that even prefectual governments can come to their senses and overrule their leaders.

However, could you please, please get your people to use English words like "celebrity", "star" "actor",…

Posted in SMAP meal set suspended at Osaka prefectural government office at 03:56 PM JST - 24th April
curlygene at 03:48 PM JST - 24th April

Blue Tiger,

Think before you speak next time. Read telecaster player's comments and try to understand the logic behind them, and just try to imagine yourself in the position of the baby. Which would you prefer if your life was literally in the hands of a woman who was going…

Posted in Body of newborn baby found in Saitama river at 03:48 PM JST - 24th April
curlygene at 10:19 AM JST - 24th April

Thanks for the update, JT!

Posted in Bladeless blender at 10:19 AM JST - 24th April
curlygene at 07:25 AM JST - 23rd April

Sabiwabi,

Israel was created by force and it expanded by force. Israel never stopped the war they started.

Are you suggesting that, assuming that creation of a state by "force" is wrong, Israel has no legitimate claim on any of its territory? And if so, Israel could "stop the war"…

Posted in Hamas rejects Carter's call to halt rocket fire on Israel for 1 month at 07:25 AM JST - 23rd April
curlygene at 04:57 PM JST - 21st April

as an advanced industrial nation they lag far behind other countries in treatment of rape victims

On the contrary, they celebrate them! I mean, look at all the rape videos available here.

Yep, this, of course, is the same country who's pollies are only just now "eyeing" jail time for…

Posted in Victims finally learning to speak out against Japan’s outdated rape laws at 04:57 PM JST - 21st April
curlygene at 04:49 PM JST - 21st April

57.000 people at Yankee Stadium and worldwide media coverage vs. Sagecat's >The Pope is a non-issue. Enough said.

Posted in Pope blesses ground zero in NYC, praises American church at 04:49 PM JST - 21st April