Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 141

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Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 140
http://academy6.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1268140744/

Hey!!! you NEETs, nerds, YouＴube-link spammers, pedophiles, neo-Nazis,
Yukorin enthusiasts, Nanako SOS admirers, Part-Time-Preachers,
Diplomats' spoiled sons, losers who can't remember Kanji characters,
Big-boobs fans, Weeaboos from all over the world, learners of Japanese
who are too lazy to update their Japanese blogs very often, and cunning
linguists. And let's hope the Internet-addicted housewife will come back soon!

Here is the place to have a ball!!!!!

虎は何故強いと思う？

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suck my shit man

ha!ha!〜〜〜〜　kune~kune~ ^^

shut da fukk up man

u chillbilly,^^ kune~kune~

>>2 cause tigers are cats! kune~kune~ ^o^

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How many times do I have to tell you we're fed up with "liquorice tea!"

>>9
We're in a tough economic situation, so please make do for the time being.

>>2
Because it is originally strong

>>1
Pack your suitcase now and go travel around the world to search for some types of tea to serve us.
Don't come back until you find new types of tea.
You don't have to worry about hotel reservations. You can stay at houses of
of this thread's chatters.

Anything can mean pussy in English, if you wink when you say it.

So when you say "penis" winking, it can mean pussy...
I doubt that.
Seriously, why "muffin" can mean pussy?

>So when you say "penis" winking, it can mean pussy...
>I doubt that.
but it's true.

>>14

Because it's warm, soft and delicious. Don't ask why, english
euphenisms tend not to make sense.

>>1 don't come to my house.
It is untidy. Besides the landlady doesn't want visitors.
Everyone, please do not make this thread women-unfriendly.
All else I will flood it with Janiota who will teach you a lesson.

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>18 slo〜wly〜... slo〜wly... ww ・＿・；

whats up dogs

>>20 wowoo~〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜　　not bad^^

hello japanese boys, how r u?
r u happy with your lonely bachelor life?
I can help u out if ur interested in...
I can make u feel really goood.
come on, tell me what ur thinking now..

What do you think about Japan's prime minister Yukio Hatoyama?

He is just like air.
Who cares if he is there or not in world meeting.
I mean, come on Japan, he is like primary school kid sitting among adult.

in a word, far inferior to pigeon.

You know, YH has been quite indecisive and people started to think he's unreliable.
As they believe, he hasn't lived up to the expectation from those who voted for the democratic
party of Japan, even one bit. As for me, he wasn't, isn't, and won't be trustworthy.
He doesn't know what he's doing. Even when he should make some decision, he did go traveling and
enjoy it. There was something he should do before that. As a result, the latest poll shows that
his adminstration lost popularity - only 23% support. He'll come to an end one of these days.

>>24
I completely agree with you. He doesn't have any leadership skills.
He should quite now!

>>25
I would call him the loopy king of tax evasion.

where r u from?
how do u know so much about him?
r u zapanese?

What are you talking about?

You don't know about him? Just go to the breaking news board of 2ch and
you'll find out there are many threads there concerning Hatoyama's failure
in everything he does.

I know coz I'm japanese.
Just wondering where you are coming from, because u can write english just like native.

What gave me away?

No, I'm just kidding. I'm from Japan. This is 2ch and most users are, aren't they?
I know, sure, it's been kind of under surveillance. Korean news companies or agencies or
whatever write about posts in 2ch, and that's funny, don't you think?
Anyway, I really don't like Hatoyama.

Hi there.
I was banned ;-( now I'm back again :-)

>>32
Hiya.

I know how it is to get banned because of someone copy and pasted articles
about problems concerning policies of Hatoyama administration - to be precise, Kodomo teate..
I checked why I was banned. That's why.

That was going too far. Why did admins get people banned because someone complained about it?
I couldn't help but guess the Democratic Party put pressure on 2ch..

>>32
How come you were banned?
I suspect you trolled, no?

yeah. I checked it too. they're really sucks.
the admins want to make us pay money to them.
however they do or don't, I don't want to pay anything for unneccesay things.

>>16
Your explanation is suffice and makes sense. Thank you.
Even if English speakers don't know the exact answer, it's worth
asking you guys.

>>17
Sorrryyyy...but this was a serious question.

>>35
Hmm, but it didn't work, did it?
A news article said the number of people who visit 2ch hasn't been increasing,
and instead mixi and twitter got a little bigger than they were. 2ch is still the biggest, though.

Have you heard that Okada, foreign minster of japan, asked 2ch to delete descriptions about him?
After that, a huge number of people were banned because of him! He wanted to silence people who
bad-mouthed him or anything.. I thought Japan was a place where people enjoyed freedom of speech, but
DP has been quite authoritative after they won the election last year. How horrible.

My biggest issue with Hatoyama is that he's tying the party's fortunes to his own.
Hatoyama should probably never have headed up the DPJ to begin with once they won
last year. He has poor leadership skills and scandals in his past, and it seems like
he has trouble standing up to Ozawa. The DPJ needed someone charismatic like Obama
to make the public feel at ease. I'm not saying I like Obama's policies, but many
Americans feel that he is effective as a leader. Hatoyama seems afraid to offend
anyone, but that just makes people more angry; on the topic of Futenma, for example,
instead of satisfying some people and upsetting others with a clear, firm decision,
he's just disappointing everyone by doing nothing.

Some people would say that Hatoyama should step down now, but he seems to have backed
himself into a corner. If someone else had become prime minister to begin with,
there would be no complaints. But if he steps down now, people will cry that the DPJ
is just like the LDP, lacking in unity and constantly switching PMs. He'll probably
have no choice if the Upper House elections this summer go badly, but by then it
might be too late for the DPJ.

But then whom are voters supposed to support? Tachiagare Nihon...? I hate both big
American political parties, but sometimes I think the Japanese have it even worse.

By the way, are there other Japanese online forums where people discuss politics? There
are a lot of English-language forums for American political debate, and European
countries probably have some as well, but the only Japanese forum I really know about
is 2ch, and the writing style here is very different from the forums I'm thinking of.

>>37
it's a thing of the past. who care if it would be disappeared?
I don't know much about Okada..
does they wish him go away from political force?
so the opposite can do that in a smart way more than them.

>>38
About your first paragraph, yes, I'm for your opinion.
According to polls conducted this year, people feel frustrated and exasparated by his
political attitudes. What he says in the morning often changes in the evening. What do
we supposed to trust?

And about the second one, yeah, you described quite well what situation he's in now.
I'd call him a lame duck, even though it's 7 months after he became prime minister.
But 7 months is enough. Most people can't stand it.

What kind of forums are in your head? I have no idea how different it is - I mean, the
writing style here? What's that supposed to mean?

http://tsushima.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/newsplus/1271818418/l50

hey, another english conversation school went bankrupt.

>>38
Try Yahoo掲示板. It deals with tons of topics like 2ch.
I don't know much about what it is like, though.
You need to make your yahoo account, which is easy.

so, this issue would cause dismissal of foreign English teacher again.

Keep in mind that teaching English at those kinds of English Schools in Japan is not
as sweet as you thought.

>>42
I've checked what type of the bulletain board it was. Yeah, the format is
different. And I prefer it here, but that's me.

>>43
Come to think of it, it's not natural to have so many English schools here in Japan
because in most cases people usually don't need to speak it in their everyday lives.
Plus people don't have much money to pay for learning languages. It costs an arm and a leg.

>>44
It's not so much that I prefer one over the other. It's just that on
the forums I'm used to visiting, people make long, detailed posts with
lots of information and analysis. The debate usually proceeds in a
linear way, and everyone is expected to have read the entire thread
before replying. Of course, to keep the level of discourse high,
serious moderation is required. Thanks to those forums, though, I
don't have to read or watch regular news at all to have a good
understanding of things here.

On 2ch, things are more laid back and people often post just to
express their opinion on the first post of the thread without reading
the whole thing. Replies are also much shorter and more concise.
This is good in its own way, but it means you need a lot of background
knowledge to understand where people are coming from, and there isn't
the same type of deep analysis. If I didn't try to keep up with
news and editorials by reading Yomiuri Online, I probably wouldn't know
what people were talking about in many of the news threads here.

Anyway, thanks to >>42 for the suggestion. I'll check it out later.

>>45
That's definitely true, but I think if the basic level of English
understanding were higher, there would be more opportunities to use it.
It's kind of like a vicious circle where the lack of English comprehension
means that no one uses English at all so there's no need for English
comprehension...know what I mean?

With that said, I've heard that many eikaiwa are just ripoffs with
lazy teachers who don't care about their students, so it's only
natural that the industry should suffer until it reforms itself.

>>45
I really don't know how much they spent their money learning at those schools in a week, a month and a year.

Basically, I don't want to spend a lot of my money learning English.
Because we can easily get learning stuff through the Internet nowadays.

Regarding of learning a language, I think we can say that we are in better times than
previous generation.

> Basically, I don't want to spend a lot of my money learning English.
> Because we can easily get learning stuff through the Internet nowadays.

then, could you show us them?

you can google anytime.

>>49
what can you lose? lol

so what?

>>51
why so stingy?

none of your fuckin business

I don't think that you should spend alot of money on learning languages.
For most of the Japanese learners in particular, learning English is not a way of earning
money, or a way of becoming successful in other foreign countries such as the U.S.
They are learning it just because they want to, and it's just their favorite pastime.
For them learning other languages different from their own is a way to show off
their skills, which in turn means a way to shake off their inferiority complex they have
toward foreign countries. There is no need to spend a lot on such a purpose.
Personally I think they should be more confident in themselves as one of the superpowers
of the world, one of the biggest economies. lol

Hey, did you see the debate between Tanigaki and Hatoyama?
That loopy hatoyama admitted that he was foolish, but over all he's
increasingly getting loopier every day. I'm sick of it.
We have to get rid of this pathetic and lunatic pigeon! It really is frustrating
to hear him babbling meaningless thoughts..

What is "Haraan"?
Hara means gut, so the entire phrase should read, "the secret plan."
Then what did he keep in his gut? What did he intend by using the phrase?
I wish I knew.

learning English is stupid things to do.
nova and jios have bankrupted now, and we japanese are finally realized that
learning English is just waist of time.
if you want to be rich in the future, dont waiste your time studing english
but you have to study Math or science.

Why dont you guys fill out previous thread?

Japanese people learn English just to feel they are superior to others who cannot
speak it.
Some of them have a certain level of proficiency, but their English doesn't appeal to me.
They might know how to speak, but I never get attracted to what they say.
I think they should enrich their knowledge about their own culture, their major in college,
and the world history before they memorize useless vocabulary.

Does not anyone know "スティーブンソレイシィの英会話なるほど練習帳"?

I wonder why people study English by using Japanese text books?

you definitely lack of imagination.

I inserted a superfluous preposition in >>62.

>>56
It's not read as haraan but fukuan.
He didn't make clear what he intended by it today.
Since Hatoyama is loopy, he wants to use a new word he learns again
and again and again. He seems to think it's cool (and most of us think
it's hollow and empty. As you know, the loopy man used "zero base" quite often,
and it turned out it meant "zero idea" actually. He isn't the type of person
who use his head on his own. He's no leader at all.

>>57
I'd say it's downright crazy to spend lots of money in learning languages,
especially if you don't have to use it, and still it's fun. There's a choice
you can make. If you are not interested in English nor you don't have to learn it,
then just forget about it.

>>58
Go ahead and end the thread.

>>60
I do, but I don't have the book. Go search for it online and you can find
sample pages on alc's website.

>>61
Not all.
Transcriptions and translations help learners a lot, don't you think?

>>65
Thanks.
But I don't know which I should buy "英会話なるほど練習帳"or"英会話なるほどフレーズ100".

you should buy neither of them

>>66
In that case, I suggest you read reviews on the books in amazon.co.jp.
Think they are popular books so people rate and comment on them.

I was wondering if you guys here have a niconico account.
If you do, then I'd like you to watch this, given you are also angry
about hatyama administation:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm10460254
It's first 20 minutes of the debate I mentioned above.
Hatoyama is quite irrational there.

who cares about that crap.

>>48
English learning materials are uploaded on many storage service websites.
Try putting your desired materials in the search box and google them.
You can probably get what you want.

Don't you have public libraries in Japan? They have books.

Prime Minister Hatoyama said clearly in the debate that Obama asked Japan to hold "a 10-minute
meeting". Is that true? I doubt that... We know Hatoyama is a liar.

>>72
In Japan? In most cases, yes.
I doubt they have so many English books, though.

>>71
I was saying, could you show us the good materials which you've got.
everyone knows what Google is.

>>75
You want me to search for you?
How about "Hot English Magazine"?
ttp://www.hotenglishmagazine.com/

I hope it helps.

>>76
I see,, this is the good material that you've said..haha
thanks anyway.

There is a beggar.

>>76
There are many others.
"New Interchange" may also be a good series for English learners.
Also, there's a chance you'll take a liking to "fluent English".
I'm not sure if you like this style of recording, but "hiragana times"
is like "english audio → Japanese audio → English audio → Japanese audio".
So you don't have to carry a text book outside.
If you want to know more about my fav materials, ask me.
That's it for now.

>>68
Thanks a lot.
I will do it.

>>80
No problem. Just choose carefully before buying one.

>>79
oh thanks. I'll check them at an import book store.

I disagree with those who claim "language learning is useless unless you use it".

That is such a flawed perception. When you learn languages, it is not only
the ability to communicate in that particular language. You learn "how to learn"
a language, it is a learning ability self-test. You also learn about a
completely different culture, which makes you appreciate all cultures
and reinforce your own sense of national identity. You learn that languages are
not isolated entities but they are interconnecetd with other languages
through human movement and interaction. You learn about how humans
interacted throughout the history and have a better view of the world.
When you go through difficulties of understanding how a language
works, you become more aware of other people's thoughts. That makes
you understand other people better. Overall language learning is a very important for personal
development experience, as a human being and as a citizen of this world.
In other words, learn any language you are interested in, keep on learning it to grow as a person.
Avoid any language learning if you want to be insular, inward looking, short sighted and biased.

Edit : ...Overall language learning is very important for personal
development, as a human being and as a citizen of this world...

>>83
I agree with this. Even putting aside the cultural aspect, learning a
second language is great mental exercise that you can't really get by
studying science or math. Studies have shown that children who learn
second languages early have increased brain power later in life because
their brains develop differently.

Of course, it doesn't have to be English. But most other countries
teach English, so you can interact with the most people that way. I
also think it's good to learn a language as different as possible from
your own. That's why I think Japanese is interesting, after all.

I found a nice joke in 2ch. Let me introduce it.

Hatoyama: Passengers, I have to inform you that I may be a poor pilot.

Airplane passenger: Don't pull our legs. You said you were better than the previous pilot,
and you just took over. Fine, you should quit and the next person can manage.

H: I'll do my best so I won't quit.
AP: If you wanna die, then die alone. Don't get us involved!!
H: I'll take it as rooting. Thank you for your support.
AP: We didn't mean to say we supported you!! Don't fly a plane if you're poor at it!
H: I didn't mean that. I said I "may be" a poor pilot and that doesn't mean I am.
You can't say I don't fly well until I land.
H: I'll make a landing before fuel becomes empty.
AP: At where? There's no airport you can land at.

H: There are many other places one can land an airplane than an airport.
You should understand my belief that we should consider every possible way.
AP: I have no idea what you are saying! Are you out of your mind?

H: I have a good plan in mind.
AP: What is it?
H: I'm sorry I can't say that.
AP: Did you consult with others?
H: Yes, I talked about 10 minutes.
AP: Did you get a permission from the control tower?
H: It's still up in the air. We should make a zero-base review.
AP: The plane will fall and crash while you are doing that!
H: I'll definitely land safely.
AP: I said where!!
H: It's fine today.

I'm sick of political things or topic.
You seem like a person who insist on what you thought about politics on purpose.

>>87
Feel free to change the subject to something you find interesting.

I just watched news on TV about a sleeping husband who beat his wife.
It really cracked me up.
In the middle of a night, he suddenly began to punch her and she called the police.
She yelled from agony and tried to get help.
He said that he had no memory of hitting her at all.
He is at a detention center now and not allowed to approach her.
I just can't believe it lol

I think Prime Minister Hatoyama is made to step down when he fails to put together
a plan to move the Futenma camp to Henoko.
According to a famous broadcaster, Mr Aoyama, given the situation where Hatoyama quits,
there comes a chance Ichiro Ozawa will run for the presidency. That doesn't surprise me
if he tries to take over, since he's really authoritative.
I will feel really dark, however, to consider the case Ozawa rules Japan..

FECES

A TRUCKLOAD OF THEM

That reminds me of yesterday lol. My brother shat his pants and he's in the army.

Don't think our prime minister is loopy. Just take him as Disney, so why should anyone be upset when they realize that he won't bring them to Neverland?
His mealy-mouthed way of talking means he just wants to give us a sanitized version of reality as Disney gives us hope to hold on to this relentless society.
Instead, you should blame people who continuously uses n-word and f-word(and l-word) to disgracefully stick to their interests.

Hi, everyone, long time no see. I'm gonna write about my shameful mess in day before yesyerday.
Last Friday, In my university, at English class, my teacher(British) gave me a homework is to write
reports about George Orwell who is a famous British writer(He is well-known for the novels, Animal Farm,
1984 etc.) by next Friday(namely, day before yeaterday).
But,I misunderstood he is a professor in my university whom I have to hand in my reports(I'm a frog in the
well...) and I don't know why,but I thought I have to write my statement about Peace(at the time, we talked
about that in English).
So, I did my best to write about that on my notebook PC all night. Of course, in the day before yesterday's
class, my teacher saw my mistaken reports and said to me "Rewrite it!"...
So, I'm loopy too.

>>94
Disney? Yeah, he looks really funny, his eyes bulging and protuberant, giving me the creeps.
He speaks nonsense at the Diet. Why did he still privately hire a person who got sentenced?
There's something fishy about that. He's getting loopier these days.

Would you mind if I write one of my posts about the politics in one of the Owarai-Kobanashi board's threads,"八代目女王様の斬新な
言葉責めとは(http://hideyoshi.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/owarai/1262788065/l50)"in English?

Tell you-know-who president of the huge opposition party in a certain country who has got to write something on twitter
lately, "Honestly, I think you'll never stand out in whichever the real world or the internet".

↓The original

148 ：埋地 ◆eMTYZaOJDw ：2010/04/21(水) 20:09:42
最近、ツイッターを始めた某国最大野党の総裁に、「正直、あなたは
現実でもネットでも、華が無いと思いますが」と言ってきな。

>>93
Gotta be an infant to shit their pants.
Then again, if he shits at the command center of the enemy, they'll die
of the smell. He can be a letal weapon and awarded a medal.

>>96
You know what? There is a chance Hatoyama will be accused of fixing his political record - how much he earned and spent.
I hope he'll take responsibility and step down soon.

I want to shit my pants too.

>>100
The adult baby forum is that way ---->

>>95
Isn't there a course syllabus or website or something where you can
check what assignments there are and when they're due?
Or was this assignment just for you?
Anyway, I might have an even worse story... I have an essay due in ten
hours, and I haven't started. Not only that, the essay is about a
700-page book, and I haven't started that either. orz

>>102
No, this assignment wasn't just for you, but everyone in the class.
Each classmate had to report a different person.
For example, one's to report about "Martin Luther King Jr.", or
other's to report about "Gandhi".
I think if I had to report about such person whom I know, I wouldn't
have a mistake like >>95...

HATOYAMA SUCKS!!

YOU TOO!!

...is it my hallucination..if I'd say I've never seen such
weird English translation sentence.. like > 97?..

I have no idea what'll happen to Hatoyama.
In my opinion, he's already decided to quit, so he's still saying the Futenma
problem will be solved no later than the last day of May. I'm not sure...

sucking hatoyama

Wondering what's the opinion of UMECHI about 1Q84..

I'll be late absolutely....

I received a e-mail about lating for accident and killed somebody.

Recently,I have got too many late.
I am almost adult....orz

>>110
You killed somebody?

