Mixing beer and whisky is always asking for trouble. Well, it is in my books anyway. But it’s especially risky when the whisky is of such a cheap variety that it comes in a container not dissimilar to that of a ketchup bottle.
Archives for January 2005
Hyogo hunters
A wild boar was killed on Saturday after making the mistake of visiting a town in Hyogo Prefecture.
The 100-kilogram animal was first spotted in a local park in Nishinomiya, but after disappearing it later resurfaced near a bus terminal. Now obviously having a wild boar running amok around town is not ideal, so 12 police officers and 3 members of a nearby hunting club were called out to rid the town of its unwanted guest.
The thing is their approach to catching/killing the animal was primitive to say the least. As after managing to corner the boar near an apartment complex, they proceeded to hit it with a piece of wood in an attempt to knock it unconscious.
Unsurprisingly the hit-it-with-a-stick-and-hope-for-the-best approach failed miserably, so after cornering the beast a second time, the group of hunters and policemen threw a net over the animal. An idea that was not only much more sensible, but also successful.
Yet despite catching the boar with a more modern and thoughtful approach, the men quickly reverted back to basics and killed the captured beast by spearing it to death.
One of the hunters justified this by saying, “It posed a danger to people in the city. It was big and capturing it alive was extremely dangerous.”
Maybe so, but did they have to spear the poor animal to death?
I’m not sure at what point in the chase this picture was taken, but presumably sticks and spears were involved.
Holiday homage
It’s fairly unusual to see the Japanese flag on public display. Except on national holidays. And seeing as today is such an occasion (Coming of Age Day), I suppose this picture is quite appropriate.
Although I must confess that I took this photo over the New Year holidays, and not today. Not that it makes the slightest difference of course, but I just thought I’d mention it.
Big breast betrayal
Health product company owner, Akihito Ishii, was arrested yesterday for selling a breast enlargement medicine that had no effect whatsoever. A violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law.
Ishii-san promoted the product by saying, “No matter what bust size you have, you’ll be two sizes bigger by the following month. You’ll easily make that D-cup bust you’ve always wanted.” A bold claim indeed.
Unfortunately a large number of women fell for this outlandish sales pitch, and it is estimated that 36,000 boxes of the breast enlarging tablets were sold. Netting Ishii a cool 200 million yen (1 million pound) profit.
Those who took the pills said they had no side effects, but at the same time no effect in the breast department either. Which in some cases is perhaps just as well, as investigators are directly accusing Mr. Ishii of selling 48 boxes of tablets to a 27-year-old woman and eleven others. That’s a lot of tablets. Just imagine what the young ladies would have looked like if the medicine had worked.
And whilst you ponder that scenario, here’s an innocuous picture of some fruit to pass the time.
Grand brand
Flashy shop in equally flashy Ginza. A match made in heaven?
Without doubt.
Tempting Talby
New phones seem to appear on an almost daily basis, but unfortunately whilst having varying capabilities, many of them look depressingly similar. Thankfully not so AU’s new Talby design.
And unlike many models, it actually looks just as good in the flesh/plastic. Its website has a relatively interesting English version, which if the urge takes you is viewable here.
Now why can’t Vodafone (who I have a contract with) produce phones like the Talby, instead of hulking plasticy monstrosities like the design below?
Ok, so it doesn’t look that bad. But in reality it’s the size of a house brick and feels like a kid’s toy.
Honest.