Your Daily Dose Of Nihongo Desu Weirdness

Posted by Doug on February 20th, 2007 | No Comments

Ahhh, Land of the Rising Sun, how I long to visit you and be wowed by your Don't-Laugh-Or-A-Ninja-Will-Spank-You game shows:

Not to mention see your disturbingly cheery potty training videos:

Seriously, that's one happy poo. Makes Mr. Hanky look like a piker by comparison…

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What's Japanese For "Doesn't Translate Well Into English"?

Posted by Doug on September 22nd, 2006 | 2 Comments

It most likely starts with "Eego wa" and ends in, well, this:

See, the team behind the Firefox browser is trying to boost Japanese usage of the browser, so they held a little competition to make the mascot a bit more "Hello Kitty"-friendly. I sure hope it works well over in the Land of the [...]

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Pinchy!

Posted by Doug on September 27th, 2005 | 1 Comment

What will they think of next in the Land of the Rising Sun? Live lobster vending machines, that's what!
Via Engadget.

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