英語上手すぎる奴は遠慮しろよな。しらけるんだよ。

>>112
Hello!
Do you have a lot of pens?
I have over 300 pens!

>>112
How come??

>>112
So native speakers can't post here...?

>>112
Your posts made me laugh.

I envy >>112's popularity.

>>109
Oh, sorry. I forgot to write my opinion about 1Q84.
The novels are interesting and deep for me.
I can't write its detail, because if I write it, you'll(may)
miss your interest in the novels.
But, I can say only one thing.
Aomame who is a heroine in the novels and likes bald-headed
middleage men didn't commit suicide by her pistol.

英語でchatしたければここにいったほうがいいかも。
アメリカ人の翻訳者 ID:CV6mA6Qgが降臨してるらしい。

http://schiphol.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/game/1268990582/249-

I went to the thread you mentioned above, only to find a lunatic go on the rampage.

>>119
That guy is lying about being an American. His English is awful.
Or maybe the fact that he's American makes his terrible English all the more believable...

まともな書き込みは　Are you an American?　のみ。
会話がまったく成立していないし、God lovesなんたらかんたらは
どっかからとってきたんだろ。

http://hissi.org/read.php/game/20100426/Q1Y2bUE2UWc.html
これを見れば分かるが馬鹿なひきこもりのガキ以外の何者でもない。

Sunday all the limited time of comfort is for tomorrow
Monday I get into shoes, unable to even read paper
Tuesday accidentally see an old friend but don't want to talk to him for now
Live up to a Tokyo Life
Even when it rains, I can walk without opening an umbrella if I choose the way
I sometimes deceive myself in order to live my life with my feelings unhurt
Thursday because the subway line has been extended to your work place
Friday that lifts my feelings a little
Live up to a Tokyo life
No matter how much we like each other or believe each other
each of us has a say, can't even leave a trifle thing alone, end up
losing more important things
Saturday while I'm not satisfied, morning comes
Sunday I break my voice, calling you
I live up to a Tokyo life
It's just that you are around
I'm living through a Tokyo life

>>113
What for?
Are you a writer or does collecting pens appeal to you that much?

>>115
I don't think so. Well, when I used to post a lot, I saw several
posters who speaks English as their mother tongue or second langage.
No idea whether they are lurking now, though. Probably not.

>>117
You start! Any topic will do as long as it's interesting to others.
Music, dramas, politics, etc. Or your personal experiences about
learning English. This is the English board of 2ch. Where else would you
put your burning emotions for English?

>>118
It's not 109.
hmm, I haven't read it yet, but it seems good.
Do you call yourself what's called a Harukist, or a person who loves to read him?

>>124
"This is a pen." is the most notorious sentence which is a good example of poor English education in Japan back in
old days. Believe it or not, it was on an English text book in Japan used at school.
The common understanding is that this sentence was created for 7th graders who starts
learin English in Japan only for the sake of teaching students "This is ------." structure
but as you notice there isn't almost no occasions where you use it in real pracical situations, unless the pen has
an unusual shape like these USB memories. http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/1018/solid.htm

If a pen has an unusual shape like the USB memories, "This is a pen" (even though it looks like sushi)"
can be used in a real setting, but "This is a pen." sentence alone with an illustration of a pen
on a page of Japanese English text book is a nightmare from a perspective of practical Engish use.
Everybody knows what a pen is and what it looks like so "This is a pen." is so artificial sentence
which you have no chances to use.

"This is Ken. Ken, this is Jenifer." are very practical example sentences because they
can be used when you introduce two persons to each of them, while "this is a pen"
couldn't be usd in a real setting except the cases like Sushi shaped pen.
>>113's response to >>112 doesn't make sense at all but I think the background
reason why he used "pen" just out of nowhere comes from this common understanding among Japanese
English learners of this stupid and notorious "This is a pen." sentence used in
a English textbook back in old days.

Fortunately, Japan's English education has focused a lot more on pratical use of
English for quite a long time, this type of stupid sentences just for the sake of teaching
a sentence structure without contexts are all gone.

>>125
Yea, I see your point.

By the way, I feel your sentence said a same thing again and again.
Is there more brief and good way to describe to what he said?

I often do the same thing in my writing.
so, I really want to know the way to compose precise and brief sentence without
repeating a same thing.

>>124
I was half kidding. I'm a native speaker, so what >>112 said would mean
that I wouldn't be allowed to post.

>>126
American students often have the same problem. It's tough to become
a better writer without a teacher individually correcting your essays,
but I guess my main suggestion would be to read over everything you write
again, constantly asking yourself "Does this sentence add anything?"
If not, delete it. A lot of people think of writing as just a process
of creation, but revision and deletion are also very important.

>>127
Thank you for your sincere advice.
I keep in mind what you said.

>>123 is this a song? emotions are well expressed.

>>127
So you'd been lurking. lol
I thought native speakers weren't here to chat. Many of them, who I talked with here, used a particular name
so that they could let us know who they were. That's why.
Now to answer your question, yes, you guessed almost right. What >>112 said exactly was that s/he didn't want those people here
who had good ability to use English because it's boring. That naturally involves native speakers, right?
Also, I half expected you were kidding. lol

>>128
All I can say about forming English sentences is practice makes perfect.
If you meant to say you weren't used to the typical essay format such as introduction, body, conclusion,
then it might also be good to read how-to books or search for websites on essay writing.

>>129
Yes, it is. It's Tokyo Life by Kan.
The song's kind of old (actually I happened to find it on YH lately) but I find it very good and melodious.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ai81Qx6oYk

I bought a book "The Speeches ofTexas Daddy" to learn English today.
I've been disapponted a little.
He is a very logical thinker, but he can't be it only when he talked about the atomic bomb issue.

He says to us that the U.S. used two atomic bomb in order to save Japanese people and
keep the commies out.

The U.S. should apply the logic to Japan's agressive war against China.

>>131
I'm surprised at that. Isn't Tony usually on Japan's side? I would have expected him to condemn the actions of the US government.
Anyway, I think most would agree that both the atomic bomb droppings and Nanking massacre were unfortunate. Both resulted in many dead civilians.
So you shouldn't try to justify either, since the losses arguably outweighed the benefits.
But it's a complicated issue, and I'm not in any position to give lectures or claim objectivity. So if you disagree with my views, please don't flame me.

On the topic of books... does anybody read Haruki Murakami novels? I just recently started reading "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles".
I love it so far.

>>132
Sorry,I am poor at English,so I may not understand your views.

The Nanking massacre didn't exisit.
Of course many people died and we can't compare the dead of two atomic bomb
and many many devasting air raids all over Japan with the dead of battle in Nanking(not masscare).

The winner makes history? I don't think so.
I believe that the U.S. will overcome Japan massacre someday.

Oh No! Boring boring! English is too difficult for Japanese.
I think We Japanese are really bad at learning foreign languages.
We are a bit stupid about learning languages. So it's waste of time to learn English.
Even Some good English that japanese wrote here are also boring for Gaijins, I think.

So I expect Gaijin's Japanese! Your Japanese would be better than my English.
That's why I will teach you Japanese!! Improve your Japanese, Gaijin people!

>>133
Thank you for explaining your view to me. That's very interesting.
I'm curious, how widespread is the belief that there was no massacre in Nanking?
I don't mean to be controversial, but is it a common view among Japanese that it was a battle, rather than a massacre?

I would like to learn more about it from a Japanese perspective, rather than out of a Canadian textbook or off of the internet.
Thank you to anyone who might enlighten me.

Here comes another man/woman of justice on a crusade to correct Japan's incorrectness or whatever.
Thanks but no worries - schools, textbooks and the mass media only emphasize the utter atrocity just as the Chinese Communist Party propagandizes it.

>>135
You seems to have a strictly imprtial attitude.
I really appreciate it.
But my poor English can't explain the problems right away.

I think Japanese are specailly interested in Nanking massacre and most of us
have known it as a knowledge of historical textbooks.


THE FAKE OF NANKING - 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LbVeadjSbo

is one of the objections to the Nanking problem.

I don't think Japanese didn't kill civilians in Nanking,
but think Japanese must accurately know what occurred there.

>>137
Sorry,
>I think Japanese are specailly interested in Nanking massacre and most of us
>have known it as a knowledge of historical textbooks.
↓
I think Japanese aren't specailly interested in Nanking massacre and most of us
have known it as a knowledge of historical textbooks.

It's been quite some time since my last visit, and that loony stream guy is still around?!
Seriously, are there any mods on 2ch? The board administration failed miserably.

Who are you?

Do you think Ozawa will lose his political power after this?

Ozawa Maria > other Ozawa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfpqbhTl-DM

>>142
so to speak, she is Touch Detective?

>>137
Thank you! I'll watch that as soon as I get the chance later today. I appreciate it.

>>144
I would play Touch Detective with her.

hai guise

I'm not goose.

>>124
Umm, I maybe a harukist. Because I've read almost his novels,
"Hear the Wind Sing", "Hard-boiled wonderland and the End of the World","Norwegian Wood",
"South of the Border, West of the Sun", "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle", "Sputnik Sweetheart",
"Kafka on the Shore", "Afterdark", and "1Q84".
So, I maybe a harukist.

No one cares.

>>150
I want you to be interested in me.

no way.

You treat me coldly.
Mother Teresa said that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.

>>149
I see! Once I'm done The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, which one would you recommend? Which is your personal favourite?
And can you suggest any other Japanese authors? They don't get much exposure here, unfortunately.
Thank you.

Shut the fuck up.

hi, all.
it chick down to announce for national team of Japan for soccer.
the supporters have focused on the possibility of Shunsuke Nakamura.
I think it is pity to declare affecting game or player something disputable such as cheat, backhander, cult, etc.
but, even in a neutral, I've anxiety about him aging Nakamura, for example,
anymore his FK isn't accuracy,
anymore his keeping possession isn't brilliant,
anymore his body isn't in good condition for a long time.

Nakata star player of Japan retired at 29 years old,
but Nakamura is 31 years old currently.
most of players will be started his performance down arround 30 years old.

I love Nakamura, especially the Super FK for ManU in the match CL.
so I don't want to see if he failed in the WC.

chick → tickだったｗ

>>154
I wanna recommend "Norwegian Wood" to you.
By the way, I wanna recommend another japanese author to you, Shinichi Hoshi.
He is one of the japanese famous and popular novelist and well-known for these
novels, "Bokko-chan", Officious god", " A man who came from the earth","An
ending of your hopeness" and so on.
These novels I introduce to you is what I've read.
In that, I wanna recommend "Bokko-chan" to you. Especially in the novel, a short
story what's called "The last person in the earth" is my favorite story in the novel.
The short story is described the end of the world.

>>158
Hoshi Shinichi was born in a wealthy clan, who founded Hoshi Pharmaceutical College.

I read almost all of his works when I was young, too.
he most impressive story which I still remember is the one about an alien whose mouth is the same as man's anus and vice versa.

>>158
Thank you very much!
I'm going to the store today, so I'll look around for "Norwegian Wood" and "Bokko-chan".
I enjoy novels and stories about the end of the world, so I'm particularly looking forward to Bokko-chan.
Unfortunately, if it isn't translated, I'll be out of luck.
I'll have to order it online and read it once I have a better grasp on the Japanese language.
That'll take a while, lol.

Anyway, thank you again!

DOOM: Repercussions of Evil

John Stalvern waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out
of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them,
but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson
were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway.
John was a space marine for fourteen years. When he was young he
watched the spaceships and he said to dad "I want to be on the ships daddy."
Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS"
There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped.
But now in the space station base of the UAC he knew there were demons.
"This is Joson" the radio crackered. "You must fight the demons!"
So John gotted his palsma rifle and blew up the wall.
"HE GOING TO KILL US" said the demons
"I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired the rocket missiles.
John plasmaed at him and tried to blew him up. But then the ceiling
fell and they were trapped and not able to kill.
"No! I must kill the demons" he shouted
The radio said "No, John. You are the demons"
And then John was a zombie.

That is a lame meme.

>>159
Oh, thank you for writing one thing I forgot to do.
The story about his father, Hajime Hoshi, who founded Hoshi
Pharmaceutical College is described on the non-fiction,
"Government Officials are strong, the People are weak".
In japanese, it's called "人民は弱し　官吏は強し".

>>161
My pleasure.

Suck my dick.

ok

Everybode Listen!
Im caught in a bad romance.

Hey everyone. English speaking American here. Currently, I'm using a translator so I can understand the Japanese that is written on this website.
You guys can ask me anything if you like.

>>168
Why are you such faggots?

Because we watch too much anime.

>>169
お前最低だろｗ

>>168
What he said is something like a friendly greeting.
So, don't take seriously.
That is a commonplace at least in here.

>>170
If you guys who watch too much anime are faggots, I'm king of faggot probably.

>>198
Using a Japanese to English translator is horrible, and vice-versa.
Look at this translated post from the Psychology board...
"As for you it does also the air which lacks silence in me."
It sounds like really bizarre poetry.

Faggots, unite!

>>174
I don't want to unite with you. I'm saving my virginity for someone special.
Yukio Hatoyama.

Gordon Brown is a lying homo. He and Hatoyama fuck eah others arse holes every night.
Igirisujin must stand up and bring pride back to Great Britain.

lol

Are you saying faggots command the world?
It might be true. Anus commands the human being.

right.

>>178
No, I'm saying Gordon Brown and Hatoyama fuck each other's arse holes every night.
In other words, they fuck each other in the arse and fondle each other's balls.

I agree.

So, who watches anime?

me.

You are a faggot.

>>175
You are a hard core fan of Hatoyama. What makes you so committed?
Do you love his English too?

Forget Hatoyama. Gordon Brown is in now.

Do you think they are supporting each other with each hot anus?

They shove chilled cucumbers up their asses to cool down their hot anuses.

The chilled supporting rate of 20% could be enough.

By the way, anime is getting more and more boring each year.
Someone said Korea will take over the anime/manga industry in 10 years.
I don't think that will happen though.

The only manga series any of you should be looking at is the "SUPER CUCUMBER" series starring Yukio Hatoyama.
He rides all over Japan on his motorcycle, using cold cucumbers to chill hot anuses.

>>190

People don't seriously believe that such a thing will happen, do they?

>>192
Outsourcing everything to Korea solves every problem in existance.

>>191
He used to make people(in Japan) hot. Now he's making them cool.
The dream was over.

About outsourcing, it doen't have to be South Korea that
Japan should rely on. South Korea likes to copy anything
of Japanese origin anyway.

I hope more Japanese uses Facebook and they joins Happy Aquarium :)
I'll add you my neighborhood.

>>191
I bet that would make a good sequel to Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku.

In fact, people can be happy without more money.

Hi! Hello!!

Hi

Hey everyone. English speaking Italian here.

Ciao. Come sta?
Is anyone there?

>>202
Hey man. English speaking Italian here.

Hi there. How are you?

>>204
Are you Italian?

Nope. I'm Japanese.

>>206
Oh really. Me, I'm English speaking Italian here. Just so you know.

sono di Tokio. Are you in Japan now?

And Italian-food loving Japanese here.

Are we like three of us now then?

Let's discuss pantsu anime.

211, Don't even think about it.

>>208
No, I'm not in Japan now. I'm Italian here. Wish I was in Japan now.

>>213
Just out of curiosity, how do you get access to this 2 chan forum?
Is 2 chan advertised in Italy?

>>214
Well no, but this plumber friend of mine told me about 2ch when I called him to
fix some pipes under my kitchen sinks a few days ago. He loves Japanese videogames.

Kitchen sinks? I don't know anything about plumbing but
anyhow, "Welcome to this humble forum." I know very little
about JP anime. I like American cartoons though.

I mean I don't know video games, either.

>>215
Was he wearing overalls and a red cap?

This is a sort of miracle site where lots of Japanese speak English.
In Japan, you cannot find anywhere like here.

Well, this is a Japanese site run by the Japanese, and I'm
Japanese living in Japan.

>>216
Thanks for the welcomen my friend! I do not know anything about anime or cartoon.

>>218
No? He was wearing a green hoodie. A very nerdy one that looks like a fricken frog.

>>221

No problem. How's it going?

>>221
Then what do you know about Japan?

Hi there English-speaking Italian, don't worry, you don't
have to know much about the country when you join a chat
room run by the local people.

I am afraind I could not figure out what you wanted to say,
Since i understand japanease , please speak up in japanese.

>>225

I am >>224 (not >>223) and I don't know much about Italy or
the Italian language. I hope you were not talking to me
on >>225.

>>226
Why are you so uptight?
I guess the Italian got bored and went to bed. (There was no topic to begin with.)
You don't know about Italy either, right?

Hey everyone. English speaking Baboon here.

welcome to the 2ch zoo.
I'm the giraffe, the principal of this zoo.

please feel free to use any facilities.
your cage is over there, next to polar bear's.

sup guys, its the english speaking american here again.
I heard about 2 chan from 4chan. It is an image board similar to this but in english.
Come visit some time. 4chan.org

make sure to say hello in the anime section!

Ok now. I have a discussion topic for you.

Since you are mostly male NEETs with chronic hikikomori tendencies, why
don't you find a woman who works all day and comes home tired and hungry,
and cook, pamper, accompany her?

Your life would be more sustainable and you would feel wanted.

You don't have to marry her or make commitments, just be a good guy
she can come home to and relax with.

Something like an "home friend" relationship.

Why and why not? Discuss...

I all enjoy my own hikikomori world although I have women(wife and daughters) who love me.

>>232 I am asking the unattached hikikomoris.

>>233
Sorry, I was not responding to your post. I just introduced myself.
Why don't you introduce yourself to hikkies? Are you one of them?

I'm not hikky, but I think that if I lived in Japan I would be classified as one eventually.
I spend most of my time at home, leaving only for University, and even that is increasingly difficult to do.
Hm, the only thing that might keep me from isolating myself entirely is the fact that my parents won't support me when I move to Japan.
I'll be forced to work. I suspect the rest of my time will be spent in some small apartment, though, wasting away. Haha.

>>231
But how do you expect them to actually meet the women if they generally keep away from social activities?
Other than that, though, I would love to have the life you described. It'd be great.

>>235
I view you as a positive hikky who has a life plan for the future.

We do not call such a guy hikky.

You don't?
But I believe most of the hikkies have their own plan for the future.

This week is called GOLDEN WEEK in Japan. We have consecutive national holidays which are supposed to boost economy.
As for me, a hikky with less money who never contribute the economy.

If you are a hikky, it doesn't matter if it's a consecutive holiday
or not.
Because in your case, everyday is Sunday anyway.

>>233 No, I am the Janiztarento fan, not a hikikomori.
>>231,>>233 are mine.The thought occurred to me when I watched this
clip about Kame cooking for his drama crew at the shooting studio.
It would be such a great world to come home to cooked food and a
supportive, pampering male company. Since hikikomoris are housebound,
why shouldn't they cook and care for a working woman? In return the woman
becomes his outside agent, buying him manga, anime, figurines, posters,
accompanying him when he needs the company.
It makes so much sense.
Actually it could be a drama story.

　 ∧,,∧
　(；`・ω・）　　｡･ﾟ･⌒） I will cook fried rice！！
　/　　 ｏ━ヽニニフ))
　しー-Ｊ

>>240
There are several types of hikkies.
Some hikkies have regular jobs but don't like to socialize much.

I understand.
It's not lack of the ability to interact with people but your preference.

It doesn't matter if it's a national holiday season to hikkies cause everyday is a holiday
for them.
God bless ya'll ! lol

The golden week gives me lots of time to study English.
I have no choice but to be a hikkie.

>>235 we need a working woman-hikkikomori matching agency.

As one of hikkikomoris, I would say they are mostly self-centered people.
So I doubt they can be a dedicated partner.

You have no chance to meet someone...
It's becoming increasingly difficult to socialize with people here in Japan, even
compared to two or three years ago back then.
Single men and women are all having hard time looking for their soulmates.
All these couple of years are marked as, say, almost a "pradigm shift" of views of marriage.
Young people were trying to choose "good-looking mates."
Their mates had to be handsome, or beautiful in the first place.
But the reality is, they can't find anyone with that condition.
They began to find someone "not so handsome, not so beautiful."
Of course handsome men and beautiful women are best even now, but they started
to learn to compromise.

