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notimpressed at 05:09 PM JST - 12th May

Jerseyboy: "....to make any rational contribution to this discussion" yes, because this discussion is so important and world changing, I really must be more scholarly about it. hehe. it must have been hard to get yer head up in there

Posted in Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this? at 05:09 PM JST - 12th May
smithinjapan at 05:09 PM JST - 12th May

Mods: Here's my post you removed, calling it 'off-topic'.

"Not likely Japan is going to ever take either request or advice seriously. The death penalty... they won't give that up any time soon; the sex slave issue.... they're just waiting for anyone who can possibly remember to die, and teaching…

Posted in Japan urged to abolish capital punishment at 05:09 PM JST - 12th May
SushiSake3 at 05:07 PM JST - 12th May

Superlib, so you'd be sitting there hitting yourself in the head?

Is that how you Republican types deal with the difficult concept of an inevitable Obama Presidency next January?

Man, I'd PAY to see you do that on YouTube. :-)

Posted in Obama turns focus to race against McCain, as Clinton struggles to keep campaign afloat at 05:07 PM JST - 12th May
smithinjapan at 05:05 PM JST - 12th May

Good job! Nice to read stories like this when there's so much negative out there.

Posted in Woman saves swimmer from shark in Western Australia at 05:05 PM JST - 12th May
himasan at 05:04 PM JST - 12th May

Its because most people keep their money hidden in grandma`s kimono in Jpn.

Posted in BTMU reports major ATM glitch as it introduces new computer system at 05:04 PM JST - 12th May
notimpressed at 05:04 PM JST - 12th May

triumvere and jersey boy: calm down guys...someone mentions americans once you all start crying and launching personal attacks? If responding to something and admitting to seeing other aspects to something is defensive...and intollerable...I guess learning anything is too? I assume you would never in your life admit to being wrong…

Posted in Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this? at 05:04 PM JST - 12th May
SuperLib at 05:00 PM JST - 12th May

SuperLib, you seem to be strongly implying there is a plan for Iraq now.

Imagine a guy sitting in front of a computer. The guy takes his hand and puts it in front of his face a few inches away, palm facing inward. Then said guy quickly pulls his hand…

Posted in Obama turns focus to race against McCain, as Clinton struggles to keep campaign afloat at 05:00 PM JST - 12th May
LFRAgain at 04:59 PM JST - 12th May

Wow... Reading about this on other news sites, I'm just stunned. This has really got to be a new high for the police here in terms of sheer stupidity. At first, I was inclined to rail on the idiot who poured kerosene all over himself, for obvious reasons. But a…

Posted in Kerosene-soaked man catches fire after trying to smoke at Nagoya police station at 04:59 PM JST - 12th May
some14some at 04:58 PM JST - 12th May

btw, what happened to the crew of sunken boat or was it unmanned?

Posted in Boat carrying aid for Myanmar cyclone victims sinks as death toll jumps to 28,000 at 04:58 PM JST - 12th May
Cos at 04:54 PM JST - 12th May

Well firstly, look at the fact. In Japan, foreign women are much more successful than foreign men at finding an interesting Japenese date (and later marry, look at marriage stats).

Among the foreigners around me, I have always seen about 1/2 of the dating being between 2 non-Japanese for Westerners,…

Posted in Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this? at 04:54 PM JST - 12th May