doombird said...

doombird at 12:47 PM JST - 27th September

I like Uniqlo a lot. Saying the clothes are 'blah' isn't a stretch, but that's what I like about them -- most of the stuff is pretty simple, comes in basic colors with no branding or logos, and at decent prices. They have some funky stuff and some higher-end sweaters…

Posted in Yu Yamada is Uniqlo's 'perfect' woman at 12:47 PM JST - 27th September
doombird at 02:08 PM JST - 26th September

Wow, he's just like all the rest of us ordinary folks! Except for never having anything to do with us when he can help it! And it's so nice to know that his school treated him just like other students -- except for that whole thing about entrance exams, or…

Posted in Crown prince recalls his college days at 02:08 PM JST - 26th September
doombird at 01:14 PM JST - 22nd September

Would it matter if he had been a russian or a korean??

Probably if it was a Russian, they would say "It was unclear whether he had been smoking marijuana before the incident."

Heheh... ooh. "Companion!" I like that. That sounds so scandalous! And I love how the man is…

Posted in U.S. serviceman breaks into love hotel room at 01:14 PM JST - 22nd September
doombird at 11:45 AM JST - 17th September

Sometimes I believe that these catchy names are purely lucky Japanese combinations, and other times I'm sure that there's a foreigner behind the scenes somewhere, coming up with names for things and chuckling to himself. There is a small bar/restaurant in a tiny back street of downtown Kyoto called "Cabbages…

Posted in Bread shop at 11:45 AM JST - 17th September
doombird at 11:24 AM JST - 17th September

Seriously, as outofmydepth said, how could they possibly get it all the way downtown and to the forensics lab and run tests and get the test results back without ever figuring out that it wasn't human?

And wait, what kind of "tests" proved it? When they couldn't get the needle…

Posted in Man who abandoned life-size doll charged at 11:24 AM JST - 17th September