>>448
I don't know about that... For me, it's true that I am very apathetic at times, but I like to make people happy.
So while I think all hikikomori are somewhat self-centered, I think it differs to what degree.
I would personally like nothing more than to do all I can to make a woman happy. I'd even learn to cook, haha.

I can't wait to see what >>448 will say.

What happened to >>3?
This thread needs more kune-kune.

>>249 Looks are important,everyone should try to look their best,
actually trying to look good is nicer than looking good by default.
Men and women should groom well for comfortable social interaction.
So there should be a group meeting to discuss the skills, habits, likes, dislikes
etc. The women should ask specifically :
What can he cook? How is he with the housework?
Is he able to care for a woman, is he willing to learn?
Is he able to take away her worries, comfort her tired mind?
Can he for instance clear the table and and run a bath for her,
after dinner? etc etc
What manga/anime/film/music is he into? What are his must-have
hobbies?
Likewise, the hikki asks the woman what she is willing to do.
Will she provide for both of them? Buy his manga/anime/film/music?
What does she expect in the evening? What can she give?

This is a partnership contract that should be time limited.
Say, you commit to it for a day, week, month and three months.
After that all ties are severed unless the both are willing to
continue.
Also it should be in written contract as to exactly what conditions
they have agreed to.
So these issues, normally not talked between dating couples, should be resolved
much before, and a synergy is found rather than clashing interests.
Think of it companies merging for profit, not people making sacrifices.
like in a relationship.That way chances of success would be high.
It is like having good flatmates, rather than romantic relationships.
I think it is better than a relationship,

>>253
Out of curiosity, are you a hikikomori?

>>254 I am not.

>>249=>>253

>>255
I see, thank you. Anyway, your ideas are great. I could really see it catching on.

>>256

No, no, no. >>249 is not me if that is what you mean.

>>257 Thanks. I do not see much excitement over the idea, only a few
expressed their opinions.

faggots and their stupid jibba jabba

>>259 how shallow and short sighted can you get. don't read it
if you don't like it! Say it only if you have something useful to say.

In GW, I went to Nara Prefecture, is held the commemorate events
for 1300th anniversary of Nara Heijo-Kyo Capital with my family.

So how was it?

>>241
I don't think working women think Hikky men attarctve. Women want men to
be tough basically, and Hikky men tend to be considered to be weak.
I wonder if attractive Hikky men exist in the first place. It's not about
just about preparing meal for a working women. I mean, they don'want ugly unattractive
Hikky men to serve meals for them. They don't want to live with them for that matter.

If there were Hikky men who look like Johnny's boys, some working women could hire them
to get them to prepare meals, cleaning rooms etc. I'm a man but I don't want to serve working women.
Call me I'm against gender equality or whatever, but I think me should be a brad winner. I can't take the
ideas of men act like a servant of working women. If working women take even hikky men who prepare
for thier meals superor to working women, then I'd take the job. If working women think they are
superior to hikky men, then I wouldnt want to take the job.

Besides the condition I said, I'd need to make love with a working woman who lives
with him as a condition to work for her. So the woman would need to be
beautful. Even a Hikky man wants to make love with a (beautiful) even if
they know they are asking for the moon. Even women have sexula drive so
I want one sex or two a week included in the contract with working woman.

>>262
It was fun. Especially in the Hall of the Great Buddha in Todaiji-temple.
There is a hole of one of the pillars is as big as the Great Buddha's nostril
to creep through. They say if you do it, you can get a benefit to be in good
health. In there, I saw a boy who looks about 16 creeping through there. But,
his body is too big to do it, so, his mother helped him to do it.
Before he did, I tried to do it too. But, after that, I gave up.
Because I'm nearly 20, so, if I did, I'll be ashamed too.

Don't be shy. They say "A man away from home need feel no shame"

>>263
I thought I was conservative...
...You are much more conservative than me but i understand you as a man.

Who are "they"?

　　　 ヽ）^o^）ノ 　 hi there, >>252!! how r u?☆♪^^
　　　　（　 （ 　　　 kune~kune~ ♪
　　　　　）　 ）

This sounds like a Swedish househusband thread. It is very common in
Scandinavia for stay-at-home men to workout and be very good in
Cooking, cleaning and pampering.

Here's a tip: When you are waiting for your browser or download or
torrent: Work out. Pressups and Situps and flexing. All helps.

It's too hot to do some exercise.

>>263
Social isolation is usually the result of various mental conditions. It doesn't normally have anything to do with how attractive a person is.
Unless that person has been insulted, and stays inside because of that. But that can't be said of many hikkies.
So saying that hikkies as a whole are unattractive is silly.

As for the rest of your post, you seem to have a problem with supposedly "strong" women.
What you basically said is that men are superior to women, so they can't be in a lower position than a woman.
How ridiculous. The fact that a woman is a woman doesn't lower her status as a human. I thought we'd all gotten over the patriarchal bullshit.
And if you want to have mandatory sex in the contract, hire a prostitute. That's what they do.
And I'm a male, by the way, not some raging feminist.

>>269
Are you from Scandinavia?

Holly shit!!
I won't stop, can't stop , and sing song loud all in a day.
I am only making a loud with my favorite instrument,and sound.
Girls, Go Maniac!!

is there any hotties?

How about fatties?

>>274
Here you are. Enjoy it.
How's it going, mate?

Are you a fattie with triangular man titties?

>>271
I wouldn't call it a mandatory sex because a working woman'd hire a male hikky who
she thinks attractive besides having cooking and claning skills.
It's win-win as long as every man and woman has sexua drive.

A prostitute is out of the question. There's no love there. As for a sex of
a hikky and a working woman, there may not be love but, it's different from
a sex with postitute in a way that they are attracd with each other to some extent.
I'd call it vertual ralationship or whatever. Not as dry a relationship as that with
prostitute.

I am glad that hikki-office lady idea is creating some discussions!
I think every woman would love a man to cook and pamper her in the evening.
That is why men who cook are so popular. We need a person who cares for us.
A hikikomori can do this job if he has the right mental attitude.
It has nothing to do with any ideology, it is driven purely by economy.
>>263 I want to remind you that originally this union is meant for a
mutual benefit for the working woman coming home late and the hikikomori staying
at home all the time. It is not a relationship union. It is more like a flatmate
partnership, but your flatmate(s) works for you. It is not based on attraction
but compatibility of needs.

btw i don't see how person caring for someone is seen as a "servant".
If you are a cook, hotal attendant, masseur, laundry staff, does that make you a servant?
No. Cooking for your flatmate, helping her relax does not make you a servant,
You are not her butler, just someone who does specific tasks while you are at home.
It is just a mutually convenient existence.

>>280
Hotel attendant, laundry staff cook jobs all have servant-ish jobs if you ask me.

From old times, women cook for men. that's a legacy and that remains
in men's minds. Believe it or not, very common line Japanese men used until a few decades
ago when they ask for woman's hand was "Will you make miso soup (every day) for me?"
The line meant the same as "Will you marry me?" back then.
Miso soup is different from house to house and as you know it's staple soup in Japan's cuisine.

I think in America, the equivalent of miso soup would chicken soup in that
it's slightly different from house to house and it resembles your mother.
I heard chicken soup is often served when you catch a cold, although miso soup
is served no matter if you come down with a cold or not.

Don't know chicken soup is popyular in UK, Australia, NZ etc.

>>281 I think it is so sweet and romantic to ask that question.

It is such a sincere bonding question.

I understand gender segregation has been the norm. However times are changing.

You have a mother astronaut, with a supportive husband, which is so awesome.
It is like her family works like a team.

That is the sort of bonding that you need to build families.

BTW I love miso soup. I try to make it for myself, but I wish to learn
how to make it taste just right.

How do you know there arent any native english speakers posting on here, huh...?

>>282
Will you make miso soup for me?

>>266
I'm toooooooooooo conservative. I even hate how conservative I am but
I can't change what I am.

Katuma　isn't a logical thinker.
It becomes a common sence all over Japan.

>>284 I would, if you are a real Japanese person.

>>286
Yeah, I'm Japanese.
I poppd the question and you've just accepted my marriage offer. Yahoooooo!!
I want at least two kids in our family. I'll throw away all Kame's DVD
and videos stored in your PC so that your atentions aren't distracted. Look at me
only me.

>>285
Is she a woman who are against the idea of anonymity on the Internet?
I heard she talked with Hiroyuki, who is an administrator of 2chan and
advocates anonymity on the Internet. Tell me more about how the public
discussion went regarding Internet anonymity.

Anyone else here curious how the British elections will turn out?

_██_
(°ᴗƪ)

When I'm not interested in Japanese elections at all how can I be interested in
UK's election? All I'm curious about is my own erection.

>289

DOHOHOHO

>>287 I am suprised. How do you think we will manage our marriage, we live
half way across the world? How do we educate our children?
This is too worrying.
Wait, we hardly know each other! What kind of marriage will it be?
>>288 I voted very early this morning, I wish I could vote every day.
That brisk walk to the polling station was invigorating.

In UK, Votes are casted on a weekday?
In Japan, votes are casted on weekends so that everybody can go to poll.
Voting by absentee ballot is possible, too.

>272

I have Scandinavian Blood, yes. My Grandfather raised me to be a servant,
Because I was arranged into a marriage when I was 6 and my wife was
already extremely talented, even then. Three years of marriage has been
Good for me, like a warm bath for the soul.

what did you guys do today?

YOU!just blazing em up all day, naw meen? working on assignments atm... how could i be fucked doing this on a friday night when all the motherfuckers out for sth. whats happening there niggaz? this goes out to

holla back!!

calm down! hope everything is going alright with you!

haha cheers buddy... all good here...just fucking with ya...what u up to now maynnn?

I'm watching tv,but its kinda boring u know but nothing to do really haha!

May I get a 300??

I eager English 2chanel,please.

yes you may get a 300,and I will get 302,okey?

I'm still restricted.

restricted? what do you mean?

hey guys, Japanimation "K-on" is in now. That is on air every Tuesday midnight.
and that's themesong is very exciting.
following passage is quoted from that song.

"cagayake! girls"
Chathing now! gachi de kashimashi never ending girs talk!

it was really fun,wasn't it?

>>268
Hello. Glad to see you're still posting here.
How was your Golden Week?
I'm in the US, so instead of fun holidays I got to do term papers and study for exams...

Today is Saturday, in spite of that,I have to go work.
damn it

you can quit your job anytime.

I don't have a job. I am a neet,but super genius NEET.
I am a fortune of Japna and world.

>>310

But do you have money?

>>311
I don't have enough money now.
However, It is a eternal truth that I am a super genius NEET.
I have an ability to become a billionaire,but I deliberately wii not become it.
People says to me that I 'm affected with the second year of junior high school disease.
There is no cure for this disease.

>>312
how old are you?

>>313
I'm in my early thirties.
Laugh at me.

>>314
HAHAHA!

Darn you!!!
Don't laugh at me!

haha you are so funny! I am sure you are kidding,right?
what kind of job do you want to have??

I want to have a super wonderful jop like super hero.
I can't guraduate syonen jump yet.

Yes. I become "MADAO".
He is so cool. He is 38 years old.
I have enough time to be 38.

super hero? how old are you? stop dreaming!

I'm only 21. The power of Youth will fuel my future!

no way,you can't be hero as a job,you'd better become a policeman!

Im ****ing genius

Good to see the thread's still going.

If anyone know how to become "MADAO", please teach me the way.

I don't know what MADAO is (;_;)

Hmm, whether or not to make pancakes for late breakfast...

What kind of breakfasts do people in this thread like? Traditional miso soup & co?

>>327
Two slices of very lightly toasted bread with a light spread of
blueberry or raspberry conserve or jam. Delicious.

Pancakes are nice, but usually too much effort to make.

how was your day guys? did you have great day?

I went to cinema and watched the movie with my gay friend,how about you?

My day is only halfway over. It's a little more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
I've got plenty of things left to do today, including watching Doctor Who in two hours :-3

>>330
What movie did you watch with your friend, and what did you two think of it? I hope you don't mind me asking...

I watched alice in wonderland,do you know it?
its was really good,I like that kind of movies.
>>331
where do you live in?

>>332
I haven't seen it yet, I'm waiting for it to come out on rental DVDs. It seems like something I'd like, too.
I live in Oxford, UK. I'm not a native speaker though. I only live here because I'm living with my boyfriend, who did some studies here.
We'll be leaving to Germany in a month or two, as he's German.

>>333
its amazing that you have a german boyfreind.
but is it okey for you to live in Germany? I mean,do you speak German too?
are you studying German?
and how is the life in Oxford? are people kind?

>>334
I'm from Sweden, and as both Sweden and Germany are a part of the EU, it's fine.
I studied some German many years ago. My German is rusty but it's nothing that daily exposure won't cure.

Life in Oxford is pretty good. The people are fairly kind, and as I live quite a bit outside the city centre the surroundings are pretty great for someone who likes nature.
There are lots of birds singing virtually all the time, which I love. My poor boyfriend doesn't, as they wake him up too early sometimes.

>>335 sweden? really? its really cool.
how did you find this thread?

sounds nice,but I often heard that food in UK is not good,what do you think?
is food yummy? do you like Japanese food?

...Hmm. I missed the start of the tv show episode I was planning to watch.
Oh well, I'll just have to wait until after it's finished, and watch it online.

>>332
Alice in Wonderland is apparently from Oxford, and they're not shy about it.
Several of my boyfriend's teachers kept using drawings from Through The Looking Glass and the like
for any examples in power point slides and paper hand-outs.

>>336
I found it several years ago, when it was at around part 22, because of my boyfriend's interests in Japanese internet culture.
He's been interested in 2ch, 2chan, 4chan (and later 4-ch) since 2004 or so.
I've been away for around two years, though. I couldn't post to 2ch when I moved to England almost two years ago,
I assumed IP ban or the like. I tried posting at January this year, if I recall correctly.
I still wasn't allowed to post. I was listening to my boyfriend's ipod this morning, and came across the song "Southern Cross".
It made me think of this site and so I decided to have a try again. And this time it worked!
I just don't know for how long it will last. :-/

>>336
English food isn't that bad, but sort of quite fatty. I can see why they use malt vinegar so much.
A lot of traditional English food is quite unhealthy... I've become quite fond of some things, though.
Steak and ale pie, for instance. Pretty great, but apparently it's supposed to be eaten with potato chips
(as opposed to crunchy "crisps"). I'd rather skip that and just have it with steamed vegetables.
My boyfriend and I tried making it last week, it turned out pretty tasty, but we forgot about that we halved
the recipe, so we overcooked it a little.

I'm quite fond of Japanese food, even natto. But then again I'm used to pickled herring, and "kaviar", in Sweden,
so maybe that explains why I like natto in spite of that most people, including Japanese, don't.

I apologise for posting so many posts in a row :-/ I don't have much to do this hour except for washing dishes, folding more laundry, and waiting for the tv episode to be put online.
I've been sitting here taking a bit of a break with some herbal tea.

So there are many geniuses mentioned on this thread

>>272-san who is Nordic with a genius wife
and
>>339-san is a Swede who has a genius Oxbridge student as a
boyfriend
>>331-san who claims to be a NEET genius.
That was some useful observation. (NOT)

>>339

I agree, english food is unhealthy. We like to fry pretty much everything (including chocolate bars...)

Eating enough food is no better healthy than taking alcohol is.

>>342 I agree.

Today I went to Brazilian cafe. Had fejoada and then macchiato. The coffee was good. I wouldn't say the food was that good.

Then met my collegues at a posh bar, dressed casually. Had Havana Mojito. Take a way the mint, ice and the pipette,
there was hardly any rum in it. Pass.

Then I went to an 80s college party, had a couple of pints, sweated it off on the dance floor, invited a couple of young
Chinese and a Brit =to dance with me.

Now I can't sleep. So I, the Kame wota, decided to write to you what I had done today.

What is at fault? The macchiato?

Japanese food are not healthy now.
We use a lot of artificial sweetener.
The Japanese pickles sold in stores often include many artificial coloring.

>>343

If you're in bed with the Chinese and the Brit, I think it's pretty clear what
the fault was.

I think Japaneses food is really healthy,there are not a lot of fat people in Japan.
US people eat too much.

>>346
I think , indeed, it is not nation's but individual problem.
There are a number of fat in Japan also.

Fat people have a weak mind.So they cannot help eating so much on their heart.

The US food merchandise printed with the norigication "0g trans fat per serving ."
Japanese food safety seems to be late.
I think that US people only eat too much but that the food is safety.

Sorry
norigication→notification

at least,I don't want to live in US,I went to some countries,but I realized that food
in other countries is generally not so good, also people are not as kind as Japan.
Japanese clerks are really polite,helpful,kind.
Japan is the best in my opinion.

I have never been to overseas yet.and I am twenty four year old.
Now, I am studying English very hard everyday,in spite of my hard job as a formal employee.
I always have approximately 4~5 hours sleep.
I always feel drowsy.

But I have a Dream.
I wanna to be English teacher in high school.

I hope.
"Hope" is good thing.
so I love the movie "The Showshank Redemption".

>>350
Are you a Japanese? If you are not,
Thank you for your having good impression on Japan.
Do I have "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"?
I've never gone abroad. I want to see the grass of other countries sometime.

>>351
its good that you have a dream, hope you can be a English teacher.
why do you want to become a English teacher ?

>>353
because I like studying English. and English is the most valuable course of Japan,I think.

>>354
okey,good luck with your English.
I think you can be a teacher soon.

>>355
Thank you.
I have never been to overseas, so I wanna try to go abroad once.
Therefore, I have to save money.
I will go to Canada or England to learn English.
Probably, Canada I will. Because English which is used in Canada is,so to speak,
neutral English.
English which is taught in Japanese school is a neutral English.

how much money have you saved so far?

It's a little little money I have saved.
I have to save money not less than three hundred yen,to succeed my trip

>>358
\300? I guess you meant \3,000,000.

>>359
Oops... sorry, yes ,you are right.
I need to save \3,000,000 approximately.

come on,you must work hard or you never can save that much money..
are you a part time worker now?

No I am a full-time employee.
I will manage to do.
Just I should do it.

>>362
But once you've saved up enough money, you're gonna simply quit the job and go abroad?

>>363
Yes yes. I will quit my job.
Perhaps every my colleague will say that I am reckless.

Hello, all
I'm stduying English in the university.
Today is Mother's Day.
Have you prepared presents for your mother?

>>365

I forgot. oops...

I cannot do anything for mother's day.
now and then I cannot do.
because my living is just pleasure for parents.

>>365
I bought a cake for mothers day,so we are going to eat that cake after dinner.
but it was just 298 yen ..lol cheap cake haha.
how about you? did you buy anything for your mom? or did anything for her?

>>365
Here, Mother's Day is the fourth Sunday of the Lent period - so this year,
it was on March 14th. The UK's tradition of Mothering Sunday dates back about
500 years, but is now very commercialised, much like the US Mother's Day, which
came about in 1908 after many attempts to establish one.

>>345 there is no mention of that kind of relationship in what I wrote.

Either you don't understand what you read, or you have a repressed
sexuality problem.

I haven't, but different countries have mother's day on different dates.
I gave her a handkerchief on which I had made an embroidery of her favourite flower.

>>351
Good luck, in what ways do you tend to study English?

>>335
Aren't you k-tan? Because I remember k-tan's boyfriend was German.
K-tan has brown hair. I don't mean to impose handlename on her.
If k-tan wants to hide under anonimity, go ahead.
Dolph Lundgren is not as tall as the date of him claims
according to her story.

Swedish singer Saga is her favorite.

Kmaota=k-tan?
I wonder why person who's been living with German boyfriend
loves a flat faced, skinny bodid japanese.

I guess Natto is O.K throughtout Japan nowadays.Mid Western?-
Kansai(around kyoto, osaka) People used to hate natto but I guess
they can find natto anywhere in kansai. It depends on individuals and natto
is not as hated as it used to be in kansai.

