FG flattened by train after snatching 15,000yen of jeans

[Taro Toporific]

Shoplifting foreigner struck dead by train while escaping
Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, May 29, 2004
A foreign man was hit by a train and died while trying to flee after stealing from a clothes retailer Saturday.... struck by a train at crossing on the Tobu Tojo Line in Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, at about 12 a.m. on Monday..
... items with a total value of about 15,000 yen...

[DJEB]

Crime, apparently, doesn't pay.

[lostintranslation]

It does, since Mr. FG's estate will have to pay some 100,000,000yen for cleaning up his body and service disruption.

Come to think of it, 100m yen for a headline mention in the TV and shimbun may be cheaper than advertising rates.

[Big Booger]

Why did the FG shoplifter cross the track?

To loose his life over 15000 yen worth of jeans..

[Caustic Saint]

... items with a total value of about 15,000 yen...

So that's what, two pair of jeans?

[Taro Toporific]

... items with a total value of about 15,000 yen...

So that's what, two pair of jeans?

Three or four pair if you buy at UNICLO.



The problem is that the at Chinese-made UNICLO jeans are won't fit a lard-ass FG like me (largest size W34/L32, ultra slim). I bet the poor gaijin only snatched one or two pair of jeans worth 15,000yen .

[GargoyleTS]

Lesson: Know your train schedule!