FT Wastes Time, Money in Tokyo.

[Coligny]

[Doctor Stop]

I see that you got a room with a view of the moss and rock garden. It's normally all booked up during the high season.

[Typhoon]

[Mulboyne]

The Miyako has a nice garden but there really aren't many nice views on offer unless you like cemeteries, apartment blocks or Meguro Dori.

[Samurai_Jerk]

This guy, however, seems to have an over-inflated sense of entitlement. He doesn't want the service he paid for, he expects automatic upgrades and special treatment.

He's a definitely a douche but doesn't come across quite as smarmily as Tyler "Creme" Brule.

[Taro Toporific]

Tyler "Boner" Brûlé thinks that the regular dress during summer matsuri time is a sign of a, "subtle display of nationalism and solidarity [or] part of stimulus package to get young people to invest in Japanese craft.":rofl:
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Making their own way in the world
Financial Times | 30 July 2011
...On Wednesday I landed in Tokyo and noted that the locals had not only found their groove to spend again, but young Tokyoites were out in force in various interpretations of national dress. I was spared the high temperatures of recent weeks on Thursday and Friday, but Saturday saw the temperature rise, and with the creeping mercury appeared nattily turned-out young men in yukata, kimono and jin-bei (summer pyjamas). Likewise, groups of young girls were also seen sipping iced lattes and eating cream-filled roll cakes in high hairdos and perfect make-up.
Was it a subtle display of nationalism and solidarity? Was it part of stimulus package to get young people to invest in Japanese craft and keep their spending in the country to support ancient businesses?
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---high hairdos and perfect make-up---


via yennyo's flickr[/indent]

[Catoneinutica]

Tyler Brûlé
Gonna break the rûlé;
Gonna play the fûlé;
Gonna be so crûlé;
Gonna make yo dick drûlé! (er, if you, like he, are gay)

[Taro Toporific]

[quote="Catoneinutica"]Tyler Br&#251]
[SIZE="3"]Tyler Brûlé: the man who sold the world [/SIZE]
Guardian.co.uk | 2012/mar/17
...an assistant walks in and asks whether I would like "some baumkuchen from Germany?" Brûlé breaks in: "Actually it's from Japan. It's one of those things that you'd now be hard pressed to find in Germany, but the Japanese have gone nuts for it." Of course, Brûlé knows I will write about this. Self-awareness is what he does. Art directing his life, his style is his business model. The baumkuchen is delicious, like an aspirational Swiss roll.
Wallpaper*, with its tagline "The stuff that surrounds you", was the epitome of urban dreaming. The magazine [SIZE="2"]baumkuchened up [/SIZE]the idea of Homes & Gardens, and in 1997, a year after he founded it, Time Inc bought it for a reported $1.63m...
...Last year he founded a 24-hour digital radio station which seems to want to be a[SIZE="2"] baumkuchened-up[/SIZE] Radio 4 ...
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'...and he knows a good pair of trousers.'

[Coligny]

/personnal rant:

nothing say "wanker" more openly than stacks of horizontally piled books on a desk...

You should see the marvels of gravity defiying contraptions some old professors i know uses to keep their stuff vertical on their desks...

The only books that should be stored horizontally are those needed to stabilize furniture...

[matsuki]

The only books that should be stored horizontally are those needed to stabilize furniture...

...or used for ammo when the cats get their nails into your favorite chair?

[Coligny]

Too late, she's fubar... but I really loved it...

[Taro Toporific]

Tyler Brûlé
Gonna break the rûlé;
Gonna play the fûlé;
Gonna be so crûlé;
Gonna make yo dick drûlé! (er, if you, like he, are gay)

Monocle's Tyler Brule Says Australia Risks Becoming "Dumbest Nation On Earth"
Pedestrian TV / May 26, 2015
...Last night, Monocle and Wallpaper founder Tyler Brule spoke at the Sydney Theatre Company to a sold-out crowd as part of the Vivid Ideas festival, and has some strong words on Australia's burgeoning nanny state.
Speaking about his own recent experiences in the country, Brule, an influential figure in publishing, said he believes that Australia is "at risk of becoming the dumbest nation on earth."
His comments stemmed, in part, from the fact that he was pulled up for drinking a glass of wine while on the pavement outside his Monocle pop-up shop in Sydney. ...
...He warned that to an outsider, Australia is fast becoming a place where you have to pick-up a "hard-hat and hi-vis vest" along with your Visa before entering the country. The self professed rant was received with applause from the sold-out audience...
...Australia is also one of Monocle’s biggest markets, and after the UK and Japan, Australia is the third-biggest country of origin for its staff. Monocle's in-house creative agency Winkcreative has also recently finished re-branding work for Brisbane Airport.
m0A[i]r~!

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[Coligny]

I thought they already wuz and setting goal for japan to reach...
A country that consider felines as an invasive species deserve all the 10 plagues of egypt on a daily basis...
Which is a paradoxal place of birth/naming for thoses plagues, Egypt being feline's Valhalla...