As for me, I eat natto at least once a week or so. Natto's fishy?
smell and stickiness don't offend me. I'm begining to feel uncertain though.

The other day I went to a gyudonya (beef bowl shop). I ate often at gyudonya
because it's rather delicious and cheap.
A gray haired, chubby, middled-aged guy sat next to me.
Then some strong smell started to flow from him.

I thought it was from his socks. It was like the smell of socks with water
left unwashed for certain period. I frowned and spoke ill of him
on my mind.
Soon I realised he ordered natto teisyoku!
Natto teisyoku is not something it shold be in gyudonya at that time.
Natto teisyoku is usually served or orderd in the morining time.
But the gundon shop I went serves natto teisyoku anytime and the
guy orderd it.

When I know it's natto and I am prepared to eat natto, its smell is
nice. But without prior knowleadge, it's bad.

http://www.sukiya.jp/menu/#/forhere,teishoku,m_50,
I guess this is it.

http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200912/09/37/e0180537_12113750.jpg
I borrowed a link from somebodyelse's homepage.

>>373
Wow, didn't think anyone would remember. I'm not trying to hide, so no need to worry :-)
I just didn't see the point of using a handle while being someone "new" here.
Some things confuse me though. I don't remember hearing of a singer named Saga, so I apologise for being ignorant about that.

Also, while I do remember reading the wikipedia article and more about Dolph Lundgren because
it by some reason came up in the conversation, I don't recall discussing his height. orz

>>375
Interesting. I have never smelled natto without seeing it first. Thank you for the images, too.
Garlic is usually regarded by others as stinky unless they're eating it themselves, but I've never
felt that way. Perhaps it's because of being used to it from a young age - my parents used to cook
all sorts of international cuisine, and so I learned to regard the scent as something pleasant.

lol

>>379
natto is healthy,and yummy

Natto for everyone!

Wow, scary:

> An ongoing project known as The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is attempting to
> quantify the monetary value of various services that nature provides for us, such as purifying
> water and air, protecting coasts from storms
> [...]

> The rationale is that when such services disappear or are degraded,
> they have to be replaced out of society's coffers.

> TEEB has already calculated the annual loss of forests at $2-5 trillion,
> dwarfing costs of the banking crisis.

From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10103179.stm

Natto is a shit. How come japs can eat it.

japs are weird

☓ "Natto is a shit. How come japs can eat it."

◯ "Natto is shit. How come japs can eat it?"

every food will be shit after you ate it!

Too true.

☓ every food will be shit after you ate it!
◯ every food will become shit after you eat it!

thank you for correcting my English!
I ate natto today,soon it will become shit ,but I love it!

no way.

people who eat such foods is absolutely non human.

Then what is human?

>>390
But it becoming shit is a good thing!
That means your body has taken nutrients from it and is getting rid of what it did not use!
Shit then can be used by plants and other organisms!
At least they used to when humans shat in the wild.

>>392
that is obvious.

the answer is anyone who don't eat such food.

But why? What about such foods is so alien that it means that anyone who eats them are not human?

☓ anyone who eats them are not human
◯ anyone who eats them is not human

>>393
so, are you striving to shit under the shiny sun?

>>396
judging from using 2bytes word, are you english geek or teacher who like to correct error.

>>397
No! But putting shit under earth is useful! It is manure!

400GET

>>399
how do you bury your mature treasure in the ground?

☓ judging from using 2bytes word, are you english geek or teacher who like to correct error.
◯ Judging from your use of 2-byte words, you're either an English geek or a teacher who likes to correct errors.
◯ Judging from your use of 2-byte words, you're either an English geek or a teacher who likes to correct errors, aren't you?
neither, i am boring. i am also a fish, please do not eat me. i am not delicious nor nutritious.

>>393, 399
Surely, faeces from carnivorous animals such as ourselves is entirely to stinky to use as manure?

>>403
So, plant-eating animals shit is not so stinky and cannot be used as manure?

I got bored of natto,lets change the subject.
did you have a great day today?

I had diarrhea today.

why? ate something bad?

I don't know why.
But one thing for sure, it's not because of natto.
I eat natto everymorning.

hey guys, let's not talk about excrement protruding or seeping out of the anal canal of humans and animals.
instead, we can discuss a wide range of topical issues with regard to, say, underclothes covering female crotches, buttocks and such.
i mean, what type of pantsu do you fancy?

>>409

Striped!

>>409
Pantsu with Aqua or Pink and White Stripes!

I had diarrhea today.

>>412
I know you ate natto, right?

Kamewota danced with a couple of unacquainted guys.
She sent a ok sign to them.

kamewota=k-tan is a suprising fact.
I had never imagined she was k-tan.
Kamewota's address and her passion for a johnny's talent barred me
from reckoning she was k-tan.

In my image k-tan was not a kind of girl who was likely to be
the victim of johhnny's.

>>409
side-tie pantsu

>>415
Who is Kamewota? She isn't k-tan, though.

>>416
On second thought, girl shorts are cute too.

>>416
kamewota admited she was k-tan.

>>415 who is k-tan?
why should a Kame fan be his "victim"?

What is a kamewota anyway? A turtle otaku? A big fan of
Financial Services Minister Kamei?

>>343
If >>343 was written by a swedish girl in England, then
swedish girl in England = k-tan will be kamewota(fanatic of kamenashi)

Am I confused?
Kamewota is japanese living in England?
>>287 says she is japanese.

>>421
I didn't write that. My life isn't that exciting at the moment. I'm more or less like an at-home-wife this month, as my partner and I are moving soon.
We were supposed to move at the end of this month, but some unexpected issues cropped up and now it might be a few weeks later.

By the way, what's kamenashi?

I'm glad you are as smart as I thought you were.

http://www.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&rlz=1T4GGLG_jaJP317JP225&resnum=0&q=kamenashi&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
this guy is kamenashi.

it felt strange that person who has a boyfriend like him
http://www.dac.neu.edu/holocaust/images/nordic_ideal.JPG
loves the quite opposite face like kamenashi.
Now everything unfolds.

>>424
I'm not racist, I find a wide variety of looks appealing.

That Kamenashi guy, didn't he play a character in one of the Gokusen series?
Pretty cute, but nothing I'd obsess about. Though one thing that always strikes
me about guys with that sort of hair is how much they somehow remind me of kittens.
Makes me want to pet their hair, as if they are some sort of house cat.

You must not forget your country's big star "saga".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2WBhpqHukY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG9TzyO4CWw&feature=related

To be honest I think she has good powerful,high tone voice as a prosinger
and has good lookings too.
I guess her English intonation is too influenced by American
acccent, don't you think?

She could have a chance as a commercial singer but she moves
the other way around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhP_aadJOko
I feel her voice is American. Just an impression.

How important is Odinism and stories surrounding it, like viking
invasion?

I might be called right winger. But I don't have much interest in
japanese myth and imperial family. I guess these things should be preserved but
these don't excite me much. these are not related to daily life.

Same thing for most of scandinavians?

k-tan and k-tan's boyfriend would make a genius hybrid of
Heisenberg and Bohr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_(singer)
Well, that's depressing. Quite a waste of a decent voice.

If we're discussing more "viking" style music, I prefer Nordman.
I only have two of their albums, I should probably buy the rest some day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqE8Um9t8CU Beautiful song, great lyrics. Apparently Ultima Thule made a cover of it, yuck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vakawRdQkmw and so on. The band is good stuff. I prefer my ethnorock without disgusting racism.

Have some random native-pride music that's not racist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDkbtCcIMlU Swedish version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2vGBY7nXx8 The inferior English version.

By the way, the natives of Scandinavia are the Sami people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people They're pretty awesome, but unfortunately like virtually all indigenous people they've gotten the short end of the stick.

>>428
I wish. I'm not likely to reproduce, though.

>>427
I don't know how important Odinism is in general in Sweden. I'm very fond of those stories though. Especially the crazy antics of Thor.
Slightly related, the book Röde Orm is pretty fun and great. I own two copies of it, even.
Though that is mostly because they are two different editions with different covers, from two different publishers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Ships

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG9TzyO4CWw&feature=related
This song is known as a song of Ian Stuart's, British pioneer of
white nationalist music. Saga sung it as tribute to Ian.

If you find the song beautiful and nostalg, you don't have to hide.
The song is originally from danish rock band, white lion.
White lion is not racist band and composer, Mike Tramp
has wife from southeast Asia.

>>430
Thor?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpZBOH6cLQY
The guy in the center is wearing a pendant of thor?

He is very cool. Is he your future husband?
You might not know who cool-tak and noriaki.
I think cool tak and noriak are comparable to techno viking.
They are pride of Japan.

>>431
I just would like to point out that it is possible to be racist and still gleefully fraternise with "inferior" individuals.
One can even be "inferior" yet still discriminate against the group one belongs to. There are plenty of homosexual homophobes, or misogynous women, for instance.

One of my dear friends is ethnically a Jew, but since he looks really "Aryan", at one point an active Nazi befriended him.
That Nazi's attitude was more or less "Jews in general are bad, but you don't count because you're cool and look pure"

>>432
Thor's Hammer is a pretty classic pendant. I'd like to buy or make one some day.

Norse mythology is popular in japan in some categories
such as RPGs and adventure comic and novels.

http://www.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&rlz=1T4GGLG_jaJP317JP225&q=BERSERK&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
Bersekベルセルク is apparently infuluenced by north western culture.
Berserk is scandinavian language. I have not read bersek though.
I don't like dwaring style of Bersek, firstg of all.

http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/bigbe2/cabinet/200904_02/21817.jpg
This vehicle is called valkyrie. I didn't know what valkyrie was.
Because it was pronunced English way like vaelkiri:.
Japanese generally call it like walcure, German way.
Word Valkyrie(walcure) is widely known in japan, probably spread by
Wagner's music in Apocalypse Now.

homosexual homophobes

It reminds me of John Wayne Gacy, the worst serial murder.

murderer or killer. sorry.

I, the resident Kamewota of this thread, is a non-Nordic, Non-Japanese eccentric
foreigner living in the UK. Don't confuse me with the Nordics of this thread.
Yes Kame has ben likened to a kitten.
The catboy has grown up under the supervision of Ms Koizumi Kyoko, to become
a young male cat. KyonKyon loves cats.


I am not K-tan btw. Who is K-tan?

>>414 Why are so bothered about me dancing with some college guys?
what do you mean by the OK sign?

BTW I am not only a Johnny's fan, I like most Japanese Rock-POP too, and even
Perfume and AKB48. I will dedicate this sweet song to all who hate me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI9FqDfvSHQ

Why do Japanese people all hate marijuana? Do you guys not have science over there or something?

>>438
Just someone who used to be a regular poster in this thread many parts ago.

>>441
That doesn't have anything to do with science.

>>438
Does "Kamewota" mean something, or is it just a name that has no meaning?

>>439
O.K to have specific relationship.

>>351

Oh, hell.

You and I are going to be competing for the role of English teacher,
truly! I graduate this year in Accounting, but because employment
is worthless here, I'm going to become an ALT for a couple
of years until the recession dies.

So, next year I will be teaching English. Hell.

>>441 with an approach to intoxication like that, no wonder Japanese
would be suspicious and wary of foreigners. Who would want their
society to go corrupt?
>>438 -wota is a label for people who are obsessed with something
I think.(ota comes from otaku? correct me if I'm wrng please)
>>439 In Japan is it considered a sign to start a relationship with
someone, if you invite them to the dance floor? I was already with two of my friends,
a woman and a man, and these three were standing there watching with their drinks.
They looked like they wanted the dance,but were too shy, so I went over and pulled them
into our group. How would that be perceived in Japan? At the end of the night, we all
shook hands and went away alone.
A Singaporean man once asked me, upon seeing the Tango class at college, whether the partners
were singles.I explained to them that all participants are singles.
I was shocked when he said" I would never let my wife dance like that with another man"!!
I am trying understand what is acceptable in the East.
>>444 I would dance with you too, if you were there.

...I explained to him that all participants WERE singles.


apologies for my bad English.

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I am here

In Britain and USA all girls have their tongues pierced?
Is it easy to see girls who have tongue pierced abroad in
one day?

>>452
I'd say its fairly uncommon in the UK.
A fair few people have them but the majority don't.
It gets looked down on a bit as well.

TOEIC満点をとった幻の女性に電撃インタビュー!!!

http://nomura.no1wizard.com/

>>454
Pics or gt(ry

But really, if you're going to post something like that here, you should
post it in English.

TOEIC満点をとった幻の女性に電撃インタビュー!!!

http://nomura.no1wizard.com/

If Paris Hilton and such girls as Lady GaGA have
their tongue pierced, ever american girl follows.
Who starts this is crucial

>>457

http://www.buzzfeed.com/theluxuryspot/vajazzling-the-video-vajideo-ttc

Another trend started by stupid celebrities.

hi guys,did you have a wonderful day today? anything fun?

>>458
Pretty disturbing that they hate their bodies so much they have to do that to feel good about themselves.
At least that's what Jennifer Love Hewitt seems to do, as she stated she does it to feel good about that part of herself.
Vaguely reminds me of Bobby Neurotic...
http://www.bitterfilms.com/anesthetics-bobby1.html
http://www.bitterfilms.com/anesthetics-bobby2.html

Also, I hate how people keep using vagina when they mean vulva or mons pubis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poolside_03.jpg is not an image of a vagina.
The vagina is internal, and it makes as little sense calling your vulva your vagina,
as calling your scrotum or penis your urethra.

>>460
But the word vagina simply sounds better than vulva.

suck my balls

I'd say its fairly uncommon in the UK.
A fair few people have them but the majority don't.
It gets looked down on a bit as well.

one sounds like angina, the other, a Swedish car make...

>>461
That is not relevant. Many people don't even say vagina, they just refer to it as if it were a dirty word.
Like "vajayjay" or "vagoo". The right words should be used for the right things. If you don't like vulva, then invent a different nickname for it.
Don't just use a close word for it instead, that is euphemism done severely wrong.
A leg is not a knee, the thigh is not the hamstring, your torso is not your lungs, and your head is not the cerebellum, no matter how much cooler the latter ones might sound.

Volvo means "I roll" in Latin.

hi guys,did you have a wonderful day today? anything fun?

>>467
yeah, I've managed to locate a decent Asian supermarket in my city.
I guess reading Japanese recipes will be a lot less frustrating from now on.
I went in, only planning to buy a few things for at most 10 bucks or so (most
importantly a pack of 味噌), but ended up blowing 60 Euros on all kinds
of sauces, candy, noodles, pastes, drinks, canned fish and what have you.

awesome,you should have bought pockys too.

The city I'll be in this summer has an Asian supermarket next to a
Kinokuniya. I wonder how much money I'll end up spending...
I hope I don't get fat from all the Pocky.

I don't have access to a good asian supermarket. It's sad. I ran out of bonito flakes yesterday.

why don't you have access?

>>472
when I want to enter the supermarket, the door just won't open.
Instead, the door turns red and a female voice saying "access denied" sounds from a speaker.

>>473 is this an online supermarket? are you some form of cyber entity?

>>474
No, it is my local shop. The shop keeper gives a stern face behind the doors
when this happens. I wonder why.

how about doing online shopping? you could buy anything you want I guess.

for test

>>469
Nah, they sell that stuff in every normal grocery store around here,
albeit under a different name (Mikado).

>>470
>Kinokuniya
cool, I wish I had something like that over here. I do have access
to a very small Japanese book shop that I've checked out today, but they
don't have much that would interest me. The only fields they're fairly
well-stocked in are fashion and gossip magazines (not interested),
European philosophy (can read that in European languages), dictionaries
(already have everything I need), and manga (nice, but I still have like
15 unread volumes sitting on my shelf).
But maybe it's at least cheaper to order stuff through them than
amazon/yesasia, I'll see about that when I order my next batch of books.

I don't understand.

Then you have failed. Please be specific. Please study more words.

I miss *schoolgirl*

who does not miss schoolgirl?

so what?

rolling so whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!

Rolling down the street, smoking indo.

You The Rock smoked indo, and look what happened to him.

I miss schoolgirl ;_;

She used to bake me cookies, and read me bedtime stories. She used to take me on trips all over the world; we scaled Mt. Everest, and dived down to the deepest parts of the Mariana Trench.

I miss you schoolgirl, I really do.

R.I.P your memory.

>>486
Dream on, dream away....

The sounds of schoolgirls and homecoming queens are very nice.
They make my day.

test

Ah, seems like the ban was finally lifted.. I've done it for the first time
in about a month. The last time I posted here is when admins lifted the ban.
As I said then, why did they start banning people just because one of us makes
a complain about the Democratic Party, the loopy Prime Minister? I don't want to be
banned that easily without making any mistake on my part. It's really frustrating.

How many times have you ever felt loopy in your boring life?

This is an inspiring story about a refugee who was awarded "Woman of the year"
Please click below.


http://nomura.no1wizard.com/

No, I don't want to be forwarded to a phishing site.
If you want to let us know, please sum up the inspiring story you said it was.

I'm looking for a job.

It's hot today.

I know

My life is not boring. It is strange.

My life is boring.

>>478
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvHDDPf0ioE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmRbfuIoapg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugE27HszEW0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0hnYUP8uU

I don't think the Italian 'Mikado' advertisements would get past the
censors in my country...

>>497
How strange?

>>499
Who advertises it? I don't think it's Glico, though..

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But now that I've searched, it actually is a Glico product..
Hmm, it's more like advertising a new photocopier, isn't it?

>>499
>I don't think the Italian 'Mikado' advertisements would get past the
>censors in my country...

How about this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt6-aBQvAkQ

>>499
Oh, hey, your name. That reminds me. I watched on the news that the general election
was conducted in the UK and that LDP and the workers party (is that correct?) decided
to make a coalition government. How do you feel about it? Do you agree or disagree with
their decision? Do you think it'll work? How's the approval rate now?

As for Japan's current administration, I really am not happy with it.
If you asked around in Japan, most people would say NO to Hatoyama, the current prime minster,
who admitted in the 1 on 1 debate the other day that he was surely loopy. I'm sick of it.
The latest poll shows that the current downturn in the number of people who approve
Hatoyama administration is primarily due to his inability to make decisions, and I think there
are many more reasons why. I didn't vote for the Democratic Party, coz I knew things would never go
in the right direction. And I was right. He's getting loopier.
Luckily, we have an election this summer. We should make him pay.

around 20 percent: approval
around 65 percent: disapproval

Everytime I watch LADY GAGA's dance in her music video,I can't stop laughing at.
Because her dance is similar to Egashira 2:50's dance,I think.

Here movies of his dance are
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez78MWwCObE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye0asZnaMnI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1j0ZK-QpBc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8CihbeWYik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiD8H_GCi-Y

This thread has become really inactive. Most people, who I had a chat with ages ago, all seem
to have left here until now. I miss even the Noriaki da King guy. lol

>>505
Ega-chan is really popular among 2chers, isn't he? lol
When I had a look on a "currencies" thread, I often saw his AAs anytime the charts
went up so suddenly and sharply. That was timely and funny.

he has a big big talent!!

Confucius says, "A man who puts his dick in peanut butter is fucking nuts"

I'm going to live in the USA for July, August and September, in New york, basing my living on New York Luthern Church.
It would be a fascinating time living in Christ and Christ living in me.
What do you think?

I would be living in a different place If I were you. Think this way,
there are churches in Japan as well and it is out of the question to live
there if you aren't a Christian, so do you want to do the same in Japan?

Anyhow, it might be a good experience. It's like visitors to Japan living
in a temple or a shrine.

I had been living basing my living on Church until 9 years ago.
But for 8 years after that, I was forced to live without church until March last year thou I had one more year till retirement.
So I quit working as a Miyazaki prefectural English teacher.
Miyazaki prefectore education committee had been forcing some teachers into hardship and had been killng them by suiciding.
And I was one of the victims being made unable to go to church on Sundays when I had to work for corresspondence system learnig senior high schooling.
So I quit and came to Tokyo on April 1st last year.
Since then I haven't missed a single Sunday church prayer service.
On Sundays I pray in an English Sunday worship service and Japanese Sunday service, and sometimes even evening English service.
Besides Sunday services, I attend one or two English Bible class.
Jesus is everything to me because He saved me when I was trying to suicide in dark dark dispar whe I was about 35 years of age , for which I am 60 years of age now.

