'I just want to take a swim in the Imperial Palace moat.'

[Taro Toporific]

"I just want to take a swim in the Imperial Palace moat."
---Crossing the moat, Imperial Palace intruded --- "I want to take some photos" = two foreigners arrested swimming
news.goo.ne.jp / Apr 14, 2013 giga-goofy Google Translate
At 7:00 am on April 14, police officers of the Sakashita Imperial Guard of the Imperial Palace discovered two male foreigners on Nobo~tsu the slope of the moat of the palace in Chiyoda near Sakuradamon, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Both wer arrested on suspicion of invasion thing.
Both suspects claiming to be British citizens, Louis Colin of (25), Joe Burdon (24) were arrested. In their statement they said that they, "wanted to take pictures in the Imperial Palace. Both men were arrested in their underwear and had a container storing their camera and clothing.

Original Japanese:
http://news.goo.ne.jp/topstories/world/ ... 58e24.html

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[james]

At first I thought an old thread had been dredged up as they tend to be from time to time. I was expecting this story from 2008 when a very Taro-looking Briton was detained for doing the same.

[wagyl]

Filed in the "International and Science" section. Plus two points for recognising that there is little science to how things work inside the country, but minus three points for making it international news because of the perpetrators.

Oh, and the "I just want to take a swim in the moat" sounds like an weak, evasive excuse, and actually appears to be an artifact from Google Translate. The Japanese text seems to suggest that the lads were straight down the line about wanting to take photos inside.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I'm grateful to these guys just for the opportunity they present to bring back the 2008 story: one of my all-time Japan favorites, not so much for the poor, tormented bugger doing the swimming, but at the sight of the boat-full of (armed) kops desperately rowing away from him in sheer, utter terror.

[univerman666]

Illegal intruder, Colin Louie, age 25.
Illegal intruder, Burdon Joe, age 24.

Not again. ..I remember that before this incident there were similar incident.
Several years ago, a crazy midle aged GAIJIN was arrested for dancing and swimming at the Imperial Palace while showing his soft penis.
He wanted to seek an audience with the Emperor.

why do Gaijin want to Jump into the imperial moats??why??
Sorry,even If you have underpants,you can not meet to the Emperor...forever.

umm..GAIJIN is really annoying.
This is why we japanese look down,hate GAIJIN...
typical,typical BAKA GAIJIN..
GO HOME.
Please Don't come back.please..

[Mod edit - fixed your YouTube tags to embed into post.]

[yanpa]

Sorry,even If you have underpants,you can not meet to the Emperor...forever.

Damn, that's rather put a damper on my plans.

1. Wear underpants
2. ?????
3. Meet the Emperor!!!!1!!

[GomiGirl]

umm..GAIJIN is really annoying.
This is why we japanese look down,hate GAIJIN...
typical,typical BAKA GAIJIN..
GO HOME.
Please Don't come back.please..

If you hate gaijin so much, why do you post here?

Listen, most people, irrespective of their passport think that what these two guys did was stupid. Why think that this is typical behaviour or something that every who is not Japanese does? Your argument has flawed logic.

Personally I hate salarymen who spit on the street. I don't think that every salaryman spits on the street so I don't hate every salaryman. But I still hate salarymen who spit on the street.

[Yokohammer]

umm..GAIJIN is really annoying.
This is why we japanese look down,hate GAIJIN...
typical,typical BAKA GAIJIN..
GO HOME.
Please Don't come back.please..

You obviously don't understand the meaning of the word "we".

You don't represent Japan or the Japanese, univerman666, you're just a racist asshole.
Either that or a troll. Either way, you're an asshole.

[sublight]

Does anyone have a link to the video of the last Brit to go for a swim (the guy in univerman666's post) set to the Benny Hill theme?

[Coligny]

umm..GAIJIN is really annoying.
This is why we japanese look down,hate GAIJIN...
typical,typical BAKA GAIJIN..
GO HOME.
Please Don't come back.please..

I'm French.
This is MY planet.
Pack your shit and go to the moon.
Don't forget to take Fuckyoushima Daiichi with you.

[wagyl]

Does anyone have a link to the video of the last Brit to go for a swim (the guy in univerman666's post) set to the Benny Hill theme?

DIY (helps if you know that the tune is called "Yakety Sax"
enter video v=ZuyEGjpUgwg
enter audio v=ZnHmskwqCCQ

(purpose built http://bennyhillifier.com/ wasn't being nice to me)

[Samurai_Jerk]

Illegal intruder, Colin Louie, age 25.
Illegal intruder, Burdon Joe, age 24.

