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chokonen888 wrote: Work harder! (not smarter)
J.A.F.O wrote:I saw one decent episode of jiji giant hornet killer. The man didn't do anything fancy He laid out some sticky glue paper used for rat infestations about the nest the night before. Came back the next day with more than half the hive dead/dying to the stickypaper. Then he walks out like some crazy exterminator gunslinger with 6/10 cans of bug spray and proceeded to "shootem down" at high noon. It was all well and good until he was running out of spray. I remember him cursing in japanese only what I can assume was "Fuck! Fuck!" as two or three Osuzumebachi started staring him down. He beat a hasty retreat to the local hardware store (very ill tempered) and asked for all they had. Went back loaded to the teeth. The battle was epic. Heavy enemy casualties were amassed but in the end the good guys won!
Mike Oxlong wrote:For some reason that's the only episode I remember myself...
J.A.F.O wrote:Mike Oxlong wrote:For some reason that's the only episode I remember myself...
DUDE! that episode rocked! I haven't been so proud of being a primate since watching King Kong slaughter dinosaurs in that shitty remake years back... Wait. Shit, that means I'm not as cool as a gorilla
Coligny wrote:chokonen888 wrote: Work harder! (not smarter)
Godamnitsomuch, I should I put a trademark on this one...
kurogane wrote:YOU RACISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chokonen888 wrote: China definitely outdoes Japan in peasant-like attempts of this nature (my favorite is that dude welding with a newspaper over his face, held on by sunglasses) but Japan is where they seem to get the most praise
wagyl wrote:chokonen888 wrote: China definitely outdoes Japan in peasant-like attempts of this nature (my favorite is that dude welding with a newspaper over his face, held on by sunglasses) but Japan is where they seem to get the most praise
You might be misinterpreting praise. There is a strong element in the production of television programs here to make them interesting and notable in some way (well, derr-fred!!) and a common theme is "travel to hick place and show a hick doing hick stuff." First, you get some exaggerated performances from the subject, because everyone reacts in some way or other to the presence of a camera crew. Then, you do some fine editting to match the narrative you had planned back in Tokyo weeks ago well before you even scouted the hick. Then you get a panel of "talent" to react as per the script. As long as the regular advertisers renew their contracts for advertising spots, this format will continue.
wagyl wrote:And so the education process is complete: people have been shown how they should react.
wagyl wrote:Do not confuse that with what they would think without that prompting.
"Why do it the easy way when you can do it the hard way?"
"When one tries continuously, one ends up succeeding. Thus, the more one fails, the greater the chance that it will work."
"If there is no solution, it is because there is no problem."
"To reduce the numbers of unhappy people, always beat up the same individuals."
"Every advantage has its disadvantages and vice versa."
"If there is one chance out of a 1000 to succeed, rush failing the 999 first tries."
Russell wrote:Were the hornets killed by the vacuum cleaner?
Some beekeepers also vacuum up bee nests in the wild, but the bees usually survive.
Mike Oxlong wrote:J.A.F.O wrote:I saw one decent episode of jiji giant hornet killer. The man didn't do anything fancy He laid out some sticky glue paper used for rat infestations about the nest the night before. Came back the next day with more than half the hive dead/dying to the stickypaper. Then he walks out like some crazy exterminator gunslinger with 6/10 cans of bug spray and proceeded to "shootem down" at high noon. It was all well and good until he was running out of spray. I remember him cursing in japanese only what I can assume was "Fuck! Fuck!" as two or three Osuzumebachi started staring him down. He beat a hasty retreat to the local hardware store (very ill tempered) and asked for all they had. Went back loaded to the teeth. The battle was epic. Heavy enemy casualties were amassed but in the end the good guys won!
For some reason that's the only episode I remember myself...
Coligny wrote:1968 French cartoon called "The Shadoks" a race of stupid birdlike creature....
It's just like a documentary on Japanese society...
They could be called 'Japintoks' instead...
"Better to pump even if nothing happens than to risk something worse happening by not pumping".
Also include quotes like:"Why do it the easy way when you can do it the hard way?"
"When one tries continuously, one ends up succeeding. Thus, the more one fails, the greater the chance that it will work."
"If there is no solution, it is because there is no problem."
"To reduce the numbers of unhappy people, always beat up the same individuals."
"Every advantage has its disadvantages and vice versa."
"If there is one chance out of a 1000 to succeed, rush failing the 999 first tries."
The Shadoks had five monosyllabic words in their language: "Ga", "Bu", "Zo", "Meu" and "Ni" (French spelling). But their brain had only four cells. So they could only remember the last four ones heard.
The english wiki:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Shadoks
episodes to watch online:
http://www.ina.fr/recherche/search?sear ... 711&y=-156
"Every disadvantage has its advantage"
Ieder nadeel heb z'n foordeel (Amsterdam slang)
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