Wordless Wednesday

Godzilla and clan planning another attack?

I suppose if you wanted to kill yourself there are hundreds of different ways to do it, but did you know that in Japan - who’s suicide rate is high, the most popular method of killing one’s self is to leap to their death.

Sorry, that wouldn’t be my first choice!

I guess this choice of suicide is dangerous for pedestrians as well. In April an 18 year old woman jumped to her death from a nine story Tokyo building. Unfortunately she landed on a 60 year old pedestrian who was walking by at the time. Luckily he only suffered bruises. Same for a 27 year old man who was landed on by a 39 year old jumper in May 2000. This last event also happened in Tokyo so I guess if your visiting the city stay away from high buildings!

They say the Japanese are very polite people, but this might be taking it to the next level. Police, in Western Japan, are looking for a robber who held up a noodle bar then paid for his meal and waited for his change before making off.

The robber ate a bowl of “ramen” noodles and a side order of fried chicken at a restaurant in the city of Osaka on Wednesday, then he produced a knife forcing a waitress to hand over takings of 46,000 yen ($393).

The waitress demanded he pay for his meal, so the robber gave her 1,000 yen and waited for his 100 yen change before running away.

Now isn’t that odd?

Dancing Ipod Robot

TOKYO Now, you can not only dance to the music on your iPod, you can dance with it, too. A dancing iPod robot went on sale yesterday in Japan. The digital music player locks into the top of a dancing boombox-on-wheels. It looks a little like a ball popping out of an egg. The Miuro dancing robot will also play music from a P-C over a wireless connection. It sells for about 930 dollars. International distribution is expected in the second half of next year.

FREE HYBRIDS

WATSONVILLE, Calif. How do you sell energy-efficient homes in a slowing market? Toss in a fuel-efficient car. Clarum Homes is offering buyers a freebie Toyota Prius hybrid to clear out the last five homes in a Watsonville, California, senior housing development. The half (m) million-dollar-plus homes feature solar panels and other energy saving devices. Officials at Clarum decided the free hybrid would do more for the environment than a price cut on the homes.