Not again. ..I remember that before this incident there were similar incident.
Several years ago, a crazy midle aged GAIJIN was arrested for dancing and swimming at the Imperial Palace while showing his soft penis.
He wanted to seek an audience with the Emperor.

why do Gaijin want to Jump into the imperial moats??why??
Sorry,even If you have underpants,you can not meet to the Emperor...forever.

umm..GAIJIN is really annoying.
This is why we japanese look down,hate GAIJIN...
typical,typical BAKA GAIJIN..
GO HOME.
Please Don't come back.please..

[Mod edit - fixed your YouTube tags to embed into post.]

Hey, idiot. People already linked to that same story from 2008 you mentioned. Learn how to read English before posting on here you fucking moron. By the way, I never use a condom when I fuck a Japanese girl.

[Coligny]

Hey, idiot. People already linked to that same story from 2008 you mentioned. Learn how to read English before posting on here you fucking moron. By the way, I never use a condom when I fuck a Japanese girl.

That's not wise...

trust me...

REALLY...

[Taro Toporific]

Oh man, I just wanted to cool off a bit ---FIVE years ago---but even now everybody keeps posting videos of me.

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[Russell]

Several years ago, a crazy midle aged GAIJIN was arrested for dancing and swimming at the Imperial Palace while showing his soft penis.

You noticed that, huh?!?

Or did you expect him to get a woody from all the Omawari-san trying to catch him?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Several years ago, a crazy midle aged GAIJIN was arrested for dancing and swimming at the Imperial Palace while showing his soft penis.

You noticed that, huh?!?

Or did you expect him to get a woody from all the Omawari-san trying to catch him?

You've got to give the gaijin bloke some credit for the willy thing, soft or not...unlike the locals, you could at least tell at first glance that there was something there.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Several years ago, a crazy midle aged GAIJIN was arrested for dancing and swimming at the Imperial Palace while showing his soft penis.

You noticed that, huh?!?

Or did you expect him to get a woody from all the Omawari-san trying to catch him?

I think you're missing the point. He's talking about the "our penises are smaller but they're harder" claim that these rice peckers make.

[Coligny]

I think you're missing the point. He's talking about the "our penises are smaller but they're harder" claim that these rice peckers make.

That is soooo untrue... I've seen movies...

waaayyyyy too much movies...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

"our penises are smaller but they're harder"

I'd always thought that simply meant "to find."

[yanpa]

Keep it clean guys, we don't want to provoke GG into posting *that* picture of the sumo wrestlers

[GomiGirl]

Keep it clean guys, we don't want to provoke GG into posting *that* picture of the sumo wrestlers

You mean THIS one?

ballet.jpg

Oh - you meant the other one... My bad.

[Yokohammer]

Hey, look what I found!
This guy is seriously messed up.

http://www.youtube.com/user/univerman666

If you Google the name you find that this xenophobe fruitloop is spreading hate all over the net.

[Taro Toporific]

Keep it clean guys, we don't want to provoke GG into posting *that* picture of the sumo wrestlers

Hey, these guys are trying to, "keep it clean".

Cleaning_up_outside_Musashigawa_beya.jpg

More photos at Slate.com: Behind the Scenes With the Sumo Wrestlers of Japan

[Coligny]

Hey, look what I found!
This guy is seriously messed up.

http://www.youtube.com/user/univerman666

If you Google the name you find that this xenophobe fruitloop is spreading hate all over the net.

My vote goes for a ban...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Keep it clean guys, we don't want to provoke GG into posting *that* picture of the sumo wrestlers

Hey, these guys are trying to, "keep it clean".

Cleaning_up_outside_Musashigawa_beya.jpg

More photos at Slate.com: Behind the Scenes With the Sumo Wrestlers of Japan

Please don't tell me he just gave this bloke an enema....

[Coligny]

Sumo enemas...

That could make a good movie lineup too...

[Taro Toporific]

'But, but, I just wanted to take a swim in the Imperial Palace moat.'

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moat-swimmer-text.jpg

Man dies after being pulled from Imperial Palace moat 皇居の堀に男性浮かぶ＝救助、心肺停止－警視庁 Jiji Press 2014Dec01 via --Tokyo Reporter (@tokyoreporter) December 1, 2014