>>502
It seems to be going pretty smoothly, but it's early days yet. A government
is usually chosen by the first party past a set number of locally elected
'seats'. This time, of course, nobody made it past that point. The Conservative
party won, technically, but didn't have a majority vote, so the Liberal Democrat
party joined up with them, bringing the numbers to a majority government. So even
though the Liberal Democrats came in third place, they're in a much, much stronger
position than the Labour party, who came second (and were ousted from power).
Personally, I voted Liberal Democrats, so even though my local council is still
Labour-run (most of North-East England is loyal to Labour... Tony Blair is from just
a few miles down the road), I'm pretty happy with the results. So far, anyway.
As for approval ratings, 64% of voters approve of the coalition. 87% Conservative
voters approve, and 77% LibDem voters approve. Labour voters, of course, have a
different opinion.

If Boris Johnson had been running as leader of the Conservative Party, I'd have voted
for them.

Other than the issues of moving a US base and a funds scandal, there was a recent
story on the BBC about Hatoyama...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8684107.stm

I was surprised to hear that Liberal Democratic Party is quite a socialist party, which is contrary to Liberal Democratic Party in Japan which is corrupted and is being broken down.

>>514
I suppose there are quite a few LibDem policies which seem quite socialist,
and even though there are a few policies which were aimed at easing the burden
for poorer families, they're reasonably class-neutral.

It's the Labour party which is mainly seen as the most socialist, though,
having red as the party colour, being a member of Socialist International,
and trying to appear to support the common workers (and non-workers, for that
matter).

Oh, I meant to add that one of the main agreements the Conservatives had to
agree to before LibDem would join them, was to hold a referendum on reforming
the entire election system, to make it fairer. Neither Conservatives nor Labour
would agree to change it outright, but they both agreed to let us have a say in
whether it should change. Which it should.

It should change because it has been changing in th USA, in Japan, in China.
I wish Kim Jonwil will die very soon so it can change in Korea too.

>>513
64 percent. I see. People's expectation is set high now.
What do you think about Euro? The labor party says the UK should
put some distance from it if I'm not mistaken.

Ah, his fashion sense. It's the worst. But the shirt he was wearing at the
barbecue looked good on him in a sense. The shirt made me think he's quite loopy.
You know, he can't even decide on colour. So he wanted green, red, yellow, purple
and blue. He doesn't even know we gave him the red card, though.

>>514
Personally, Ozawa is the one who's rotten. LDP is far beter than DPJ.
Don't tell me you think LDP is corrupted because several TV commentators says so.

Fuck china

My mistake. It's not the labor party but the conservative party that might have said so.

Tony Blair was leader of the Labor party, which is seen as the most socialist, but he was just a neo-conservative in foreign policy.
So, it doesn't really matter whether they are lefties or righies, I guess.

>>515
>reforming the entire election system, to make it fairer.
That made news here in Japan. Even here it became clear and obvious last year
that it couldn't reflect voters opinions. Japan followed the English election system in order to establish what they say is
two party system like the Labor and the Conservative in your country.

>>515
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juU_qjwXJtc

This is a theme song for Hatoyama.
The same video is quite popular in Niconico.
Nobody believes in him.

We should get Hatoyama ousted from Japan!

Hatoyama is not guilty, if you ask me.
You have to assume someone behind him.

Japabillies, unite!!!

>>524
I know what you mean. He is pulling strings behind the scene, Ozawa..
He should be punished now of course. It's not reasonable if he gets away with it.
Be that as it may, Hatoyama bet us his prime minister position that he would
definitely solve the base issue no later than the end of May, and he is going to fail
without any responsibility to fulfill? No, that's all his fault.

Ozawa Ichiro's case is not going to be brought to the court.
How disgusting it is. Where's the justice?

The members of the DPJ are morally corrupted. That's for sure.
Why could the minster of agriculture smirk even when he failed to encompass the
foot-and-mouth disease disaster that happened a month ago?
Why didn't Kobayashi Chiyomi quit even after it came out that she breached the law?
I'd say DPJ is the worst party we ever had in recent history of Japan.

>>523
I hope so.

Katawa Shoujo is out in Japanese.
What are your thoughts?

>>530
I have no idea what you meant by Katawa Shoujo.
Guess it's a girl, but I don't know why she's out.
Can you explain for the background info on that?

www.katawa-shoujo.com
A free visual novel game (only complete up to Act 1 so far) about dating girls at a
school for students with disabilities.
Japanese language blog is at www.katawashoujo-ja.blogspot.com

>>517
Ah, the Euro. People here are still unsure about that. Both Labour and
Conservatives are wishing to keep the Pound as the national currency,
but LibDems are generally more EU-oriented, so if they were the majority
government, there would have been a referendum on switching to the Euro.
They would try and convince us it's the right thing to do too. But at
this point in time, they're keeping very quiet about it. Probably because
of the current situation in the rest of the EU and with the Euro being so
weak right now.

>>520
Though the Labour Party is seen more as a socialist party because of its roots
and symbols, it's much more centre-left these days. Though... our former Home
Secretary (and later Justice Secretary), Jack Straw, was a member of the Communist
Party.

We've heard quite a bit about his wife too. About how she eats the sun every morning,
how she used to know Tom Cruise when he was incarnated as a Japanese in a past life,
and when her spirit took a trip to Venus on a UFO.

>>521
We haven't had the chance to vote on it yet, as the new government is still
settling in, but I'm pretty certain it'll change in favour of a Proportional
Representation system, rather than the First Past the Post system we have now.

>>522
Wish people would make videos like that for our prime ministers. Suppose
this is the closest thing we have...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz5xeFYbWWM

>>533
As far as I know, it may be wise to see how the Euro going to be.
If I were from Germany, I'd get upset to hear the tax money was used for Greece,
no matter how complicated things were.

It's Hatoyama Miyuki you were talking about, right?
Now that the approval rate of his administration went down (come to think of it,
it's been keeping going down from the start; it never went up even once. And I'm sure it's not
hit the low now. Down, down, down. ), she's making herself unseen in public.
The columnist who described him as "loopy" was quite right. The word also goes for his wife.
And I feel irritated and frustrated when I hear the word fraternalism, which Hatoyama used to use a lot when he became PM.
Do you think you can trust a person who's so fickle what he says in the morning changes in the evening and that changes next day which changes a week later,
and in the end he doesn't remember what he says a month later?
Hatoyama said clearly he would quit if he wasn't able to convince his ministers, Okinawan people and America until the 31th of May.
And he's saying he's going to give a try after that? Don't make fun of us. Liar..

Hastoyama must diappear with May.
With June, it's Kan who made all the documets of Welfare Ministry over medicine -caused aids
that must reside as PM.

Everybody, read Japan Communist Party newspaper Akahata which is Red Flag!
It tells truly major facts of the world.

>>535
Do you honestly believe he has what it takes to be Prime Minister?
No, I don't think so. I have seen the scene many times when he's asked a
question concerning financing and accounting, couldn't answer it, and lost
his temper. He's not worthy of Prime Ministry. All he can do is shout and try to
silence people. I don't trust in him any more than in Hatoyama.

>>534
Ah, sorry - you're right, it's Hatoyama Miyuki I meant. Often I go back
and add sentences and this time it was in the wrong place, which made it
look like I was talking about Jack Straw's wife.

Wives of politicians here never really try to stand out. They might speak
a little during campaigns, but generally try not to draw attention to themselves.
Ah... the Daily Mail doesn't really like Nick Clegg (LibDem leader) very much
because of the fact that his wife is Spanish and not British, and that they gave
their children Spanish names.

Hatoyama is the loopy king of tax evasion. The only reason he's not arrested
is because he's the current Prime Minister. If he steps down, then there's a strong
possibility that he'll be in jail in the end. That's why he sticks to the PM title.

You know, Kan was the only one who made them bring out all the facts.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-refuses-to-deny-he-smoked-marijuana-435983.html
Seems like David Cameron, the new PM of Britain, was a relaxed and cool kid.
Maybe he's relaxing the policy on recreational use of marijuana as well.

http://pibillwarner.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/
Aw shit, is he gonna ban neo-nazis?

>>541
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has said he (himself) tried cocaine at university,
and marijuana before university. He and Cameron went to the same university
and were in the same club (along with George Osborne, our new Chancellor).
Saw a documentary about them a few months back, and Cameron was pretty
laid-back at university, and didn't really appear to make much of an effort.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiDoPEBEhvI
He opposes the racist group in the UK while he has a tight connection with some Euro neo-nazis.
Is he sort of a hypocrite? I'm confused.

>>538
>Wives of politicians here never really try to stand out.
That's usually the case here in Japan. Hatoyama Miyuki is quite exceptional.
While we are on the subject, I've seen her appearing on TV variety shows several times, and the hosts unconditionally
treated her like a celeb or something. AH, I'm reminded that she also used "fraternalism" a lot.
That gets on my nerve.. Her husband tried to evade Tax and he's still pretending he didn't know
what was going on. I want to ask her if fraternalists don't have to pay taxes.

I haven't heard of the Daily Mail, but I wonder if this Nick's wife doesn't have English nationality
even after the marriage.

What do you want from government in Japan?
I want all poor people become not poor.
I want the government reduce the number of suicide to a half of what is now.

Then people will buy more goods,
and it will let people make things more and let more people have jobs.
This is what I want.

>>545
I guess basically no one is opposed to your opinion; it'd be an ideal world.
However, what the Democratic Party of Japan says is ridiculous. They decided to give households with
a child or children under 15 yo a monthly allowance of 13,000 according to the number of children they have,
but there's no assurance they can do that; there's not enough revenue to achieve the policy.
In fact, in most of the case, even parents who have children have to pay more tax than they get from the child benefit system,
and that means most people are made to pay more tax than before. That's quite silly.
In addition, they got past a law called "basic environmental protection" or something, but it's also
quite meaningless and it would crucify ordinary Japanese people. It says we should cut 25 percent of the gas emission, but
the loopy members of the party has never make clear how to do that. Probably they are thinking of buying "air" from other
countries, and in order to do that, they say they have to raise tax. They are mad.
I strongly suggest they quit this nonsense now.
Also, about the suicide issue, there's more the government should do.
Safety nets and mental support should do. I'm not sure Hatoyama really have an idea, though..

I wonder how the Futenma base problems will settle.

>>548
As you may know, the Hatoyama administration has messed it all up and so I doubt they
can solve the issue smoothly. According to the new report, he decided to fill the sea with mud,
but most people in the right mind would say that he surely broke the promise that he would never
do that. He just wanted to make his plan look feasible, but I'm sure it'll fail.
All I want to say is this; Hatoyama sucks.

See Hatoyama's press conferences and you'll notice Hatoyama looks uneasy and worried
when making statements. And his eyes, what does he look? His eyes seem unfocused and dreamy.
There's something wrong with him. That's written on his face.

>>544
The Daily Mail is known to be quite nationalistic and anti-immigration,
reporting mainly on... the evils of foreign countries, the injustice of
the justice system, paedophiles, the royal family, and how everything
can give you cancer.

Someone wrote a song about it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI

Anyway, despite marrying him, Clegg's wife hasn't taken British citizenship.
She used to work as an advisor on trade law, economic relations and the Middle
East for both the EU and British government. She now works as head of international
trade law for a large, international law firm.

>>499
When I was bored, I've checked out a lot of foreign TV commercials on youtube,
and I must say there are many really good ones in the UK.
Here are some of my favorites that I've seen recently:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MgCV8nDuUM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO9evAjIrrE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq9OLd-XtHE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvja-PA5Egc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svtmDO0uN1M

Hatoyama is ill mentally or spiritually, is he not?

Hatoyama ia ill.
Hatoyama should ask Kan to succeed the Prime Ministry, shouldn't he?

Yesterday, I delivered Japan Communist Party handbills in front of Myogadani Station,
where I looked eyes of the walking people and greeted smiling.
They also smiled at me, and many of them took handbills from my hand.

>>555
Are all members of the Communist Party NEETs?
If not, what are you Communists doing in evil capitalist Japan anyway?
Don't you realize that, simply by living and working here, you are
helping the corrupt capitalist system and its imperialist American overlords?
Go to the glorious Communist paradise of North Korea and help the Dear Leader
if you want to contribute to moving the world in the right direction.

The more NEETs grow, the more Communist Party members grow.
That's what Japan is.

>>553
He's just loopy. That means he lacks common sense, in my opinion.
He turns his back on the reality. He has the gift for provoking people
without meaning to. He didn't deserve to be Prime Minister.
According to a news article, most people say he lacks leadership skills.
He doesn't have the ability to make decisions. Don't forget he's loopy.

how boring.
you guys want only to say loopy, don't you?

They know they're in a loop.

>>560
But chances are Hatoyama himself hasn't realized he's out of the loop.

Have you heard that hundreds of thousands of cows should be killed due to the foot and mouth desease?
It's a disaster.

>>562
That's because of Akamatsu, the minister of agriculture.

I don't think it's not peculiar to him.
where is animal's right to live?
how selfish fuckin human are.

* it's not peculiar -> it's peculiar

I don't have an expectation to Japanese soccer team.
Because Japaenese soccer team has been beated in the W cup many times.
They can't win, rather, never win. And in this time, they can't do again, I think.
So, I don't wanna watch the match of Japanese vs a country's soccer team, and
I wonder why do the Japanese soccer freaks continue to encourage to them?

>>566
England's one and only World Cup win in football was in 1966,
44 years ago now. I don't think our chances are too good this time,
as usual.

I don't think I would be feel any bad if Japan's world cup ended up in a 3-streak defeat.
Actually, I have no particular feelings with today's game because I think it was a matter of course.
Then I have realized a great fact that if we have no hope, then we can be free from frustration.
I want to share this feelings with all the Japanese people. Let's be pessimistic, then we can find God in our life.

Germany usually ends up reaching at least the semi-finals.
But I don't care about football. When there's an important match
with a German or Turkish team playing, I usually go to the gym.
Hardly anyone is there during those times, so I never have to wait
until someone else finishes his reps on the machine I want to use next.

>>569
In '02 we played like shit and still went to the finals.
This year we'll play even worse, so I don't see why we shouldn't win this.

>>566
It's a national character of Japanese.
Remember WW2.
How many people realized that they wouldn't be able to make a win in the battle.
But they send lots and lots of young boys to TOKKOTAI without thinking how weak they are.
They closed their eyes,and just imagened they would be able to make a win by their death.
So crazy.

>>571
That's war.
The U.S. used two nuclear bombs. So crazy.

>>572
Yes,that's so crazy.And war is war.
But make sure I'm talking without any nationalisms.
In fact,as you can see my bad English,I'm a Japanese guy.
I wanted to talk just about a national character of most Japanese.
And I think the nuclear bombs aren't issue of national characters.

>>573
Just so you know, imagine what it would be to board on a plane with explosives by which you're ordered to bomber a vessle
in a way you crashes the plane into it with yourself.
Imagine what they would have thought how their family and descendants, I mean, you, would be treated
if they lose the war in an era that almost all of colored countries were colonies of the Western countries.
Don't mix up their spirit with desperation. I'm not talking about nationalism either, I'm talking about humanity.

>>574

I told "WITHOUT nationalism".
So I didn't say you were talking "about "nationalism.
I just felt you were talking by nationalism.
Because when I told about tokkotai,you told about nuclear bomb.
I also wanna talk about humanity.But I think that national traits are there, too.

fack you

>>573
The city of Hiroshima and the city of Nakasaki had their people and all lives disappear at once.
We are the only nation who had the nuclear bomb kill counless people.
We are the nation who must work hardest for abolishment of newclear weapons.

>>567
I know controversial goal by England.
England barely(narrowly?) won the world cup by possible biased
refree and the homegame advantage.
I don't know whether England deserved the world champion.
I don't have many knowledage about the world cup 1966.

Korea in 2002 is still new to me and Italy won world cup by fraud
and Spain seems to have gone up to final games by false judges
in their world cup.
So I become suspicios of the matches in England too.

As for England national team now, it's not too good but you
have more chance than before, do you?
Rooney is possibly world top three player and at his best time,
MF plyaers are very uncomprably powerful.
Defenders are good too.

In 2002 when japan were figning in world cup, train were almost
empty.
I remember. That was daytime. I guess
that was tunisa　ＶＳ　japan.

I hope japan will get a real world cup victory, which means
frist win outside japan.
Best 4 is no way.

>>542
Do you know Boris Johnson is turkish descent?
ofcourse he is tremendously immersed with English blood.
He marries half-Indian woman, doesn't he?

Some british white nationalists argued how he looked non-white on the web,
citing his asian characteristics, this and that.
That was funny. They must have not liked his policy and his marriage.
He looks quite aryan and looks typical of English elite.

I had been forced not to go to church every Sunday for 8 years by Miyazaki Prefecture education committee because they forced me, knowing that I am a Christian, not to go to church on Sundays
by keeping me within correspondence system learning senior high school for 8 years and intending to keep me one more year until I got to the retirement age.
I quit working there one year before my retirement age,
and since then I haven't missed even one day going to church on Sunday.
Even more, I go to church three days in one week, going to Sunday service and Thursday and Friday Bible study classes.
I am completely content living my life basing on Church.
Is going to church the greatest pleasure to you?

I am going to church today to attend English Bible study class.
Do you envy me?

Japan Communist Party criticises Democratic Party on its contary to democracy measure to Okinawa problems.
Halperin an ex-adviser of President criticises Democratic Party for its ignoring of the voice of Okinawans.

>>583

Most English-speaking countries don't really care about Christianity,
One way or the other.

Except for America, but even then...

Have you guys ever played non-Japanese video games?
I didn't used to play even a single one of them, but for some reason
Dragon Age appealed to me, and so I just get a start on it.
I'm not used to the formats, I mean, when conversation scenes between the main character and subs appear,
I have to make a choice of how to respond. And that makes me think sometimes - like you can kill ordinary
persons without mercy - that wouldn't happen in Japanese video games like Dragon Quest.
And though I can use AI to make my allies act on my wish, but I find it a little tough to make such settings.
It's complicated. But over all, Dragon Age is quite interesting, even though I sometimes have trouble understanding
what's going on due to the language. It's not for learners, of course. I often come across English expressions that are
hard to get, and I need to get used to their pronunciations and accents.

>>586
yep. I'm sick of Japanese RPG, especially used animation-like character.
I think japanese RPG haven't improved even a bit for decades.

I haven't played "洋ゲー" since last january.
"洋ゲー"stand for the game made in somewhere outside of Japan in English.
pronunciation of this word is "you ge-"

anyway, if you like Dragon Age, I strongly recommend you The Witcher.
in combat, I often heard The Witcher is inferior to Dragon Age.
But, The story line of The Witcher is awesome. it is grim and ruthless.

As you mentiond Dragon Age, The expression of The Witcher is also not suitable for lerneres of English.
I often stumbled over trying to understand what they said.
every time I stuck, I referred to online dictionary.

even though if you are not fluent in English, many troubles and hardships will be waiting for you,
The Witcher is worth playing.

>>587
I think "洋ゲー" sounds more like "Yo gay"

I cannot help but agree with you, though I don't like that' sound. (w

>>585
examples of devoted christians and sincere christian organizations
in America.

Organizations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Identity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalist_Christianity#Fundamentalist_church_groupings

individuals
http://www.nndb.com/people/811/000060631/an4.gif
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2009/07/208454Mel_Gibson.jpg
http://johndenugent.com/jdn/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Hutton-GibsonToeben.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Ann_Coulter_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/George-W-Bush.jpeg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg

>>586
Are you playing that game on a console? I've heard that the PC version is the best because it's easier to control the characters with a mouse and keyboard.

>>590

Now, now, there are Christians that aren't bigoted, fundamentalist idiots.

... Just give me a couple of years to think of some.

>>587
You're quite knowledgable. The Witcher, ok, I'll check afterwards.

