Not Japan Dept
09/22/2005 @ 6:00 am
Not taken in Japan…If you know where this picture is from, let us know!
Update:
A Philippine police mascot attempts to cheer a baby in a shopping mall in Makati’s financial district in Manila December 22, 2002. The Philippine police has enhanced security in shopping malls and other public places to counter the threats of terrorist attacks or bombings this holiday season. Selected police officers were tasked to wear mascot costumes as they patrol the shopping malls in the capital to make their presence less obtrusive and more friendly. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
From Fark.
Thanks for posting this, lifted my day.
From the looks of the people in the background…I want to say it’s Singapore.
September 22nd, 2005 at 9:11 amClue #1 – It’s at a Mall
September 22nd, 2005 at 3:54 pmMy guess is Malaysia
September 22nd, 2005 at 4:13 pmSingapore, Malaysia, possibly Jakarta. I’d vote for Malaysia.
I hope you are ready to provide answers!:grin:
September 22nd, 2005 at 8:54 pmI originally saw this as the subject of a Fark Photoshop contest entitled “Photoshop the Philippine police mascot striking fear in the mall” – the original contest can be seen here:
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=399043
I did make an entry for the contest
http://www.z7q2.com/i.asp?e=282&c=1.7.2003&i=brazil3.jpg&t=399043&v=32&o=0282.jpg
The original Yahoo news link no longer works, but I will guess the Philippine police mascot assertion is correct
September 22nd, 2005 at 9:22 pmIs that the SM Mall in Cebu? I visited that place with high hopes once, and left it, more than a little disappointed, with a new polo shirt. Not even a leather one…
September 22nd, 2005 at 9:57 pmIn order of likelihood: Singapore, Philipines, or Malaysia, me thinks.
September 22nd, 2005 at 10:37 pmDont know where that is but that kid is going to have decades of psychology bills to pay when she gets older.
September 23rd, 2005 at 12:46 amFrom the aforementioned Fark thread:
A Philippine police mascot attempts to cheer a baby in a shopping mall in Makati’s financial district in Manila December 22, 2002. The Philippine police has enhanced security in shopping malls and other public places to counter the threats of terrorist attacks or bombings this holiday season. Selected police officers were tasked to wear mascot costumes as they patrol the shopping malls in the capital to make their presence less obtrusive and more friendly. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
September 23rd, 2005 at 11:28 amThat’s nuts…can you depend on a person wearing such a bulky, hot, goofy looking costume?
September 23rd, 2005 at 11:30 amMost terrorists are babies, so the costume is actually quite an effective deterrent.
September 23rd, 2005 at 1:09 pm….:lol:
September 23rd, 2005 at 4:48 pmI’d have the same look on my face if that thing was trying to talk to me.
September 24th, 2005 at 3:47 amDefinately NOT Singapore.
September 24th, 2005 at 6:40 amIts either Indonesia, Filiphines, or Malaysia. More likely filipines, far less likely to be Malaysia.
Selected officers were TASKED?? I wonder what they did to have to deserve this..
September 24th, 2005 at 9:28 am