Just for you, rem. . .

Guerrilla gardeners in L.A.

why when I go to Fami-Mart and buy a litre of milk, do they always give me a staw?

I’ll bet there is something somewhere in the Fami-Mart manual that says it is required.

Your story reminds me of a time way back when an American friend of mine and I went to KFC in Kunitachi, a suburb of Tokyo. We had a house full of people and so we (just the two of us) went in and ordered a 20-piece bucket of chicken. The girl at the register asked us, “Is that for here or to go?”

Reminds me. We had a American supplier visiting who dared to venture into “Makudonarudo” alone. He pointed at the Big Mac set, which was the number 6 set on the menu - and kept pointing directly at it and saying 6.

They gave him 6 Big Mac sets, and he dutifully paid.

I was watching this woman buy a loaf of bread the other day. The bread was already in a plastic bag (as per normal), then they pulled out this special printed carry home box, then a second plastic bag to protect the box. In the end this loaf of bread had more layers than Napoleon tomb.

thank you EC, its nice to see that there are like minded people in the United States (and probably elsewhere) who are prepared to roll up their sleeves and tackle the problem of Urban EyeSore-itis..now if we can only get the rural Pachinko Parlour Builders to tear down some of those hideous neon monstrosities that seem to litter the outskirts of every small town we might be getting somewhere..

*as I mentioned previously… Day Dreaming about Flying Pigs is one of my favourite pastimes*

thankyou

remora

I think the government recently passed some regulation that requires shopping centres to charge 1 or 2 yen for plastic shopping bags, that’s why they have to ask.

A little late in the week, but too good to ignore. . .

Claim: Kids who say ‘yuck’ may be racist

LONDON, July 7 (UPI) — Toddlers who say “yuck” when given flavorful foreign food may be exhibiting racist behavior, a British government-sponsored organization says.

The London-based National Children’s Bureau released a 366-page guide counseling adults on recognizing racist behavior in young children, The Telegraph reported Monday.

The guide, titled Young Children and Racial Justice, warns adults that babies must also be included in the effort to eliminate racism because they have the ability to “recognize different people in their lives.”

The bureau says to be aware of children who “react negatively to a culinary tradition other than their own by saying ‘yuck’.”

“Racist incidents among children in early years settings tend to be around name-calling, casual thoughtless comments and peer group relationships,” the guide says.

Staff members are advised not to ignore racist actions and to condemn them when they occur.

too true riki!..too true old chum..first they allow women members (Anne Widdecombe) into one of our most hallowed sanctums - the mens club and the next thing y’know they’re foisting Women Bishops on us.

..and then to ruin everything they propose turning the exquisite St James Park into a vegetable growing allotment - within a stones throw of overoften’s
and my club (Boodles).

Where will it end I ask myself?..where-will-it-End!

perhaps with the vision and firm helmsmanship of our new Mayor (Boris Johnson) sanity will prevail and all will be well again in Merry Olde England.

yours truly

remora

“first they allow women members (Anne Widdecombe) into one of our most hallowed sanctums - the mens club”

To be fair though rem, that’s not bending the rules much, is it.

Japan cannot have an army by law, but can they have an army of robots?

Also, who is that professor up in Hokkaido that is suing the college where he works for not giving him tenure.