Spring Fever???

[GomiGirl]

Anybody else noticed a huge increase in crazy folk out and about this time of year?

Some crazy guy hit me on the bus this morning. I was about to sit in the empty seat behind him and he turned around and king hit me in the shoulder. I screamed - more out of surprise than pain - and the whole bus turned around to see what it was all about. I scurried away to another seat and a dude in a suit asked the crazy guy to apologise. The crazy guy just said "I made a mistake" and got off at the next stop.

I know this is a strange event - first time it has happened to me - but there does seem to be more crazy folk out and about.

Is this just me???

[MeinJapanLongTime]

Not just you...some guy grabbed my wife by the arm a couple weeks ago and started screaming at her...and another guy in the area knocked a woman onto the train tracks intentionally about a week later. Now, the Akihabara thing...don't know what's going on in Japan.

So...yes, the wackos are out in force of late. Be vigilant.

[kamome]

I scurried away to another seat and a dude in a suit asked the crazy guy to apologise. The crazy guy just said "I made a mistake" and got off at the next stop.

Sounds like the asswipe didn't even offer an apology.

[Mulboyne]

Anybody else noticed a huge increase in crazy folk out and about this time of year?

Kyodo: 22-yr-old drunken woman held for attacking police box in Chiba

[Takechanpoo]

Unfortunately Japanese have a pathetic tendency that when they are mentally driven to the wall they attack small animals, children, women, otaku looking guys.
This dude is typical.

[Doctor Stop]

[Greji]

Unfortunately Japanese have a pathetic tendency that when they are mentally driven to the wall they attack small animals, children, women, otaku looking guys.
This dude is typical.

Extremely well noted and stated Take (for a local Flower Child, that is.....)

[kusai Jijii]

Is this just me???

Nope. There's one on every train, and in every classroom.

I'm trying not to get all serious and stuff, but on Sunday night I couldn't help but think what a fucking sad state of affairs it is in Japan the way mental health issues are typically dealt with here.

Right, back to being silly again...

Bwaaahhhhhhhh!:drool:

[American Oyaji]

GG, That's freaking nutso! I mean, I could understand if maybe you had bumped into him or something like that, but that's just mean.

[GomiGirl]

I'm trying not to get all serious and stuff, but on Sunday night I couldn't help but think what a fucking sad state of affairs it is in Japan the way mental health issues are typically dealt with here.

It is very sad, ne. I know about 20 years ago a big push happened in Australia to demystify and destigmatise mental illness. I will the same thing would happen here. Much would be gained. Sticking ones head in the sand is really not working.

[Charles]

I know about 20 years ago a big push happened in Australia to demystify and destigmatise mental illness.

Now you're just baiting me.

[GomiGirl]

Now you're just baiting me.

No I wasn't even talking to you.

Why are you the only one who can't see how dull is this schtick of yours?

[FG Lurker]

Why are you the only one who can't see how dull is this schtick of yours?

Come on GG, it's obvious! Chuck's shoe size exceeds his IQ by a considerable margin.

[Charles]

Why are you the only one who can't see how dull is this schtick of yours?

Yes it's dull. Dull as the constant stupid goatfucking jokes. I was admonished that my schtick was lowering the tone of the FG board. I don't see how that's possible. So I will continue, absent any evidence that there is any serious intent to raise the tone of FG.

[Aho Kun]

The crazy folks are out for sure, this moring in Osaka station i saw a full on fist fight between to japanese dudes, one dude looked about 25 the other mid 30s and dam they were going for it. I was trying to get my phone camera going without missing the action but i was too slow haha. I thought when the young guy slogged the old guy he was gunna get stuck in the gap between the train and the platform.

[Mulboyne]

So I will continue

Don't

[CrankyBastard]

Now you're just baiting me.

I read Charles' post above, and construed it as just a dig in the ribs joke, nothing more. I didn't read any intention in it to start the whole Aussie bashing thing again. Probably jest rather than than malice was intended.
JMHO.

[kurohinge1]

I read Charles' post above, and construed it as just a dig in the ribs joke . . .

Given the topic and context, he could've been referring to his own mental illness.

And directly or indirectly, he was.

Back on topic, I get the distinct impression that governments in many countries have gradually been spending less on mental health (in relative terms), meaning that more crazies are on the streets (and internet).

[kamome]

[quote="kurohinge1"]Given the topic and context, he could've been referring to his own mental illness.

And directly or indirectly, he was. ]

[Greji]

[quote="kurohinge1"]Given the topic and context, he could've been referring to his own mental illness.