You were using an online dictionary while playing the game?
Wow, that must have been a pain. As for me, I can't be bothered to do so.
Let's say there's this word I encountered just now which I wasn't sure exactly what's the meaning of -
it's cloister. Let me see... And I'm just done checking. Hmm, I'd say there's no chance for me to actually
use it. lol
But the idea of the word is quite simple.. Anyhow, if I want to understand the story of the game better, I should
think of looking up some unknown words like this. Mind you, it'll take lots of time doing that.. What should I do?
If there were a word list or something that's specifically meant for people like me to refer to, it'd be wonderful, though.

>>591
Nope, I'm playing it on the computer. I didn't compare it with the PS3 or Xbox version, but there was no choice, I mean,
I don't have those consoles. So I happened to choose the best. lol
Having said that, I'm not so used to how to move my cute elf girl on the keyboard, though.

These kinds of games use a lot of words that you wouldn't hear every day. It's good enough just to be able to remember the meaning. You probably wouldn't use them anywhere except for writing a book, so don't worry too much!

>>581
Johnson's ancestry is pretty well known now, thanks to a BBC show which takes
well-known personalities and helps them trace their family tree. His great
grandfather was an Interior Minister in the Ottoman Empire, before being assassinated
during the Turkish War of Independence. He is also directly descended from King George
II, though he was German and only became king because his (also German) father reigned
here before him, being the closest Protestant relative to Queen Anne, once she died.
As you say, though, he's very stereotypical as a member of the English upper-class, but
is never condescending or patronising, and is able to laugh at himself when he does
something stupid. Which is quite often.

>>586-587
In my youth, before choosing the path I took, it was my ambition to eventually work for
the company that made Dragon Age - A company called BioWare, founded by two medical doctors
in Canada. They're generally pretty polished, with good stories. The games, I mean, not
the doctors.

>>579
To be honest, I don't really know that much about what happened, or about football in
general. It's not really my thing, but we hear so much about it on television and the radio.
Rooney's pretty much the driving force in England's hopes of a win this year, you've
got that right.

Here are some of Nike's predictions...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLG6jh23yE

>>595
So you are (were?) a fan of video games, right? I think I understand why you were interested in BioWare,
When I saw Dragon Age game play videos on Niconico and got interested, I read up on the game on the Internet
and found out that BioWare had been a good developer for long, but the article I read didn't say anything about
two doctors at all. That's really interesting, because there seems no such element at all. Rather, it's the exact opposite. lol
Doctors who have knowledge on computer programming sound quite intriguing.
Just out of curiosity, I guess you completed Dragon Age already. Am I wrong? lol
I've reached Red Cliff, where I'm supposed to meet King Ealmon. Anyway, what I want to do now is to get in a relationship with Leliana.
I'm a female elf, though.

>506
To be precise, you're wrong. It's "Noriaki is da REAL," not "Noriaki da King."

I understand why you remember the phrase wrong, cause any king around the world
in human history would/woud've knelt down before his presense.
Lots of FAKE rappers have been around but no one except Noriaki is da REAL thing.
He's got a story to tell in his rap. And don't forget his sperb rapping skill.

50 cent lost confidence when he listened to Noriaki's rap and he almost
decided to throw away his career as a rapper but Noriai, being so nice,
encourged him to be confident and told him some tips to be a better rapper.

>>586
If you are looking for an RPG that is good for learning English,
you should check out The Elder Scrolls. I've become fluent in English
almost exclusively by way and for the purpose of playing the third part
of that series, Morrowind. That was quite some time ago, and my English
back then was not as good as yours is now.
The fourth installment (TES4: Oblivion) came out a few years ago. I haven't played it though,
mainly because I've become somewhat disinterested in computer games in the meantime.
But I bet if they had made a 完全日本語版 of it, with all the spoken dialog
re-enacted by Japanese voice actors, I would've played the shit out of it
and would be fluent in Japanese by now.

Right now, I play a session of DraculaX: 月下の夜想曲 every now and then.
It's a very good game, and I missed out on it back when it was released.
But it doesn't have a lot of dialog, the only new words I remember
learning from it being コウモリ and 十字架.

>>598
Speaking of Oblivion, I like this vid.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8481759

It's so funny. The person who created it is really talented in making audiences to laugh out.

>>599
Ossan gone wild playing an RPG. Quite amusing.

Talking about RPGs?
I'd recommend this video game but before you shell out los of money,
you can check out a demo of the game. Innovative and intriguing. You guys will never
get disaponted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8XSGqO7vwk

NORIAKI DA FAKE!

Social Democratic Party leader Fukushima is dismissed as Minister of State for
Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Social Affairs by Prime Minister Hatoyama.
I think it's natural and she is just a burden on the Hatoyama Administration.
However, she doesn't realize that, and began critisizing him for dismissing her.
I wonder if she is just a super loopy too.

>>603
Oh,sorry.I've made a mistake.

○Fukushima was dismissed
×Fukushima is dismissed

>>603
I know she's laying the ground work for the next election this summer.
All she's doing now is aimed for getting as much public attention as she can.
As you probably know, she's going to run for the election. She wants to keep seated in the Diet.
That explains why she's making commotions like that. Be that as it may, however, I don't think
"loopy" doesn't apply to her deed.
Let me note this in the first place. I'd never vote for SDP coz the idea the small party has concerning the national security is quite
ridiculous, considering the situation Japan is in now - we are faced with China, North Korea, and Russia. We need to be properly armed
if we don't want to be attacked and bombed.
That said, Fukushima has been saying she wanted to remove the bases from Okinawa all along, so in a sense she tried to do what she promised.
I commend her ONLY in this respect. Again, I'm against her ideas, such as "even when a police man is faced with a cruel murderer
he should not trigger a gun, he may be killed, but it's ok." See how stupid she is?
Ok, that's that. Let's get back to the point.
Hatoyama is the one who won the title of the loopy king of Tax evasion.
At first he encouraged Okinawan people who are opposed to having American bases in Okinawa and he kept saying he had great plans in mind,
and he changed his opinion? Nah, that's not understandable. He's loopy.
I don't trust him at all.

>>605
Congratulations!
By using "loop" three times in a single post, you just broke the record in this thread.

>>606
We should set the new record. Loopy is all the rage in Japan now. lol
People dislike him. I guess the approval rates that are supposed to be conducted this weekend
will go down to under 20.

R.I.P Dennis Hopper.

>>605
It is natural that Mizuho Fukushima who is a sitting member of the House of Councilors runs for the following election is consequential.

>>609
I'm not sure if I understand you correctly, but No, it's not always so, quate,
"The term of a member of the House of Councilors is six years and half of the members are elected every three years"
So Fukushima is accused of her deed by those who are suspicious she's barking because she has to contest a seat this summer.
And I think the criticise is to the point. Should she not run for the election, she wouldn't have gone this far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04A69QNdESc&feature=related

Some people would get fainted when they watch Dennis' Japanese CM appearance like this.

There was such a moth in the aisle at my apartment.
I didn't think of that there was such an insect around here.
http://imepita.jp/20100530/712720

>>612
Now I understand where you live.

guess where.

It'll have been being cloudy from to 7:00.
I want it to be rainy.

Arnold, the character name in the drama is dead. So sad.

The tiny black man in the drama, "Different stroke."

It was aired with different title here in Japan.

It was a story where white family adopted Black brothers. One of them
is Arnold, the small guy. Newspaper says he didn't grow up physically because
of a kidney diease he suffered as a child. I love the white girl in the
family called Kimbrly. Her boobs was very appealing for me as a junior high student back then.

Are you familiar with the drama?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Kz9Zc8QJA
Japanese dubbed.

I don't think HATOYAMA can govern this country from now on, because he easily changes his past comments and don't keep his words.
The Prime Minister must originally be responsible for everything he has done and otherwise he should regisin his current position immediately.
People say he is the worst Prime Minister in the long history. He may be a person who ruin this country until it's never to be recovered.

>>617
As I'm sure you may know, the latest approval rates are down, 17 percent to 19 percent,
while disapproval rates are about 70 on average. In a nutshell, Hatoyama administration is
a lame duck. He can't do anything any more. He should step down NOW!

I wonder who have been supporting THE LOOPY...

>>618
I don't know why the approval rates of HATOYAMA adoministration is still so high.
And I'm surprised there are still so many peple who are deceived.
They must recognize immediately how much this Japan is exposed to the danger and the threats of the countries around this country.
If we　continued to allow LOOPY'S to govern this country with the stupid policies anymore, peaceful future could be expected.

>>619
According to the 20 percent core base theory, about 20 percent of the Japanese people are the voters base for Democratic Party,
so even some of them started to quit supporting Hatoyama. That means a lot to the rest of us.

>>620
Are you kidding? It's only 17 percent at best. 70 percent is against Hatoyama.
His party will lose the next election. That's for sure.
The more important thing is, LDP can win trust from voters.
If LDP doesn't win, then Ozawa will try to form a new coalition government.
That would be the worst ending. He'll do anything he likes that would harm most Japanese people.

>>617
工作じゃねえよ
ネットに嘘の情報が蔓延らないように監視してんだろうが

>>621
I'm serious. 17 percent is still so high.
Around 10 percent is normal and under 5 percent is even better, because I'm concerend that DP may use every unfair measure they can take in oreder to win the election.
You may think I'm too worried, but they have sticky and strong weapons such as the mass media, the partial root of evil spreading through this country.
HATOYAMA and OZAWA is just a cancer of Japan. We must protect this wonderful country from being ruined.

>>622
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>>623
I agree with you mostly, and according to the niconico poll, it's only 5 percent approval.
So those who use the Internet to read news are sharply against Hatoyama.
Older generations, mainly in their 60 or higher, still use legacy media to retrieve information
and no wonder some of them still don't realize Democratic Party is injustice. What we can do for now
is let them know the truth. They support DP out of their innocent ignorance.

No offence, but the niconico poll part made me lol.

>>624
I think so, too.
People　who are "DANKAI" or more aged generations seem unlikely to think about Jananese future seriously,
and what is worse, almost all of them like to watch NHK and strongly believe the TV programs or information provided by it is almost true.
It's hard to make the people persisting in one belief realize that they should change their thoughts.
What younger generations can do is go to the polls and choose the statemen/women truely hoping to　change this country better.

>>625
Oh?
It's conducted when you are on Niconico, and you are suddenly linked to a questionnaire video,
then you are asked to answer all questions within 200 seconds,
one person can vote only once. How many people answer? It's about 100,000.
The admins break down data into each category - like approval rates in each generation.
As for me, I happened to take part in the poll once.
I'd say it's safe to say it's the voice of the Internet users.
Though, of course, that doesn't mean all the Japanese people.

>>626
I'll definitely go vote for LDP this summer. Make Hatoyama know he should get out!

>>607
Lol
You were right. It's surely under 20.

This thread is only decent one.

>>629
What do you mean by that?

Hey, I heard that another king of tax evation appeared in England.
I'm concerned the british government is also loopy. You know, after it came to light
Hatoyama tried to evade tax, he started to lose his trust completely and
just within a window of 8 months the approval rate reached 17 percent.

evation? what's that?

Hatoyama's crooked face always makes me angry...

>632
I think that he means "Evasion". 'Evade' means something like 'Avoid'.

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>>634
Tell me about Tea Party.

>>635
I nearly lose my temper by his stupid face.

I second that.

>636
They are a group of people that don't like the Obama administration.
I personally don't like them very much though; they're the same people that said "love it or leave it" when George Bush was in office.

They think that the United Stats is going to become some Socialistic half-Communist tyrannic empire that wants to enslave their children and kill old people
(they actually thought the Health Care bill included killing old people).
The same people also pulled their kids out of school when a speech that Mr. Obama made for the nation's students was supposed to be shown because they thought it would be propaganda.

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That probably didn't come out right but there's a lot of text.
http://www.nethack.org/

Also, prepare to die. A lot.

>>639
Last I heard, Tea Party has become sort of influential.

>>641
Speaking of games, I'm playing Dragon Age as I said before, and it
seems hard to get the hang of it. I haven't acquired coercion skill
and so failed to convince NPCs several times. How pathetic.

>>642
Yea, a lot of candidates for State elections are trying to get their votes.
That's a good thing for the Democrats, though, because when a party splits only half of the votes count against the other major party.

I'm more of a FPS guy but don't give up :D

>>641
He looks like Hideo Noguchi.

In this globalized world we're living in, being monolingual makes you isolated both culturally and politically.
Even if you're not traveling anywhere you still have plenty of opportunity to use the language you've learned.
You can experience media in its original language (I always try to do that), communicate with people from different countries through the internet and get a different perspectives on global events by reading news from other countries.
Ethnocentricity was cool 200-300 years ago during the colonial age.

>>637
Have you ever seen this video?
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4851102

The video is about 15 years old, but I think Ozawa has been no different than he used to be 15 years ago.
What he is doing is pulling strings behind the scene. It's disgusting.
Besides, Ishibashi Takaaki of Tunnels was quite witty and sarcastic against Ozawa at that time.
Hope Takaaki will do the same again now.

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What do you think of his magic, using an i-pad.
I'm impressed with his magic but it seems like quite a lot of people commented there
calling hime fake or anything. Probably people there are apple products haters
and couldn't help but being rude to him, too.
Subbed in English so you can enjoy his tricks in English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATpSPNIuj3M

If you want more, you can check this video, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofp_ffk0LM4
I'm sure even people who claim the magician in the first vid is fake will agree
this man in the second vid is REAL.

It'll have been being sunny today.
I'm not happy.
I like the thunder.

>>622
Don't write Japanese here.
And every one dislike political a topic.
Be careful.

in 2ch, here, we have seen much political actibities by those who is zealous to support their favorite political group.
you can clearly see that in this thread.

so, all we have to do is to neglect such topics.
generally the people contribute to 2ch hate those contributores and those who reply them.

just neglect them or you are regarded as one of them.

*activities

>>610
Why do you think that Mizuho Fukushima should not run for the next election?

>>652
You misunderstood me. I didn't say she should not run for the election.
"If she should not run for the election, she wouldn't have gone this far."
That's it.

By the way, break news.
Hatoyama quit! He step down.

We clearily say Hatoyama is the worst Prime Minister in the history of Japan.
He even looks like a pigion fleeing from a cage.

The horrible things strikes me. That is, Ozawa hinding from the scene for a while before the election,
a new person getting ahead, voters will be tricked into believing Democratic Party is believable.

>>653
You should confirm the fact more carefully.
Mizuho Fukushima has been improving performance in labor policy.
She is not a wage-snatch.

Hatoyama talks about the reasons of his resignation without any reflection, which meks me irristibally angry.
How do the Japanese think about his stupid attitudes and comments in the coverage?
Can we really leave Janapese future to the fool party like this?
The size of Hatoyama's brain must be the same as that of pigeons.
He is definately the worst Prime Minister and just a shame of Japan.

Here's a funny story.
One day on 4chan's '/jp/ - Otaku Culture' board somebody asked for a translation to a panel in a hentai manga.
It meant 'The pleasure of being cummed inside' but everybody began to argue about whether it'd be better to just translate it as "I love to be cummed in" ,ect
They then continued to argue about whether it even mattered if you actually translate hentai or just put text into the boxes because the story isn't really the point.

Now on /jp/ if you ask them to translate anything from Japanese to English the first reply will always be: My Japanese is a like shaky... but I think it has something to do with pleasure, and cumming.
You can even try it yourself.

>>658
little*, not like

About Hatoyama's resignation.
I really think now it's time to redo the Restoration.
Because, in my view, all political parties are hopeless in Japan today.
I wonder who is the competent politician? I don't know at all.

>>656
What fact do I have to confirm?
I don't have any confidence in her. She's unrealistic.

>>660
I'm not completely sure if what you meant by the Restoration was, like, all the current political parties
should be disbanded once and then they should form new parties only if their basic policies and thoughts are shared.
But if that's the case, yeah, I agree with you totally.
We shouldn't support Democratic Party in order to achieve this. If DP has enough seats in the Diet, then
they'll say, " voters gave us a chance to do anything we like". That'd be the worst.
The least we could do to avoid such situation is to vote against Democratic Party and make them understand
what we expect politics to be. That's why I'm on your side.

Now to answer your question, able politicians...yeah...I think that depends on personal lookouts on life,
you know, there might be a person who still believes Hatoyama is a good politician, but
in my opinion, Ishiba shigeru deserves your attention, if you are the type of person who
felt irritated at the news that mouth-and-foot disease is spreading in Miyazaki prefecture or that Hatoyama
was responsible for causing trouble in getting rid of the dangerousness of Futenma Camp.
He knows what he's doing. He's trustworthy. Anyway, I think it's best for you to see Niconico videos in the political section.

>>661
All facts which were of help as evidence when you post >>653.

Suppose we change the subject.
I'm getting tired of this.

No idea what to say...

me too.

Aren't you sleepy?

I wasn't asleep. I heard every word you guys ware saying.

That's it for ABCnews,
Good night, America.

XXX>>663-668

>>661
Indeed, Sigreru Ishiba may be trustworthy. I do think his speaking is always simple and easy to people.
But, to my surprise, he does believes in UFO. I think he is too obedient and doesn't doubt if UFO really
exists or not. At the point, I can't have high opinion about him.
Because, I don't believe in the occult at all. If you say "UFO really exists!", let me see the testimony.
That are two testimonies; a real UFO and aliens are in.
I wonder if occult freaks can show anti-occult freaks including me that.

>>670
Oh, sorry. I've made a mistake again...

○Sigeru Ishiba
×Shigeru Ishiba

>>670
His way of explaining things is simple but quite logical, and about UFO,
I did see a video on YT when he mentioned it. In my opinion, he wasn't too
serious about it coz he seemed just to have fun talking about UFO. Let me point
out this: He's realistic when it comes to the security issue.
I'm sure you know about that, though..

Beside that, have you heard that Hatoyama actually gave his companions lots of money?
He said he didn't do that... Liar..

I think Japanese names shouldn't be romanized.
Nobody who doesn't speak Japanese can remember those convolutions of
syllables anyway.
Instead, people should use a translation of the meaning of the characters
that make up their name. Like, someone named 真田 wouldn't be called
"Sanada" abroad, but instead "Truefield."
How cool is that? I wouldn't mind being called Mr. Truefield.
Much better than people calling you Sadanada or Salada, isn't it?

>>673
Then, what would 佐藤 be?
鳩山元総理 would be ex　Prime Minister PigeonMountain?
That's silly. If CNN called him that way, Japanese audience would hardly stop laughing.

>PigeonMountain
Could translate that as Dovemount. Sounds fine to me.

Dovemount sounds kind of like the famous American 矢口大学 (Dartmouth College).

Kan speaks fluent Japanese.
Better than Hatoyama does, I think.

I mean Kan is a slick politico.

Hope he is not as loopy as Hatoyama.

I think Sengoku is the best in the DPJ.
Though I know you like a younger politician, he is well conversant in a wide rage of policy issues.

>>679
I wouldn't set hope high if I were you.
Read this article.

http://www.unkar.org/read/tsushima.2ch.net/news/1259268341

>>680
Sorry to disappont you, but I have to inform you that he's not an able person.
On the contrary, he'll do harm to the Japanese society.
I'm not sure you heard about this, but let me take it as an example; Sengoku tried
to deregulate the doctor lisence, he said Japan was going to let people practice medicine
without being licensed in Japan.. And I remember he has some kind of connection with
Korean doctors, which suggest that he plans to let Korean plastic surgeons earn huge money.
Who can be sure there'll be no trouble with such doctors? He's too shallow..

http://tsushima.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/news/1269172265/l50

>>681
Hmm...alright.
Who do you believe in then?

Oh, another issue of political money...?
I'm sick of it.

Sounds like we all are sick of politics.
Where are we going without a true leader?

But honestly, have we ever had anyone respected as a true leader?

Yoshida Shigeru was one of the true leaders of Japan.

Oh, sorry. I'm not that old and don't know how great he was.

Ahh, you only know bureaucrats ruled Japan, right?

That's right. And I can't expect anyone.
Nothing would change significantly whoever becomes the prime minister.
Maybe slightly changes something but it doesn't really matter.
I might be wrong for thinking this way but...

the glass prison

You can keep throwing a fit non-stop in here and it will change nothing. That's for sure.

