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• Commented on Man finds "missile launcher" in his back-40
  Agree with most other posters here.. This is a non-story. I've seen these fiberglass tubes for sale at surplus stores and gun shows for 20+ years now. They run about $60.00 to $80.00. They're absolutely useless and have no electronic...
• Commented on Yeti Kong t-shirt
  $28.00 for a t-shirt?? You guys sure pay a lot for mass-produced limited edition items. Love the FAQ section that says "FAQ goes here"....
• Commented on Muji USA webstore - simple, clean design from Japan
  Here in tokyo, their stores are everywhere, and the foreign community is for the most part in love with Muji. I agree that their items are a bit bland and overpriced. I buy pens/pencils and stationary there, and occasionally candy...
• Commented on World's most flushingest toilet
  I had a roommate in college, and she was bulimic or anorexic or something, and anyhow that whole sickness gives your poops a girth the size of cola cans. She kept a knife next to the toilet to chop hers...
• Commented on Sending your video camera around the sushi conveyor
  #21 Who said the word "negro" had negative connotations? Ever heard of the United Negro College fund?...
• Commented on Sending your video camera around the sushi conveyor
  Haha.. The sushi chef guy in brown called them "Gaijin-san".. Thats like putting a "Mr." before calling someone a negro....
• Commented on Sending your video camera around the sushi conveyor
  already been done... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWQR36dW0GA Can we not talk about Japan.. Maybe for a week? There are 180 some-odd countries out there, and I feel all boingboing ever goes on about is Japan, Steampunk, and DRM. Anyone have anything to submit...
• Commented on Japanese Apartments
  Dont forget about the mandatory renters insurance that many apartments insist that you get (and it is of course their own insurance policy).. That was the deal breaker for me in moving into quite a few apartments. I already had...
• Commented on How are you coping with collapse-anxiety?
  Color me aloof, but I have neither been affected nor seen the effects of the current recession in my personal life. Sure the local bookshop, my favorite skate shop, and one of my favorite restaurants all closed up in the...
• Commented on How to Get Free Electronic Goods In Japan
  Haha! I just came back from Bamian (a Chinese restaurant chain here in Japan) Where me and my GF ditched our old TV in the parking lot next to the dumpster....
• Commented on Windows 7 DRM begins to surface
  Once again, another shining example of why web journalism will never be taken seriously. Stick to stories about how shiny and neat Tokyo is, or the sensual allure of steampunk......
• Commented on Two new books from Feral House
  Awww man I ordered Dope Menace from Amazon about two weeks ago.. I thought it would be reprints of stories, not just pics for book covers... disappointed. I got fooled this way once before by a "Mens Adventure Magazines" hardcover...
• Commented on Congratulations to Joi and Mizuka Ito (and a lovely video). <3
  I work in Inba!! Near Keisei-shisui station. ...but I have no idea where any of those place in the video are.. congrats!...
• Commented on Power On Self Test (afternoon edition): The Sun Also Rises
  #13 - Show the world your My Little Pony collection....
• Commented on Palin Brutally Punk'd by Fake French President Sarkozy
  Brutally pranked? Seems youre throwing that word around rather loosely... Agree that this "prank" only made Palin look better in my eyes.. I suppose this joke was rejected as being too lowbrow over at collegehumor.com, huh?...
• Commented on Beatbox Rave Oonsk-Oonsking with a Jaw Harp
  Great... So what are we gonna call English muffins now??...
• Commented on The history of urawaza in the Japan Times
  Whts p wth ll ths sddn lf-n-Tky spmmng? s Bngbng chngng frmts?...
• Commented on Anti-teen noise-weapon comes to the USA
  you can check out the sounds here: http://www.freemosquitoringtones.org/ Im a little disappointed I cant hear anything above 15khz.. :0(...
• Commented on Japan is almost out of butter
  err.. I just got back from the grocery store here in Kita-Senju (Northwest Tokyo), and there was no shortage of butter. I specifically went out to check this story... Maybe only the big stores? We still have a tub in...
• Commented on Mister Jalopy in Japanse tool collector magazine
  Ok, obviously I'm not gonna translate the whole thing, but the gist of the text is: The writer of the article says that walking into this garage is like stepping back in time. Everything is old, and the garage is...
• Commented on Mister Jalopy in Japanse tool collector magazine
  I might get around to translating some later... I gotta go now though! Check back in 6 hours.....
• Commented on True Comic Story #1: "How The Hulk Almost Got Me Laid"
  "Because women into comics who would like men into comics don't exist - they are merely a distant, distant fantasy." ...I guess no one here has had a Japanese girlfriend? ... That cant be true.. :0/ My girl reads comics...