Archives for: March 2009

Picture this...   One half yellow-blooded slant-eye calls another

Danalyn and Yoshi's Lament

By Danalyn // 03.27.2009

Picture this... One half yellow-blooded slant-eye calls another full-blooded slant-eye to translate something. While the half-jap can barely read/write Japanese, surely the full-jap would be able to, right? WRONG! Yoshi is useless! Listen to my conversation with Yoshi below: ... more »

  Teijin Fibers Limited has announced the development of

Nano Britches

By Michael // 03.24.2009

Teijin Fibers Limited has announced the development of underwear that is purported to burn fat.  Allegedly, all you have to do is wear it, let your thighs rub together, and the undies do all the work.  The skivvies are made of a new high-strength nano-technology polyester fiber called "Nanofront." According to Tenjin's website: "Nanofront is an ultra-fine ... more »

TOKYO -Reading Japanese isn't easy -even for the

Japanese is Difficult

By Michael // 03.04.2009

TOKYO -Reading Japanese isn't easy -even for the Japanese. Take Prime Minister Taro Aso. He's made so many public blunders that an opposition lawmaker tried to give him a reading test during a televised session of parliament. The Japanese leader bungled the word for "frequent," calling Japan-China exchanges "cumbersome" instead. Another time, he misread the word ... more »