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April 2nd, 2008 at 2:25 am

First Japan, then the rest of the world

» by Chris in: Funny pictures,Humor,Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Godzilla and clan planning another attack? I wonder what sick mind came up with this scenario? Hmmmm? Ore maybe it’s just a geography lesson.

Watch out! it’s another jumper!

» by Chris in: Dumb Luck,Home and Lifestyle,Recreation,Strange Happenings,Thats gotta hurt

COMMENTS (4)

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!

Robber pays his bill

» by Chris in: Entertainment,Weird News

COMMENTS (6)

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?