[Samurai_Jerk]

he was pulled up for drinking a glass of wine while on the pavement

So what exactly does "pull up" mean here? I'm assuming it involves the police. Does that mean he was warned, ticketed, or actually detained?

[matsuki]

he was pulled up for drinking a glass of wine while on the pavement

So what exactly does "pull up" mean here? I'm assuming it involves the police. Does that mean he was warned, ticketed, or actually detained?

Where is SDH when you need him?

[kurogane]

More importantly, why is a Cdn using that phrase???

Good on 'im and all Is it just me or does he sound like a yuppie chef called Tyler who named a dessert after himself?

[Mock Cockpit]

he was pulled up for drinking a glass of wine while on the pavement

So what exactly does "pull up" mean here? I'm assuming it involves the police. Does that mean he was warned, ticketed, or actually detained?

Stopped from doing something or being told you're doing the wrong thing. No street drinking in Australia although if you are discrete the cops will ignore you and at worst ask you to pour it out. If you're a cunt then you'll get a ticket, don't think you can get arrested.

[matsuki]

LOL, where did that come from? They need to pull up on using pull up that way.

[Samurai_Jerk]

he was pulled up for drinking a glass of wine while on the pavement

So what exactly does "pull up" mean here? I'm assuming it involves the police. Does that mean he was warned, ticketed, or actually detained?

Stopped from doing something or being told you're doing the wrong thing. No street drinking in Australia although if you are discrete the cops will ignore you and at worst ask you to pour it out. If you're a cunt then you'll get a ticket, don't think you can get arrested.

It seems like a weird thing to single Australia out for since I think restrictions on public drinking aren't that uncommon around the world. They definitely exist in Canadia and Merica.

[kurogane]

I thin the Douchebag Factor is in big play here. He sounds like a genuine global dickhead from most accounts. The vibe I get is homofied Alpha Male. Not that there's anything wrong with the homo part, natch.

[Salty]

he was pulled up for drinking a glass of wine while on the pavement

So what exactly does "pull up" mean here? I'm assuming it involves the police. Does that mean he was warned, ticketed, or actually detained?

Stopped from doing something or being told you're doing the wrong thing. No street drinking in Australia although if you are discrete the cops will ignore you and at worst ask you to pour it out. If you're a cunt then you'll get a ticket, don't think you can get arrested.

It seems like a weird thing to single Australia out for since I think restrictions on public drinking aren't that uncommon around the world. They definitely exist in Canadia and Merica.

But in `merica you can get away with it, so long as it is hidden from view by a paper bag. Can`t search paper bags....

[Mock Cockpit]

he was pulled up for drinking a glass of wine while on the pavement

So what exactly does "pull up" mean here? I'm assuming it involves the police. Does that mean he was warned, ticketed, or actually detained?

Stopped from doing something or being told you're doing the wrong thing. No street drinking in Australia although if you are discrete the cops will ignore you and at worst ask you to pour it out. If you're a cunt then you'll get a ticket, don't think you can get arrested.

It seems like a weird thing to single Australia out for since I think restrictions on public drinking aren't that uncommon around the world. They definitely exist in Canadia and Merica.

It's actually less strict now than when I was first going out to the pubs. I think this guy is having a whinge about the lock-out laws which I'm not really familiar with but basically if you're in a place at a certain time (between 1am and 4am, something like that) you can still get a drink but if you go out or want to go somewhere else you won't be let (back) in. These lock-out laws are specific to certain areas and not a general rule.

[Takechanpoo]

typical aussie guy

[Samurai_Jerk]

he was pulled up for drinking a glass of wine while on the pavement

So what exactly does "pull up" mean here? I'm assuming it involves the police. Does that mean he was warned, ticketed, or actually detained?

Stopped from doing something or being told you're doing the wrong thing. No street drinking in Australia although if you are discrete the cops will ignore you and at worst ask you to pour it out. If you're a cunt then you'll get a ticket, don't think you can get arrested.

It seems like a weird thing to single Australia out for since I think restrictions on public drinking aren't that uncommon around the world. They definitely exist in Canadia and Merica.

But in `merica you can get away with it, so long as it is hidden from view by a paper bag. Can`t search paper bags....

Yeah, suuuuuure.

[Yokohammer]

typical aussie guy

Obviously you have never been to Shimbashi or Shinjuku (or any popular drinking area) on just about any night of the week.

[kurogane]

typical aussie guy

Obviously you have never been to Shimbashi or Shinjuku (or any popular drinking area) on just about any night of the week.

I don't think Takeyawa drinks the demon's nectar. It makes him think Mommy is sexy. But yeah, nice point, though I would have broadened that geographic net to anywhere in Japan this side of the high water mark, and sometimes below it. Quite similar drinking cultures, in that sense.