diagonalslip comments

why not just apply to UNESCO for World Heritage status for 7-Eleven and be done with it? （＾＿－）

who will protect Australians from government misinformation I wonder....

'Campbell's Factory-Fresh Foods' has a nice ring to it....

It remains to be seen whether the stated aim of the project "becoming the hub of Osaka and western Japan" will come to fruition.

...but the profits from 'construction' will already be secure, so.....

when I went to college, in England, more than five decades ago, not only were there no fees, but we got a grant. everybody! now the UK is like everywhere else, massive debt in exchange for your 'education'.

put a cap on numbers and....... lower numbers? now there's a surprise! （⌒▽⌒）

 It’s unclear if the higher kissing percentage among girls than boys is because more boys have kissed multiple girls than vice versa,

that seems ass-about to me.... but then.... Sora!

" would you buy a used car from this man? "

(only those of a certain age will get this I suppose, but it immediately sprang to mind when I saw the photo)

some (or many) might just revert to watching the goggle-box all day and night.... that was the visual drug of choice for what, 50, 60 years.

I like Lndsay's point....

don't know about Oz, but from what I see around me here in Japan, regardless of age almost everybody is suffering from Screenworld Syndrome, whether commuting, crossing the street, driving.... anything. looks a lot like addiction to me.

Peter NeilToday  07:38 am JST

spot on Peter. I especially love the last line! (´ ▽｀).。ｏ♡

gambling is taking over from shopping, as the purpose of life.... notice how many mega-sports-events are now heavily sponsored by gambling companies? huuuuuge money in it!

Jennifer Lopez slays Toronto film festival red carpet 

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ageing star wears a revealing shiny dress

sign says "education is not a business". wonder where they got that idea.

*flew to Tonga...*** *tell us all to do something about the global clmate thingy..... not that I'm by any means a denier, but if our 'leaders' and the 'highest in the land' don't set a good example to we the hoi polloi, then it's just waffle. jet-setting 5-star waffle at that. sheesh! they're all either blinkered idiots, or absolute charlatans, my* view.

GuruMickToday  07:05 am JST

Nothing good happens at 4 am.

....wouldn't say that. it's when I habitually wake, look out at the view of ocean and sky from my tatami-and-futon vantage point, and feel glad to be alive for another day on this earth...

how did kids survive when the buildings were new(er) and pre- aircon I wonder....

why was that a war crime, but 7,662,000 tons of explosives (with concomitant deaths and maimings) not?

girl_in_tokyoToday  03:56 pm JST

I'm unsurprised to see so many comments downplaying this man's actions and making excuses for it.

yes, I'm unsurprised too..... makes me despair rather.....

what sort and degree of assets I wonder....

plus...

on the one hand: Japan imposed asset-freeze sanctions

on the other: designate.... ...as targets for asset freezing

and on still another: Japan will steadily implement these asset freezing measures 

sounds suitably wishy-washy

in a hundred or two hundred years time, when humans have perfected a self-replicating copy of.... humans.... I wonder what origin myth the new beings will come up with to 'explain' their existence.

tax increases that require broad public understanding

please understand that you have no choice.... （＾＿－）

...who give their Grans flowers, and everything.

LOL of the day.... thank you!

is targeting this particular demographic inherently a microaggressive act I wonder..... （⌒▽⌒）

re: chainsaw to fell trees..... he actually wanted a chainsaw, but knew it wouldn't fit in his bag, so......

LagunaToday  10:08 am JST

....assumed it must mean 'ichi' but couldn't find it anywhere, not least because the 冖 radical is elongated downwards. as for the reason.... makes sense! thanx again....

LagunaToday  10:08 am JST

Diagonalslip, 一 can too easily be modified to 二 or 三 in legal documents or currency, so the more complex character 壱 is often used - same meaning and pronunciation but impossible to alter.

thank you!!!!!

what is the kanji used on the ¥10,000 note please? to the left of 万円....

 improperly conducted between 2009 and 2017

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GuruMickToday  07:26 am JST

Anyone remember "Christo ", a European post modernist artist whose claim to fame was engulfing various buildings {eg. Eifel Tower } , coastal sea scapes {part of Sydney Harbour } and even the German Parliament '

with the type of material being used to block Fuji.

I can see his greatest work, one that will stand the test of time and be a monument to all that post modernism means.........COVER ALL OF MOUNT FUJI !!!

exactly what came to mind Mick.... Christo's departed this realm however.

'they' could always follow their mantra of "if in doubt lay concrete" and surround the entire mountain with concrete barriers as per Fukushima..... stymie those pesky tourists whilst supplying plenty of pork for the usual suspects! （＾＿－）

interestingly, at the Scramble, a couple of years ago or so, 'they' introduced the recorded message that 'the signal has turned blue (sic)'.... so now people don't even have to tear their eyes from their window-on-the-world long enough even to check the lights (and why so many people trust the lights rather than checking out the traffic activity is always gobsmacking to me)... have been thinking, whenevr I'm there, that this is an accident waiting to happen. and that's only taking into consideration normal traffic conditions/behaviour... then there are the occasional nutters who drive through crowded intersecttions on purpose! personally, I prefer to take responsibility for myself in such situations....