5 years ago or so, some of the guys I knew said Koizumi was a tough guy. But I said the Japs didn't like him in the end, saying he was the worst PM in the postwar history.
Anybody ends up like that, even though koizumi and hatoyama are totally different.

anal cunt

>>689
The least I could say is that things have been worse than they used to be after Democratic Party
took over Japan.They call themselved Democratic, but what they did for the past 9 months made our lives
worse. Come to think of it, Kan is also responsible for that since he was a member of the Hatoyama administaration,
but he became Prime Minister. What was that?
He sure can be a good performer and entertainer, but he isn't the appropriate kind of person who deserves to be manage
a state. Sadlly, some Japanese people love to make out a performer to be a good politician (and get disappointed after
he or she isn't far from it)..

Anyway, what we should do now is stop DPJ from doing anything as they like.
In order to do so, we should vote against the party. I'll probably vete for LDP or
Tachiagare Nihon or Nihonsousin, I'm still not decided on where to vote for, but
one thing is for sure; I'll never ever support DPJ.

The least I could say is that we should rely on ourselves.
No matter who the prime minister is.

In my opinion, Japanese politics won't change whoever the prime minister is.
Anyway, it's not prime minister but the U.S. that moves Japan.
The U.S. wrote the senario to make the DPJ fall from the top political party.

Only non-affiliates(voters) can move Japan, not the US.

The LDP's new plan looks like combining a consumption tax hike (from the current 5% to 10%) with a corporate tax cut.
Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) has been asking for this for years, and the LDP seems ready for it now.
It's the voters that are likely to get stuck in a loop, after all...

i dont know much about it but i have this opinion that "the systems" in japan is the problem, like the bureaucratic (kanryo) system.
something is not right about it - not just politicians or citizens.
i think i need to read karen van wolferen's books or something...

so all i can say about that is even if you have another PM, things will end up the same way.
its not about what tax laws or child support laws that the government might implement.

I liked Koizumi.
Then again, the main reason I liked him was probably
that he looked like a Japanese version of Richard Gere.

>>672
I see. I might have made a misunderstand about him.
From now on, I'll think better of him.

>>598
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5047797

Why are those Oblivion players this creative? lol

I dont give a fuck

I hope the new PM will make things better (>_<

I think Hatoyama PM've done a really nice job, judging by his patient.
I can't believe a person who doesn't understand the language in the country take up a post of PM in the country.

>>705
I wouldn't trust in him if I were you.
He also has what's called political money problem, and members of DPJ
says that they don't like to change the schedule of the election because
if Kan should have discussions with parties in no power, he'll make grave
mistakes such as letting slip that he doesn't have any plan to solve problems
like how to move the Okinawa base camp. That should be done by August as promised.
All I want to tell you is that things didn't changed even a bit when Hatoyama was
prime minister. Kan is a performer, not a practical person.

>>706
I can't get you.

+

I hate women.
I'm great-locking man, but I'm stiil virgin.Because women become blind and gone mental.
FUCK OFF AND DIE ALL WOMEN.

>>705
I wish he could.

>>710
No way, you are wrong.
not only women but human kind.
so all we should be perished.

here's an interesting article I've read:
Prisoners convert to Islam for jail perks

Inmates are converting to Islam in order to gain perks and the protection
of powerful Muslim gangs, the Chief Inspector of Prisons warns today.

Dame Anne Owers says that some convicted criminals are taking up the religion
in jail to receive benefits only available to practising Muslims.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7145784.ece

hello, how boring you all are. I think you scare away people
who want to practice English with your incredibly boring political thoughts.

whatever happened to the Japanese gentleman who proposed to me?
I won't be able to make miso soup for him after all.
Oh well I will wait for Kame to give up on KyonKyon.

Kamei Shizuka offered his resignation today.

FUCKME!!!!!!
INSERT YOUre NUTS INTO MYNOSE

24 year old Japanese AV porn star Anri Suzuki is offering Chinese students
in Japan to have sex with her as an act of apology for Japan's atrocities
in China during WWII. Suzuki, who recently got her doctorate degree in history,
did her thesis on Japan's invasion of China in WWII. Grief-stricken by what
she has discovered, she is now offering her body willingly to Chinese students.

"We have to respect history and cannot obliterate it. I want to cure the
wounds of Chinese with my body, and I am practicing this by having sex with
Chinese students in Japan," she said. "I think it is psychological compensation to them.
Actually, Chinese students treat me more friendly and comfortably than Japanese."

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2010/06/182_67319.html

I've got in love with Lelian. The promise I made here was finally fulfilled. lol
I had to ditch Alister before that... You can't be in love with two people at the same time?
Was there a way to accomplish that? Still, the conversations Zevran and I have make me
feel they brought us somewhere.. Can you cheat on Leliana without disturbing her?
I'd never like to break up with her, but it'd be nice to get Zevran's approval points as high as possible
because high approval points unlock "plot skills", strengthening your allies.

By the way, I heard that Leliana has a French accent. Is that true?
If it's true, does that have something to do with the fact that Bioware
is a Canadian developer?
Also, I don't know why, but I have almost no trouble listening to her.
I wonder if some people in Canada are like her. That is, those who speak
both French and English sound a little clearer (to me) than others?

I had battles with werewolfs and it turned out that they used different words,
for examble, "acquiesce". Yeah, I know I tried to remember the meaning of the word
somewhere before, like in a vocabulary book, but couldn't recall what it was at that time.
(I bothered to check online afterwards this time)
I'm sure my English will improve if I refer to the dictionary every time I come across words whose meanings are vague to me,
but honestly I can't bring myself to go that far. It'll take huge amount of time to do so.
Hmm, at any rate, I want to understand the story better.

I read online that Dragon Age was going to be made into anime next year.
Little is known about it, but I'm looking forward to it.

>>718
that's just a rumor. She says that's not true and she even said that
she doesn't have an advanced education in uni.

>>719
Because of your previous post, I went and bought Dragon Age. It wasn't
disappointing (though I hear the expansion isn't really impressive).
Leliana's accent is quite typical of a French speaker fluent in English.
I'm not sure if it's the locale that led them to choose her, though, as
the voice actress lives in the UK (though she is actually French). I suppose
as a voice actress, it's her job to try and convey the accent while still
being clear and delivering understandable speech to a mainly English-speaking
audience. Anyway, Leliana is a refugee from the neighbouring country of Orlais,
which is largely inspired by pre-Revolution France. Alistair is very whiny,
Morrigan is very cynical, but the banter between party members and Zevran and
Oghren is fantastic.

Mass Effect 1 and 2 were very good, and now they have 3 in development, along
with Dragon Age 2. Might have made a mess of this post... very tired.

>>721
>Because of your previous post, I went and bought Dragon Age.
Hahaha, that's good to hear. It seems you've already got ahead of me, though.
I haven't met Oghren yet.
About Leliana's accent, I didn't know about the voice actress, but
it's interesting to know the background info.
If I'm not mistaken, expansions and DLCs are being in product for 2 years till 2011,
so Dragon Age 2 will be released after that.

By the way, I noticed a new function was added to some YT videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U43ey9obR94
Just click on CC and machine subtitles appear on the bottom of the screen.
It's funny the machine can't seem to recognize sounds properly. The original
subs on the upside of the screen don't correspond with the machine subs.

Oh, I got interested in Mass Effect after starting to play Dragon Age.
It's FPS, right? I haven't played FPS so far. Guess I'm not good at it.
Still it's nice to only see Mass Effect gameplay videos. Hopefully, if there's someone
out there creating funnily narrated videos, I'll watch them. lol

A guy I know says a thing like this:
"I like Japanese girls. I don't want to marry a Japanese girl but it's fun to stay with them."
What does he mean? He doesn't really like Japanese?

A guy I know says a thing like this:
"I like Japanese girls. I don't want to marry a Japanese girl but it's fun to stay with them."
What does he mean? He doesn't really like Japanese?

>>724
There are lot's of hurdles for international marriages: language, culture, religion, register...
You know, love is not an only factor for marriages.

I would say, clumsy girls are so cute.
I'd love to go out with them but not for marriage.

>>724
He just wants to fuck japanese girls and not live with them.

>>725
Have you ever suffered from love sickness.
Love is something more powereful than you think so that you can get over such hurdles easily.

>>728
I used to think that way when I was a kid.
The reality is often quite different than you think.

>>728
My English teacher is married with a Japanese woman and they are also blessed with 2 kids.
He said, however, that one of their kids somethimes seems to feel awkward about going to school where all of the students are black hair and black eyes except him.
Having blond hair and blue eyes might make him feel like a lone in the cold in Japan and sheds light on his identity.

Let's get another data.
In the U.S, black orphans who were adopted by white family could become more sensitive about their identity as they grow up than those who were raised by the same-colored parents.

I couldn't agree with you more with respect of that love is powerful. But getting friends is one thing, and getting a spouse is completely another
because we need to consider all the aspects of constructing a family and make up our minds to fight against what the future brings.
It would be hard for couples who grew up in the same country, never mind those in different ones.

We should not easily conclude that love will sort out all the preblems in the world,
or we're going to nix someone's life and contribute to the higher rate of divorce.

Have you notice when your search words include "World Cup," then the
bottom of the page where "Goooooooogle" is writen is replaced with "Goooooooal."

>>730 according to your conclusions the only solution is to make sure the international couple do not have any kids.

This is what the behaviour of the masses are saying to that couple: Don't mix.

How retarded, annoying, uninspired and boring.

>>732
Surely you have an exciting love life.

How do you know?
I make it a habit to make love with my wife every night.
She is so tough that I alomost run out of my love juice.

>>734
Grow up, man!

>>734
Get real.

i love woman.

l like to sex

>>734
Apolojuice!

そう思い込んでいるよ

チョコボールマジック

So is Chocoball Mukai still working as an actor in porno movies?

>>734 is not >>732 btw but it is OK.

You don't deserve to know.

It seems people writing here seem to have really narrow views about life.

For me, I have travelled and lived in different countries, you sound
like an incredibly bored and boring bunch.

I have yet to hear from someone interesting. You are so predictable, I even know what you are going to say next.

You will say "leave this thread".

I will say "you are still boring".

You must be the most boring man all over the world

I don't get it... if this place is so boring, how did you end up here?

Who said this place is boring?
You are the one who is so boring.

But if you are the only person who isn't boring in this place, logic
tells you that the place is boring. But, if the people here are boring
and you are with them, you are probably boring too.

Chill guys lol

Arghhh...all u guys r saying is boring this, boring that...
Well, I find all of u tedious.

Again, you mustn't have much to do tonight if you're with such
boring people.
As for me, I love being bored. I want to meet other people as boring
as me and talk about how boring we are.

What's the point of talking about such a thing?
I do love "free time" with which I can do anything I like but I've never thought of
being bored as a good thing.

i am so scared of coming monday!!!

Ah, dont wanna face to the girl who ditched me this weekend!!!

anyway, guys have a good dream!

Sleeping is only thing that provide me a real relieved time.

One thing is for sure even in this day and age....
That is....


NORIAKI is DA REAL and Slim shady is in all of us. And Cool Tak is da coolest man on earth.

Ha ha ha ha..I love stirring you boring people up every now and then.
You are like tofu and seaweed in a miso soup. You turn and turn
and turn then sink to the bottom of the bowl.
I will tell you what.

Kamenashi Kazuya is not boring at all.

Why don't you follow him a little? Look, he is a vampire in his last music clip.
I want you to appreciate little things in life and talk about it.

I am not a teenager, I swear I am not.

Madhouse and its lunatics. Hey, this place isn't that boring.

You never know whether Kamenashi is boring or not until you actually rub elbows with him.

>>754
As long as you post this thread and this is your favorite place, you are
the same with the rest in this thread.

>>754
You sound like a rude person but that' not your fault and I don't blame you.

It's Slim Shady in you that made you write such a harsh comment.
Slim shady is in all of us. Even a talented golfer like Tiger Woods flirted with
lots of women when he was considred to be a perfect role model.

That's not Tiger's fault, I'd say. It's Slim Shady in him that whispered to him and encouraged him to
flirt with many women. Slim Shady in him was responsible for turning his penis into a "Tiger."

I know you just woke up on the side of your bed. That's often the case when Slim Shady in you
show greater presence in you. That leads you to acting like a rude person.
So again, I don't blame you. After all, Slim Shady is in all of us.

I dismiss your theory of Slim Shady. He is so predictable.
Today's news is tomorrow's kimchi.
So drop that bossy attitude and write something worthwhile.

Or else I will go watch Coffee Prince Episode 7 kissing scenes.

I've watched a few minutes of a world cup match.
Those babafela thingies make one of the most annoying sounds I have ever heard.
I really hope the rest of the world doesn't start using them whenever there's a
soccer match.

>>759
Slim Shady is a metaphor of dark side of each and every people.
Even renowned philanthropists have a dark vicious sides, which is in essence called Slim Shady in them.
As far as I remember, you said you don't like Koean dramas because actors acting style is
too direct and plots lack in subtle expressions compared to Japanese ones.

If you think you want more kisses, here it is from me (・3・）smoochhhhhh
I have bad breath by the way.

Is Slim Shady like YAMIKURO or something?

>>762
Sorry. Don't know what it is.

>>761 I am amazed that you remembered that. Yes I used to think that
way but then I found a couple of outstanding ones that changed my mind.

I don't agree with the dark side theory, we are not the moon you know.

Why don't you use Lotte breath fresheners, your breath will improve
and I will turn into an anime girl.

>>764
You may or may not know this but Lotte is originally a Korean company although some Japanese
people don't even know that. Many 2channelers don't like Korea so Lotte breath
freshners aren't the best option for them.

I don't think I descriminate Korean but still, I prefer Japanese breath freshners than those
made by Lotte. Maybe I'm getting influenced by the idea of 2channelers.
Amazed by the fact that you know Lotte, anyway. Hope Kame doesn't have bad breath. Who knows?

if you search for Ikuta Toma on youtube, his Lotte CM comes up.

The whole world know about Lotte, Panasonic, Pirius thanks to Johnny's.

That makes sense.(・3・）

amazing. I got proposed to and kissed by some cyber-Japanese guys online.
I feel sinful and stupid.

｜3・）
｜
｜

|）彡
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puff

It is good to know you are there. I kiss you back, so now go and kiss
your wife/lover/family and show your love to them.

Today is Japan's World Cup opener.
I don't think they could withstand a continued barrage by Cameroon so long but I hope at least they will give it all.

>>772
My guess is Japan will lose all three games.

Cameroon 2-0 Japan
Denmark 2-0 Japan
Holland 3-0 Japan

I'm 773 and I am Japanese but I can't imagine Japan's national team will win
any game against these teams. If Japan win Cameroon, Japan will gain a momentum and
can beat or tie with Denmark but in reality, Japan's national team even can't beat
Cameroon. It's sad but that's reality.

Even if Japan gains momentum, there's no chance of beating Holland.
The chance of beating Hokllnd is as slim as the chance of me sucking
a woman's nipples.

>>773
I'm not sure if Japan can't score, but over all from an objective viewpoint, I agree with you.
Sadly but there's almost no ground I can imagine Japan will win those 3 opponents; their FIFA rankings
are above that of Japan and the national team didn't win a single game in the last 5 games, so
it'd be really surprising if we won. Mr Okada isn't a good supervisor. He doesn't seem to be tactical.
I wish they showed us their spirits, at least.

Well, your team has won, Glorious 日本.
I didn't expect that.
おめでとう。

>>776
We won!
I didn't expect that, either.

And everyone was being so pessimistic... that was pretty good.

>>778
Yes, we were.
In retrospect, we lost all the 3 games in the first round, and I remember
Japan lost to Australia, 1 point vs. 3 points, and the 3 points were lost during
the last 10 miniutes or so. I thought that might have happened again this time.
Luckily, the goalkeeper overdid himself. So it was surprising we won.
Having said that, I'm not sure we will go to the second round, however.
Even if Japan happened to win against Cameroon, the fact remains that Denmark and Holland
are both really competitive opponents and that we need really good luck in order to even draw.
Anyway, I hope the national team should forget about today's game and put their minds into
preparing for the next game vs. Holland. If we can draw...

It looked like in today's game, Japan　had a motive to win
(..driven by strong motivation ) - but Cameroons was not,
If you meet the hardship it'll make you stronger..?

I'm inclined to taste some South African Wines

speaking of a drink, we had better search some tea for us to drink at next thread.
everyone who is welcomed with tea got tired of liquorice tea.

>>781
Go ahead, if you have any. lol
I don't know if South African wine is famous nor they actually brew any.
Do they?

>>783 You don't even know that? They make trendy white wines.. red wine also..
http://www.pieroth.jp/jp/countries/south_africa.html

It's not terribly famous though..

>>783
South Africa has a very wide variety of wines. They're one of the major
wine-producing countries.

http://www.sawinesonline.co.uk

i think if you go to some major wine shops right now-
they must be featuring some..

(I only tasted them some 10 years ago..but supposedly these new-world wines have
made tremendous developement in last 10 yrs..)

>>785 wow..actually i don't have one in my fridge..

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/liveanalysis-japan-cameroon/?hp
"In a turgid affair in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Japan beat Cameroon, 1-0, on Monday."

(...a turgid affair?)

>>784-785
Thank you guys. It's a shame I didn't know that.
I'm not the kind of person who enjoys having a sip of wine. I try it sometimes but
to be totally truthful, I've never given any thought to where wine was produced. All I know
is that France and Napa valley are famous for wine.
I can't taste the difference. haha

>>789
I've never seen the adjective turgid so I just looked it up online,
and the online dictionary I referred to says the word means swollen.
but I don't know what a swollen affair means, probably some kind of
unexpected huge things? Anyway, there must be something sarcastic about
the sentence. It was meant to carry the meaning of "everyone didn't expect Japan to win,
and it must have been a fluke or something." That's right. I still don't expect
Japan to win against Holland. In my humble opinion there must be a wide gap between the two countries about their skills.

>>790
Nothing shameful about it - I guess some people enjoy wine, some don't.
To me, most things with a significant alcohol content leaves a chemical
taste in my mouth which is really unpleasant, so I just keep away from
most things. Apparently New Zealand and Chile have some very good wines
too.

>>789-790
Must admit I'm stuck on this one too. Have seen the expression printed
in newspapers, but never really gave it much thought. Can't really find
an alternate meaning to the word, either, other than 'swollen'. Perhaps
it means some kind of hype, or an exaggerated event, which is pretty much
what >>790 says. In any case, I doubt England has a chance of winning.
Green, England's goalkeeper, has received much negative press from newspapers
and fanatics alike, over his mistake in the England v USA game where it rolled
in the net from his hands. The manager's either going to give in and replace
him, or try to downplay the incident.

>>791
Thanks again. That reminds me that there's this Japanese saying -
I don't know exactly how it's translated into English, but the idea is,
To ask about what you don't know is a momentary shame, while not to know
about it is a life-long shame. Does that make sense?

Ah, I see. So I guessed right. lol
But I must admit that everyone was being really pessimistic. So I can't complain
about the article.
It may be tough to be sure of winning, but everyone knows that England is one of the teams
that are well-trained and prepared to win the world cup. At least, there's a good chance of
English going to semi final, isn't there?

>>792
Better to ask than to never know, I guess. I'll try and remember that one,
thanks.

Semi-final if they're lucky and play better. Though... it's Slovenia and
Algeria left in the group, so might not be that big a challenge. There
can always be surprises though. I'm interested to see how North Korea play
later today... in 1966, when the World Cup was held in England, they were
almost denied entry visas.

Indeed, it was a fabulous match. I was touched by their fever, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTcONu_NBbw

In my dictionary(it seems ..) "turgid" just means not only "swollen", but-
.. exaggeration, hyperbole, bigmouth..or grandiose..
-Maybe nyt a bit implied their anti-japan sentiment..

>>792
could you tell me what the saying is in Japanese?

I'm not sure if they just meant "exaggerated" as in "drawn-out" or long. Was it a long game?
It's just a tabloid rag being a tabloid rag, it seems.

