saborichan said...

saborichan at 01:02 PM JST - 18th June

Best coralist?

Posted in Japan's largest coral ball found on seabed off Kagoshima at 01:02 PM JST - 18th June
saborichan at 01:01 PM JST - 18th June

Given how thorougly the police here like to establish every little detail in interviews after an accident, I'm guessing baachan was already 'mou ii ' of the 'mendokusai' chatting and just wanted to go home.

The larceny I can understand and even forgive. It's the stolen bike that worries me.…

Posted in Police decide not to press charges against thieving sisters at 01:01 PM JST - 18th June
saborichan at 12:55 PM JST - 18th June

It'd be a huge hurdle convincing parents that celphone signal blockers (do these exist??) don't pose a health threat in some way. And sometimes the teachers need to take personal calls; they're adults with lives like everyone else. If you can't even get messages / etc, it's going to inconvenience…

Posted in Ishikawa moves to bar some school children from having cell phones at 12:55 PM JST - 18th June
saborichan at 12:52 PM JST - 18th June

That's cute, that some of you think kids will simply obey the rules. Trust me, J-kids know what is akan and know how to pay lip service to the rules, doesn't mean they obey them.

And 2020hindsight, what's detention? They don't have that here.

Posted in Ishikawa moves to bar some school children from having cell phones at 12:52 PM JST - 18th June
saborichan at 11:28 AM JST - 18th June

Letterman makes lowbrow jokes now and then, so what?

Posted in Sarah Palin says Letterman owes women an apology at 11:28 AM JST - 18th June
saborichan at 11:19 AM JST - 18th June

It's hard to imagine. The bit about clothes being torn off was an eye-opener.

Posted in Autopsies suggest Air France jet broke up in sky at 11:19 AM JST - 18th June
saborichan at 11:16 AM JST - 18th June

What sort of professional user?

Posted in Panasonic develops 85-inch full HD plasma display at 11:16 AM JST - 18th June
saborichan at 11:14 AM JST - 18th June

typo 'reprotedly' in title.

Posted in Nakamura reportedly agrees to 2-year deal with Espanyol at 11:14 AM JST - 18th June
saborichan at 11:07 AM JST - 18th June

It would be a fun time. But are 'compact Olympics' really ones that we want to have? Isn't part of the fun the introduction of a new country? And everything that entails?

Tokyo's bid seems to be just that: A Tokyo thing. Nobody else seems to have been involved yet…

Posted in Tokyo presents bid as race to host 2016 Olympics heats up at 11:07 AM JST - 18th June
saborichan at 11:00 AM JST - 18th June

Were there really three thousand? I can't understand how the companies could afford to let it get so out of hand.

As for 'A long queue is clearly the most effective means of advertising', yes, there's nothing that makes me want to shop more than the prospect of lining up…

Posted in 3,000 men pose as customers for opening of Aoki's Ginza store at 11:00 AM JST - 18th June