smartacus said...

smartacus at 06:54 PM JST - 1st April

There must have been about 1,000 of them at my station today. They looked like clones, all wearing the same clothes, with the same pimply faces. After a week, they'll start wearing their own clothes and become invisible again.

Posted in 850,000 recruits mark 1st day of work amid worries over economy at 06:54 PM JST - 1st April
smartacus at 05:31 PM JST - 1st April

VOR If you didn't know about this before, then I guess it is news.

Posted in U.S. military has 10 golf courses in Japan at 05:31 PM JST - 1st April
smartacus at 04:48 PM JST - 1st April

Look at the design of Japanese cars. They are awful. They look like boxes with wheels.

Posted in Domestic sales are a total disaster now. A car used to symbolize a dream. People used to work hard to buy a car. These days, nobody is saying that. No one thinks a car is cool anymore. at 04:48 PM JST - 1st April
smartacus at 03:01 PM JST - 31st March

But Nessie, though you are probably right, how do you know he didn't actually die right at the very moment they wheeled his stretcher into the hospital?

Posted in Man found stabbed to death in restaurant car park in Saitama at 03:01 PM JST - 31st March
smartacus at 02:59 PM JST - 31st March

Why would any tourist want to drag themselves out of bed at 5 a.m. just to go to a fish market?

Posted in At a place that auctions several hundred tunas in a day, this is affecting our business. at 02:59 PM JST - 31st March
smartacus at 11:44 AM JST - 31st March

Once again, another example of slack parental supervision in Japan. And the same applies to the story about the boy who lost his fingers at the golf course. And please, let's not have some reader telling me that these accidents happen in other countries. I'm not concerned with other countries.

Posted in 5-year-old boy drowns in pond in Iwate at 11:44 AM JST - 31st March
smartacus at 12:40 PM JST - 30th March

Yakizakana for dinner tonight.

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smartacus at 08:33 AM JST - 30th March

So many current world leaders are either colorless, fanatical or incompetent. Australian PM Kevin Rudd would get my vote, though. He seems to be keeping his promises so far. I only hope he isn't forced to compromise.

Posted in Which current world leader do you respect the most? at 08:33 AM JST - 30th March
smartacus at 04:39 PM JST - 28th March

Tyra Banks is another one I wouldn't mind going out for yakitori with.

Posted in Who gets your vote for the sexiest man or woman in the world? at 04:39 PM JST - 28th March
smartacus at 08:45 AM JST - 28th March

It depends what you grew up watching. I know the quality of Miyazaki's work is superb but I grew up with Warner Bros Looney Tunes, so for me, the American animators have a special place in my heart.

Posted in Is American animation better than Japanese animation? at 08:45 AM JST - 28th March