And directly or indirectly, he was. ]

Don't forget the cheap shot about me goats..

[American Oyaji]

Don't forget the cheap shot about me goats..

Yeah, well, to be honest, the bestiality schtick is getting as old as Taro's LETS schtick got from awhile back.

[Charles]

Yeah, well, to be honest, the bestiality schtick is getting as old as Taro's LETS schtick got from awhile back.

Yeah, let us examine this a bit:

1. Charles' drunken racist ozzie schtick: only appears when I can relate it to an ozzie topic, which is rare on FG. Has a political intent (even if nobody gets it but me). Mostly pisses off humorless ozzies, some people think it's funny.

2. Taro's LETS schtick: Pokes fun at Japanese topics. Always on topic. I thought it was funny.

3. Greji's Goatfucking schtick: Appears in almost EVERY GODDAM THREAD he posts in. Never on topic. Never funny. Hijacks almost every thread it appears in.

OK.. now 1 and 2 are officially banned by the FG moderators as they "spoil the tone" of this board. But not #3?

Grow up, Greji. Surely you have something better to contribute to FG.

[FG Lurker]

Yeah, let us examine this a bit:

[blah blah blah]

Grow up, Greji. Surely you have something better to contribute to FG.

There is a key difference that you have (unsurprisingly) totally missed:

Greiji comes across as a genuinely good guy.

You on the other hand come across as a stuck-up, annoying, know-it-all wanker.

[Iraira]

Yeah, let us examine this a bit:
3. Greji's Goatfucking schtick: Appears in almost EVERY GODDAM THREAD he posts in. Never on topic. Never funny. Hijacks almost every thread it appears in.

OK.. now 1 and 2 are officially banned by the FG moderators as they "spoil the tone" of this board. But not #3?

Grow up, Greji. Surely you have something better to contribute to FG.

You're asking someone to change their sexual preference? That's kind of a tall request to make, especially on a Monday.

[CrankyBastard]

Charles, I was all ready to give you the benefit of the doubt, and then you just had to be the first one to go off topic and mentioned Greji's goats in post#14. The whole thread was going quite well until then.

[Captain Japan]

Violence against railway workers hits record
Mainichi

A record 748 cases of violent acts by train passengers against railway workers were reported in the business year of 2007, railway operators said.

Moreover, over a three year period from the business year of 2004 to 2007, the number of cases where station workers or train crewmembers were assaulted by passengers totaled 2,675, according to 21 railway operators.

The 21 organizations are three JR companies on the Honshu islands, 16 other major railway companies and the Tokyo metropolitan and Osaka municipal transportation bureaus that operate subway systems.

The finding has prompted railway operators across the country to put up about 53,000 posters at their stations, asking passengers to cooperate in preventing violent incidents.

The number of cases where passengers assaulted railway workers, which stood at 554 in the business year of 2004, rose to 708 the following year. It declined to 665 in 2006, but hit a record high of 748 in the 2007 business year.

Of the 748 cases last business year, 61 percent of the perpetrators were drunk, and the largest number of them was in their 30s, accounting for 22 percent of the total.

Most of such assaults occurred around midnight. By month, the largest number -- 91 cases -- occurred in December when many year-end parties are held.

[D-San]

My Fiance was walking back to her mansion late one night and stumbled upon a man masturbating in front their entrance door. She screamed and he just ran away with his chin hanging out.

Must be something in the air lately...

[Greji]

My Fiance was walking back to her mansion late one night and stumbled upon a man masturbating in front their entrance door. She screamed and he just ran away with his chin hanging out.

Must be something in the air lately...

What else could I do but run? She scared me!

[IkemenTommy]

Yeah, let us examine this a bit:

1. Charles' drunken racist ozzie schtick: only appears when I can relate it to an ozzie topic, which is rare on FG. Has a political intent (even if nobody gets it but me). Mostly pisses off humorless ozzies, some people think it's funny.

2. Taro's LETS schtick: Pokes fun at Japanese topics. Always on topic. I thought it was funny.

3. Greji's Goatfucking schtick: Appears in almost EVERY GODDAM THREAD he posts in. Never on topic. Never funny. Hijacks almost every thread it appears in.

OK.. now 1 and 2 are officially banned by the FG moderators as they "spoil the tone" of this board. But not #3?

Grow up, Greji. Surely you have something better to contribute to FG.

You left out:
4. The myriad of endless Noriko references most often brought up by Kusai J*j* among others on here.

[Behan]

Don't forget Take's Japanglish.