More Wacky Japanese Stuff - Page 3

ZenGum · 11-09-2007, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by jester

You know what I really find "wacky"? Is the fact that you got your information from the NY Times. what up wi' dhat?..

(coke story that is)

Simple.
I am a man of the world, and read the NYT, the Times of London, Le Monde, the Chunichi shimbun, and the Wangaratta Weekly.

[ boring ]
I follow a news-on-Japan collation site which links to any news service mentioning Japan. I found it there.
[ /boring ]

Shawnee: GROAN
SteveD : GROAN

jester · 11-09-2007, 10:12 AM

I was just assuming, since you actually lived there......I don't see how you possibly have time to read all those newpapers. When it's quite obvious you spend an inordinate amount of time here

slang · 11-12-2007, 01:49 PM

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Miso horny.

Been a long time since I blew beer out of my nose. Thanks

Shawnee123 · 11-09-2007, 10:24 AM

My dad made the boards for a while. I helped him with a couple sets, which was fun. The neighbor lady would make the bags and my sis-in-law would paint them. It just got to be too much in materials as my dad would never take money for them.

Fun game though!

TheMercenary · 11-09-2007, 10:25 AM

Someday I will have to play it.

Shawnee123 · 11-09-2007, 10:27 AM

Words of advice. Place corn bag in dominant (throwing) hand. Balance self with beer of choice in other hand. Heckling is an experience enhancer.

HungLikeJesus · 11-16-2007, 09:48 AM

That's how they keep Japan elephant-free.

ZenGum · 11-19-2007, 09:26 AM

Not content with heart-shaped bubble wrap, some genius came up with a bubble-wrap calendar:

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Japanese bubble wrap manufacturer Kawakami Sangyo Co., Ltd employee Ayaka Sugiyama shows the company's bubble-wrap calendar named "Puti puti calendar" in Tokyo November 12, 2007. Stress relief, diet aid, lucky charm: few can resist the allure of bubble wrap and now a Japanese company is finding new reasons to pop till you drop. Picture taken Nobember 12, 2007. REUTERS

ZenGum · 11-23-2007, 11:39 AM

From here.

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Cleaning grimy highway rest stops is a job barely fit for humans, but never fear: the disturbingly cute, talking Lady Bird robot will begin scrubbing Japanese public toilets in 2009!

Lady Bird was conceived and built by a consortium of robotics companies commissioned by the West Nippon Expressway Company Limited (NEXCO).

Lady Bird features obstacle sensors that help it avoid collisions with restroom fixtures and the occasional user. Speaking of the latter, Lady Bird is designed to be cute, friendly and helpful - this is Japan, after all. It displays a smiling face and a pair of stubby antennae that enable a very unique feature: speech recognition capability via a built-in voice synthesizer. Lady Bird can make conversation if spoken to!

Don't get too excited, you won't be engaging in any philosophical discussions with Lady Bird - but you're at a highway rest stop, remember? Instead, Lady Bird gives out useful information such as the latest traffic & weather conditions updated by Internet - probably "spoken" in a childlike female voice.

Choose to ignore Lady Bird and "she" will industriously go about the business of scrubbing toilets and the surrounding areas. At 39 inches tall, 56 inches long and equipped with an on-board water tank, Lady Bird is anything but small and that goes for the price as well: a cool $30,000 per robot.

So you're staggering home from a hard night on the town, and you stop by the public toilet ... and there is this giant, glowing-eyed robot lady bird that starts talking to you in Japanese about road weather and traffic conditions .... I tell you, the Japanese don't need drugs.

Cloud · 11-23-2007, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

So you're staggering home from a hard night on the town, and you stop by the public toilet ... and there is this giant, glowing-eyed robot lady bird that starts talking to you in Japanese about road weather and traffic conditions .... I tell you, the Japanese don't need drugs.

Madman · 11-23-2007, 01:02 PM

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I don't get it??? She looks perfectly normal to me...

ZenGum · 11-23-2007, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Madman

I don't get it??? She looks perfectly normal to me...

You mean ... normal ... apart from the fact that she's talking to a giant lady bird toilet-cleaning robot with glowing red eyes?

Sundae · 11-25-2007, 09:12 AM

I can get round any number of toilets in a day for $30,000 thank you.
And I'll put on a childlike female voice if you like.

PM me for details!

Cloud · 11-25-2007, 03:30 PM

I'm wondering how that thing possibly cleans toilets. I guess oriental, hole-in-the-ground squatting toilets? it could just, you know, roll right over those. Otherwise, it would have to hop up onto western-style toilets.

and that would be just too disturbing.

slang · 11-25-2007, 04:05 PM

I was going to ask about the toilets there in Japan. More western style or squat type?

My only restroom experience in Japan was at Narita airport.

It was surely better than the Pakistan restrooms but much less than the US standard.

Don't even ask about the toilets here. It's scary.

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11-16-2007, 09:48 AM	#7
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11-25-2007, 09:12 AM	#13
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11-25-2007, 03:30 PM	#14
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I'm wondering how that thing possibly cleans toilets. I guess oriental, hole-in-the-ground squatting toilets? it could just, you know, roll right over those. Otherwise, it would have to hop up onto western-style toilets. and that would be just too disturbing. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-09-2007, 10:12 AM	#2
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	I was just assuming, since you actually lived there......I don't see how you possibly have time to read all those newpapers. When it's quite obvious you spend an inordinate amount of time here

11-09-2007, 10:24 AM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My dad made the boards for a while. I helped him with a couple sets, which was fun. The neighbor lady would make the bags and my sis-in-law would paint them. It just got to be too much in materials as my dad would never take money for them. Fun game though!

11-09-2007, 10:27 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Words of advice. Place corn bag in dominant (throwing) hand. Balance self with beer of choice in other hand. Heckling is an experience enhancer.

11-25-2007, 04:05 PM	#15
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	I was going to ask about the toilets there in Japan. More western style or squat type? My only restroom experience in Japan was at Narita airport. It was surely better than the Pakistan restrooms but much less than the US standard. Don't even ask about the toilets here. It's scary.

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