Steve, Don't Eat It!

[Steve Bildermann]

Gaijin meets Natto

This particular batch was made by a company in Japan called Shirakiku. I haven't been able to determine if Shirakiku is a food manufacturer, or just a store that sells gag gifts and practical jokes. It might be both.

Not unlike Michael Jackson, these harmless soybeans had undergone some kind of hideous transformation. They were now a freakish version of their former selves. (Which, coincidentally, should also be kept away from your children.)

[kurohinge1]

... Gaijin meets Natto ...

... The entire experience is difficult to describe, but if you can remember back to the very first time you made out with a hobo's ass, it's a lot like that.

What I find most hilarious is that there is an expiration date on the package. What could they possibly expect to happen to the product on this date THAT HAS NOT ALREADY OCCURRED?!!!

Also, nestled in this mound of compost was a li'l packet of mustard. In its place, I would strongly suggest a written apology ...

It's all good - the story that is, not natto !

[Taro Toporific]

It's all good - the story that is, not natto !

That's my Northside homeboy, Justin, in the natto pix. Back in 2001 he wrote that grrrrreat Natto story in his Links.com, but today he's writing about a bigger kind of ROT....

The Lion weeps tonight
Justin McCurry, Tokyo dispatch, The Guardian, Thursday July 8, 2004The cult of Junichiro Koizumi is at an end.....
.....Koizumi's attempt to defuse criticism of his failure to pay his premiums years earlier failed miserably. "There are lots of different ways of living life," he said.
"The rot set in when he made that irresponsible reply, but there is more to it than that," said Takao Toshikawa, editor of the current affairs magazine Tokyo Insideline and a respected political analyst.

[kurohinge1]

... The Lion weeps tonight Justin McCurry, Tokyo dispatch, The Guardian, Thursday July 8, 2004The cult of Junichiro Koizumi is at an end...

... Bad weather and voter apathy - traditional friends of the LDP - could also combine to throw the prime minister a lifeline ...

Koizumi-san will be praying for another kamikaze