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Stained underwear?

“As the prize has become more famous, sales of S-Check have increased.”

This is a quote from Takeshi Makino, the winner of the 1999 Ig Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

And what you may ask is S-Check?

Well, apparently it’s a product women can use to spray on their husband’s under garments to detect semen. Hence the name I guess. S-Check does sound much better than Semen Check it has to be said.

I don’t really want to delve too far into this murky subject, but surely this could lead to false accusations. For starters, what if hubby has been, erm, you know, pleasing himself? Or how about if…

Ah, that’s enough I think.

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Palm tree burner on the loose

Luckily there isn’t a great deal of crime in Japan. Well, in relation to most countries anyway. But some of the crimes that are committed are a little on the odd side. Underwear theft is a good example. But this is nothing compared to the latest crime wave in Saitama, just north of Tokyo.

Yes, some maniac. And I repeat, maniac, is going around burning palm trees. I mean, what kind of sick individual are we dealing with here? Up to now eleven trees have suffered at the hands of this deranged tree hater. Where will this end? Will we see rose bushes ablaze next, or heaven forbid even rhododendrons.

The culprit must be caught, and quick, because as a 68 year-old local rightly put it, “this is a matter involving people’s lives and it’s shocking”. Too right it is!

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Mambow!

I know a lot of people like to give their car a name. And that’s fair enough I guess. Each to their own and all that.

But there are names, and then there are names. Some of them are so good that it would appear they need to be written on the car for the whole world to see. And when you’ve chosen a name as good as Mambow, then why not?

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A Mambow indeed eh? It’s even got a bed! I’m sure if I’d had this vehicle when I was single, I’d have been beating the ladies away with sticks.

How much fun it would have been to utter the line “Would you like to come and see my Mambow?”

Oh, the number of juvenile quips associated with this must be endless. Must resist…

By the way, what’s a mambow?

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Shit happens

I’d forgotten all about this, but I remembered it this morning. For reasons unconnected with the incident I hasten to add. Such a disclaimer will become understandable shortly.

During the holidays, the missus was watching television, and as I walked into the living room, I saw glimpse of a TV talent running off screen. He looked somewhat embarrassed and was certainly in something of a rush. This speedy departure was greeted with a mixture of laughter and disgust from the studio audience and his fellow TV celebs.

Having no idea what was going on, I said to the missus

“What’s he doing? Why as he just run off?”

“He’s just shit in his pants” was her swift and decidedly frank answer.

“Oh” was the most I could manage in response.

I waited a little while for some kind of explanation, or a little bit of elaboration, but none was forthcoming. She just carried on watching the show as though nothing especially out of the ordinary had occurred. Maybe it hadn’t.

It left only one option. I quietly turned around and left the room.