- Countryside noise pollution - How about the weekly 6:42 AM announcement in my neighbourhood ?... Life in "inaka" is great (and usually quiet) but even out here we are not free from noise pollution. Oops, ya missed one inaka fun. Fvcking NAI-SEN ---farmer's neighborhood private telephone...

Re: zen g/koans(sp?) GOOGLE Searched web for zen koen. Results 1 - 50 of about 14. GOOGLE Searched the web for zen koan. Results 1 - 50 of about 5,790. uh, do you always use google as an english dictionary? :blush3: Google: the world's largest dictionary. Free the words! Democratic spelling now!

OR THINK OF THE WORSE THREAT: a Steven music CD! btw, who is this "Joel" who invented hip hop?.... Billy Joel?:wink: OR THINK OF THE WORSE THREAT: a Steven music CD! oh, see, we're off topic again... Actually, "Let's topic off!" In the beginning was The Groove, and it was good. ...

isn't it sad- poor steven isn't even interesting enough for his own thread to talk about him :shakeh: Ok, back to gossip of his holiness, Tulku Steven Seagal... Penor Rinpoche, the Supreme Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism....declared Seagal a tulku and a "terton" (someone wi...

Yeah it's true - and fun hooning round on a motorbike! I'm going to take my 50cc license soon. YEAH! And the key point is 50cc is dirt cheap in terms of taxes, gas, etc as well as low-profile with the police. I've driven a 50cc through a shopping mall and cops didn't even look up from their porno m...

The telephone was invented in Canada. Show me some proof that the telephone was invented in Canada. I await your response. Q. Did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone in Canada or the U.S.? A. This question rings with controversy]http://www.triviaguys.com/archbell.htm[/url] http://www.mcbe.or...

How much does an average wedding cost in Japan? As mentioned before in the "other" thread, one million yen is a bargan wedding in Japan...spilt 50/50 between the bride and groom's family. If it's a tacky "Nagoya wedding" you're doomed. http://wedding.biglobe.ne.jp/special/unch/i...

Having to listen to that stupid noise was awful. The solution in two words: WIRE CUTTERS. http://www.selfrelianceresources.com/pictures/leatherman_crunch.jpg I carry wire cutters when I go out (as well as wearing earplugs 24/7). I cut the speaker wires on the damn JR loudspeakers wherever I find th...

I cycle around Tokyo a lot and it's not the cars that scare me so much as the other cyclists! I wish people would use lights at night! (so i wouldn't have to yell at them all the time) Add to that Light-out Problem the fact that everyone wears black in Tokyo in the winter at night, and I am amazed ...

http://www.metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/recent/health_beauty.asp ".....But it looks dangerous," Bicycling is very harmless I think. http://www.thesun.co.uk/picture/0,,2002560073,00.jpg Frontal views and more of the above at the Sun about recreating the cover of the 1978 Queen hit Bicycle Race: ...

Japan masters the art of noise The Japan Times: Dec. 3, 2002 " This totally preventable scourge is noise pollution and Japan is arguably one the world's most egregious offenders." "The rightwingers, always in tune with the times, have been known to play the latest Morning Musume hits...

I am sorry to say I am English but if you like my invention I hope you will use it from time to time. Yours faithfuly Tim Berners-Lee Oxford, England. In two words Berners-Lee kamisama : "Prior art" In three more of your own words: "Vannevar Bush, 1945" What year was it that you...

Beavis and Butthead, not much, we generaly get the references but the humour is almost non existant. 8) Beavis and Butthead had their 15 minutes of fame here in Japan---basically they were a just a T-Shirt of the Minute. Inane doesn't translate well, even though it's the primary art form on TV here...

Hentai Manga Gears Up for World Exposure http://www.bigempire.com/sake/manga.html I was with the Captain, filming during his interview. I'll have a clip of Maeda's philosophy on life, women, and Japanese society sometime next week on TokyoDV. GJ "WE'RE NOT WORTHY!" * http://images.google....

The person I was insulting doesn't speak *ANY* Japanese, and the message board I was posting on prohibits flaming. So, I figured, why not flame people in a language they can't understand. Ok, that sounds sort of logical. Normally however, it's better in Japanese to be very enryo -ish (stand back re...

Expat Adviser: Teaching in English in Tokyo International Herald Tribune November 29, 2002 Q:My wife moved us from Miami to Tokyo for her new job, and now I'm looking for part-time work. I've heard about opportunities teaching english abroad. Do I need some sort of certification? Will it help my ca...

[quote="Rob Pongi"]OK, everyone let's take a moment here, and pretend that we can actually feel our own blood running through our veins. Now, who are we? 'Everyone's a book of blood] Compare and contrast with... " I like the color red. It's so pretty when it flows. " --"Our ...

Hentai Manga Gears Up for World Exposure http://www.bigempire.com/sake/manga.html Toshio Maeda is doing a little touch-up work on a drawing. His subject is a female athlete in profile; muscled back and arms, perky breasts, and a tight-fitting blue bikini ... ...most of his fans don't like looking a...

Anonymous wrote:LOL... i didn't buy anything!

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The Australians didn't have much of a choice... after they decided to send their troops (known as Diggers from the first world war) in support of the Commonwealth... Thanks for the historical reminder/context--that puts some needed perspective to this discussion. Speaking of perspective in an upsid...

Hey Taro, maybe someday you can teach me something about MM. Clearly, you are spending a lot of time on that site. EAT ME! Thank you for sharing. Frankly MM aka Morning Pedophillia is not really my style, but in the charming spirit of this thread... http://www.tickcentral.com/galleries/gallery_cake...

is he really quoted as saying "assmonkey" :eeh: Obviously he was relieving said stress by watching Beavis and Butthead reruns.... Ahhhh. Now that's a Good Question to pose the our FG native-speaker informants in the upside-down part of the world: 1. How much does the technical terminology...

Hey, doesn't a standard ko a n go: "If you see the Buddha in the road, kill him." point taken, however A: he ain't killing buddhas.. Well, if you meet "the Buddha in the road" with a flat tire on city Route 40 in East St. Louis at 2am Sunday morning, stupid stereotypical thought...

Said in a traditional Japanese restaurant to the waiter- "You ain't got no egg-roll?....Whad'bout some fried chikin' wings?... ":hehe: Well.... if it was a "traditional" Japanese restaurant in the States, let's say my home on the north side of Chicago, the waiter, cook, and owne...

[quote="&quot"]GAIGAL mobile[quote] <OR> settle for J-KeitaiGals like this charming MobileGal... http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Dec/20021221730886170732983.jpg http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_719437.html?menu= Ananova: Japanese woman too busy with mobile phone to see ...

Gaisaradatsurakuu wrote:Not only are you a drunk, you are a pompous ass clueless drunk.

Hey, lighten up.
It's only a bunch of "0"s and "1"s . It's not we're have the final debate on UN sanctions on the limiting Gen-6 Morning Musume, sheesh.