>>796
I'm not >>792 but the saying he/she meant to say is:

聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥

this is a proverb so the style is a little different from that of
contemporary Japanese. You can add こと　after 聞くand 聞かぬ for you
to understan easier. Plus, ぬ as in 聞かぬ is old grammar style used to
mean "neative" form. So 聞かぬ＝聞かない（not to ask)

How do you say "据え膳喰わぬは一生の恥" in English?

Though, I cannot agree with intent or meaning of this proverb.

>>798
有り難う御座います!

>>800
My pleasure!

>>793
I know next to nothing about those 2 teams. Sounds like they are really
competitive, hmm.
Ah, North Korea... I didn't watch, but they got 1 point from Brazil, that
was good probably. Speaking of NK, the news says that the country broadcast
the game without authorization? Usually, TV stations pay huge money to get
a permission to do so. I'm not sure FIFA will take any action, though.

>>798
Thank you for the cooperation.
That's exactly what I tried to translate.

>>799
My shameful moment again. lol
I haven't heard of that expression.
Care to put the idea into English?
If there's a similar expression in English, probably you'll get across
to English speakers, like "ah, we say the same thing in English like this..."


By the way, it's muggy today, isn't it? The hydrometer in my room indicates
it's nearly 65 percent humidity in my place now. I don't like it.

>>802
There was a rumour that North Korea were pirating the signals from the South,
but instead, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union had worked out a deal with
North Korea (along with six other developing countries) to allow them to broadcast
the games.

It's one of our warmer days today, at 20ºC. It seems to only be warm on alternating
weeks, for some reason, as last week was quite cold and wet, but the week before
was warm. Humidity is 54%, which isn't so bad.

>>799
>>802
据え膳食わぬは男の恥
When petticoats woo, breeks may come speed

tesuto

YESH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh God, it's sparky again... here we go...

>>807

....

what?

>>803
Oh, does that mean NK has been officially and legitimately broadcasting the world cup games?
I didn't expect that. Like you said, I thought they have been pirating the signals from the South.
As far as I know, the funny-faced dictator LOVES soccer very much, so
he'd have done anything if the deal had fallen apart. lol

The same thing happened here in Japan, I mean weather.
It dramatically changed on a daily basis this spring. Snowy days and warmy days. I couldn't
believe it snowed in April.

>>804
That seems difficult. I don't get it...

better ^^

hi!

I am back

>>809
As far as I know, it's completely legitimate. Had no idea Jong-Il was
a football fanatic, though... but I suppose it makes sense, as this is
one of the extremely few events we see North Koreans participating in
overseas. Wonder if the players ever think of defecting.

We had our coldest winter in the past 30 years, but it only went on until
March, I think. Our coldest days were around -30ºC, and the constant
freeze-thaw cycle really messed up and damaged the roads. In the last national
budget, the chancellor put £100m (\13.5b) aside solely for pothole repairs.
And some of the roads were covered in sheet ice, as councils had run out of
road salt. Some people literally crawled across roads on their hands and knees.
But now it's about the perfect temperature.

>>811
I see. The reason I thought NK was bugging the signal was because I read
that South Korea said it wouldn't allow NK to broadcast the games as punishment
for attacking their army ship in March.
Hmm, I'm not sure about defecting, but to my knowledge, it's said that those North Korean representatives
who didn't live up to Kim John Ill's expectation were brought to a cave, where they
were forced to work, excavating something. I don't know how true it was.

-30ºC!? That was horribly freezing. Thought the global warming had started affecting our lives, but
there's someting wrong..

naisu bo-to

>>813
Long time no see.
I guess people who frequented this thread back then are almost all gone except
igirisu-jin. Don't know about lurking people, though.

Lots of people who had handle names are gone.

>>814

!!
what happened?

my ISP got banned from 2channel ><;

http://4ch.irc.su/sparky4/+4/

四葉の芽◇ちゃんねる
still exists

＞８０３
Apparently, it seems to be a measure for impoverished nations

>>815
Maybe they're bored or banned from 2ch like you.
Not sure.

>>818 most likely banned....

hey,guys,
chack the word "enhance" at on-line dictionary of the site of "smart.fm".
do it! right now!
you will see the photo at the wrong place.

>>809
>As far as I know, the funny-faced dictator LOVES soccer very much

I guess that explains why Pyongyang seems to have more football stadiums than it has cars.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=39.040453,125.755219&spn=0.025699,0.054331&z=15

>>821
Really?
That can't be true. lol

>>821
Kim tends to do！

The NK player who scored is an elite military officer and makes less than $2 a month...

http://4ch.irc.su/sparky4/+4/core/src/1276248292333.png

ww

801

>>825
＞男の娘画像ください

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf8rrYthSrE

Welcome back to the right path.

>>827
that is hobby of sparky

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537222,00.html

>RIO DE JANEIRO ― New TV ads are encouraging Brazilians to save water ― by urinating in the shower.
>Brazilian environmental group SOS Mata Atlantica says the campaign, running on several television stations, uses humor to persuade people to reduce flushes.
>The group says if a household avoids one flush a day, it can save up to 1,157 gallons of water annually.
>SOS spokeswoman Adriana Kfouri said Tuesday that the ad is "a way to be playful about a serious subject."
>The spot features cartoon drawings of people from all walks of life ― a trapeze artist, a basketball player, even an alien ― urinating in the shower.

>Narrated by children's voices, the ad ends with: "Pee in the shower! Save the Atlantic rainforest!"

Pee in the shower!
That's environmentally friendly, I think.

I am glad for South Korea to lose Argentina at the game of soccer.

>>829
wwww

Golf tour has oostarted.
Do your best ,Ryo Ishikawa !
I'm supporting !

It is sultry today.
Heavy rain may fall. We have to take care just for a moment.

>>830
Yesterday's Argentina game was very interesting.

Good morning !
Everyone !

It has rained.

although my stay here is only temporary ;_;

If you want to see many people return and i beleve the addicted housewife uses my same ISP

can you contact the Administrators to unban comcast
because that is a major ISP in us & a

It is raining, however I go to shopping quarter.

Such a day we tend to get the find

>>837
There's nothing you can do about it when 2ch bans any ISP.
Some have tried Proxy server but in the end it didn't get to work.

>>839
the administrator team is a bunch of bakas

how can I connect to the internet without an ISP?

PLEASE TELL ME MY TIME IS RUNNING OUT ><;

I will leave tomorrow ><;

【コラム】英語ができない役員は2年後にクビにします　社内英語公用語化
http://anchorage.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/bizplus/1276785808/

>>841
As far as I know, ISP stands for Internet Survice provider and it is a
company that provides you with Internet connection service. So, without
ISP, there's no way you can access the Internet.

What do you mean by your time runnning out and leaving tomorrow?
You mean your access will be denied by 2ch? If so, there's nothing you can do
about it as far as I know. Even if you can't access to 2ch, you can access to
any other websites as long as you have a contract with your ISP.

>>844

I am at a University
and it connects to Internet with NO ISP

TICK TOCK GOSE THE CLOCK
I GET NO ANSWER

WHAAAAA /_;

BYE
I ran out of time

>>834
Soccer seems to make people crazy.
I'm reading this article. It's written in Japanese.
http://southafrica2010.yahoo.co.jp/news/ndetail/20100618-00000529-san-socc

The girlfriend of the Spanish goal keeper, named Sara, is reportedly criticized
because Spain lost to Swiss.
Hmm, people can't help but try to find reasons why they lost...

>>848
> http://southafrica2010.yahoo.co.jp/news/ndetail/20100618-00000529-san-socc

Miss　カルボネロ, she is pitful
It's only anger with no reason !

Some people don't understand that Soccer has less certainty than other sports.

>>849
Yeah, I guess you are right.
But it's understandable at the same time. You know, Spain is ranked in the
second place now, FIFA ranking - so people expected their national team to win
against Swiss, which is in around the 20th place.

>>850
Those teams which are considered to go to second round may feel pressured..
That can't be helped, I guess.

Soccer does not go as ranking.
It is also a good point and is also a severe point.
Especially for people of Europe, it seems to be more special than the person of other countries

Tomorrow is the day has a match of Japan vs Holland in the World Cup.
But, as I said in >>566, I don't have an expectation to Japanese soccer team at all.
So, I won't watch it on TV. And I wonder why are all Japanese soccer freaks excited
by Keisuke Honda's play in the last match of Japan vs Cameroon, all though it was a
first match.
I think they all must be only excited when Japanese soccer team get a victory in this
World Cup. Well, in this time too, they can't do that..., I think.

>>853
> Soccer does not go as ranking.
If it says so, France was also unsavory game progress.

England are playing tonight in a match against Algeria. The expectation
is that England's goalkeeper will be replaced due to his performance in
the first match. It's kind of sad how much the public's view on someone
can go down with a mistake that lasted only a few seconds. And the match
didn't even end in a loss. But football's not really my thing, so I guess
fanatics view things differently.

>>854
It's easy for people to become hyped up during world sporting events, I
think. Almost everyone wishes to see their country do well. As well
as that, if a player stands out in the first game, then people will
take more notice of them and build up expectations on them.

>>854
>>856
If it wins, it will interest further.
I also thought that I would carry out through Japan's game now an honest place.
Probably the viewership of television must also be high with that victory.
If it wins and will lose, various situations will change.
>>853
For the moment, Germany has also lost !

Did you see Germany vs Serbia? That referee was a bloody nutjob!
He churned out 8 cards in a single game, even though neither team played all that unfairly.

>>856
England national team in this WC event has been said to be a great team.
In every World cup, England is expected to move on to best 8 or further
bur especially in this world cup, the expectations are higher.

Some say current England natinal team deserves winning World Cup for the first time in
40? or so years. It was bad Becham got injured before WC but thanks to Rooney and other players,
England national team still gets high reputation. The only problem is a goalkeeper.
I've read somewhere in Japanese media that one and only Achilles heel of England is Goalie.

The media's report is before WC started so when I heard the news that the goalie made a big
mistake in the game against U.S, I was like, "Oh, the report was very accurate."
Goalie is the last fort in the game of football and plays a very important role.

I guess England's football fans know the goalies is the only week point in
England' national team so I think that's why they make a big fuss about
England's goalie, who should be a goalie among three candidates. They know
they have a bigger chance to win the WC this year.

Many media here reports Spain has the biggest chance to win WC, but England can
win it among other candidates such as Argentina, Brazil...

>>856
This may sound rediculous so don't take it seriously.
The goal keeper's mistake was caused by Slim Shady in him.
Slim Shady in him whispered to him that "If you make a mistake here, you can
get lots of attentions from football fans and your name will be on the first page of
newspaper..."

>>859
I had no idea that expectations in other countries were that high. The
current favourites to win are Germany, I think, though that may have
slipped now that Serbia beat them. Spain have lost their first game, and
Argentina have won both, so it'll be interesting to see if losing make Spain
more determined, or if it's ruined their morale.

Apparently the goalkeeper hadn't been very good even in football training
these past few days, so it looks as if Capello will exchange Green for
James, a more experienced goalkeeper.

It'll be interesting to see how Japan do against Netherlands tomorrow,
as both teams have a win apiece.

>>860
He certainly made the front page of most newspapers here the following
day. He may have been a bit depressed, too, knowing that he would never
be as cool as Cool Tak.

goodbye

I will not know when will be my return

but it will be soon

><;
I know nothing!!!!

There is Japan's game today. I am exciting.
I am going to look at the game of baseball in the morning and the daytime.
I can enjoy myself by a sports program all day long today.
Of course, the main is watching the program of soccer.

>>848
It is said that she was just used as a decoy to distract the public attention away from this couple,
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Pique. They said they were just talking and denied the rumor, but it's quite obvious.
You know, they shouldn't have to hide and feel ashamed about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR_M1dZl2Eo

>>861
haha! I laughed when I read the Cool Tak part at the end of your post.
Nice joke! You're almost as cool as Cool Tak! (I said ALMOST because as you
know, no one can be as cool as, more cool than for that matter, Cool Tak)

>>862
Maybe it's just me but I don't understand why you have to leave.
You're expecting access denial from 2ch? Your main playground is 4chan if I'm not
mistaken so there's no big deal about access denial to 2ch, I suppose...
Or your access to 4chan has been denied and that's the reason you showed up
here for the first time in a year or so...

Ryo Ishikawa ,brilliant !
He is the end of the first day at the second place.
Mr. Ryo is also doing his best.

>>866
He used to look more cute and cool. Now he has lots of pimples on his
cheeks and they look a bit ugly now. I woder why.

I'm not "Uho," by the way.

I'm high school student, and I'm not have enough money.
I wanna buy PC parts to do PC games, games are quite fun and make me so happy.
should I do part-time job? No, I not wanna going to work.
Please give me lot of money!!

>>868
Why on earth do I have to gie you my precious money?
Earn your money on your own. Sell your young body to middle-aged
homosexual men. You can earn 10000yen or more for an anal sex.

>>867
I think it is not bad that his falt is in the appearance portion.
I am anxious about his doing CM of English conversation called super listening.
It is because suspiciousness is felt for the CD sale. This is important.
To be sure, he may be able to catch English, however is it because he had heard the CD only ?
I think it is no.
I regard as overseas experience that he can be catching English.
He had better not do such a CM.The point is disappointing. I think so.

Is there any possibility that a girl who sell her body for money on purpose is sentenced to some guiltiness?

You can find any amount of possibility

There is always a good possibility that you are a latent homo as well.

But, it's not guaranteed that it's worth to try to find.

>>870
No one can improve English just by listening to "Speed Learning."

I saw these posts in some british forum..

They were kind of praising Japan's soccer game today- such as...:

Holland aren't looking so wonderful right now. The Japanese are defending well.

Holland 71% possession - but not doing a lot. The game feels more even than that.

The Dutch are looking a tiny bit rattled. Not that they're not capable of scoring again.

Good work from the Japan keeper.

they have looked good tonight.. no shame in this performance

damn...thought japan was gonna nick an equlizer.. still.. a good showing

Full time. Can't complain about the result, but it could have been a draw so very easily.

yea

Japan's football looks by far the furthest developed of the asian nations.

(Last time I posted there by myself too...but now I didn't feel like..)

>>876
In that case, they're probably more impressed with Japan's performance
than with England's. Yesterday, England's own fans booed them as they
were leaving the pitch after drawing 0:0 with Algeria. Now the media
are making a fuss over Rooney's sarcastic remark, "Nice to see your home
fans boo you. That's what loyal support is".

What is the difference from England ?

Japan lost yesterday. But I do not feel inclined to boo.
Probably mass media will not depreciate a Japanese player, either.
Doesn't mass media praise good fight rather?
And mass media will move subject to the following Denmark game.
What is the difference from England ?
Is it because there is recognition that Japan is weak, after all?

>>879
I really have no idea why people had such a negative reaction. After
looking through a couple message boards, it seems that people feel that the
players they support owe them an exciting game, or a good match. People
feel let down, that the apparent sacrifices they made to be able to
travel to South Africa and watch the game were wasted. The media had
made Rooney look like the bad guy, so he has apologised for his comment
now.

I think it was selfish of the spectators to do so, as what motivation
do the players have to play well, now that their fans appear to be
against them? If England has no fighting spirit next game, the fans
only have themselves to blame.

Was sat in a bar earlier, having lunch, and the screen was on (you can't
get away from the football these days), so caught the first half of the
Japan vs. Holland match. Japan definitely put up a good fight.

The best idea would be put Susan Boyle in Forward Position.
Oh, she's from Scotland, not England.

>>881
Maybe she's an ABE supporter. Music and video retailer HMV have been in
a spot of bother over ABE merchandise these past couple days...

>>882
Some serches about "Abe" got me nowhere. What's the trouble about?

Another search told me "in a spot of bother" is a British expression and
it's good to for me to learn the new British expression.

Speaking of HMV, here's a blog post about Tokyo's HMV.
http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2010/06/15/hmv-japan-to-close-in-japan/

http://i50.tinypic.com/2hd8n0x.jpg

England doesn't seem to be doing so well. Especially since Soccer is a very big thing in their country.
The picture is very related.

All I can say for sure is for you not to dwell on the things past.
Japan lost. Yes, Japan lost. Again, Japan lost. Japan lost.
But you guys should look forward and consider what should be done next time.
You should have learned a lesson from losing the game. Japan lost. But Japan lost.
Hope you can consider what you should do now. Japan lost, but Japan lost.
And you dwell on it? Then there's no improving. You'll lose again.

Compared with the fact that Japan lost, England hasn't lost even a game.
Japan lost while England never lost. This means Japan will lose again while
England will win. Japan lost.

Compared with the fact that Japan lost, America hasn't lost even a game.
Japan lost while America never lost. You can imagine Japan will lose again,
while it's impossible America will lose, based on the fact that America did
score and brought the game to a draw. Japan should know the national team is
below the par level. Japan is fairly weak. All the teams except for Japan
are really strong. Japan actually lost. That explains very well how weak Japan is.

Brazil 1
Spain 2
Portugal 3
Holland 4
England 8

Japan 45

Denmark is a better team than Japan. See the rank.
Denmark 36
Japan 45
This tells you clearly there's no possibility Japan will win.
All Japan should do is try to keep up. Drawing the game will take you to second round.

In my impression, the Dutches felt unexpected pressure from Japan..
while.. at first they were belittling them ..
Maybe because members of Japan team were spiritually quite unified?..
...that might be unusual for Dutches, and they couldn't perform so well
but barely scored one point from japan?..
(Maybe the same thing contributed to defeat Cameroon IMHO)

>> 889 I don't think such ranking is meaningful- It was clear if you
observed yesterday's game with Dutch.
The performance has all betrayed conventional "ranking" at all..

The extremity of Japan team's unified spirit..

>>891
It's important. Japan lost. Holland is in the 4th place.
Everyone knew Japan was going to lose and that happened as expected.

Actually I just spotted some posts in British message boards written like this;

'S' said:

"Brazil v North Korea was entertaining, but there have been several better games than that in the second set of matches.

Japan only need a draw v Denmark. They are capable of doing that and could score one or two past Denmark's creaky defence..."

'G' said:

Can anyone make sense of this gibberish from the BBC website?

<<Japan came into the match off the back of their first World Cup win on foreign soil after beating Cameroon 1-0 on Monday.

And the afterglow of that historic achievement was evident in the admirable tactical nous they executed in the first half.

How does a victory generate tactical nous by glowing? >>

'C' said:
"It probably makes sense in Japanese"

'R' said:

"In plain English, the victory over Cameroon gave them the confidence to successfully
stifle the Netherlands in the 1st half."..

(--Are they denigrating Japan after all?--)

..or what?
- (anyway BBC website seems to be flattering Japan)

>>891
You seemed to fail to learn the lesson from the loss of the game.
Now you made me sure Japan will lose against Denmark.

I don't even believe you are a Japanese..

I'm not sure what your nationality is concered with in this conversation?
Japan lost. That's the reality. You should learn a lesson from it.
But you seem to keep letting yourself indulge in a sweet dream. Wake up!
Japan is so weak it can't hold a candle against Denmark when it comes to Soccer.
Hope you understand.

The first guy in 894 posts also says Japan could actually equalize with Denmark,
..I think that may be true-.

The BBC Articles is this;

..Japan came into the match off the back of their first World Cup win on foreign soil after beating Cameroon
1-0 on Monday.

And the afterglow of that historic achievement was evident in
the admirable tactical nous they executed in the first half as
they stifled the Netherlands' search for fluid creativity with
regimental efficiency in front of a near-full Moses Mabhida Stadium.

The Dutch, who are now unbeaten in 21 matches, started like a
team full of quiet confidence as they kept possession well and
used the width of Dirk Kuyt on the right and Rafael van der Vaart on the left.

Inter Milan midfielder Sneijder had the first clear chance but,
on this occasion, could not keep his long-range shot, from a
free-kick, down - a common sight in South Africa as players
struggle to tame the much-criticised Jabulani ball.

When they did break up the Netherlands' passing, Grenoble midfielder
Daisuke Matsui looked bright for Japan - instigating an incisive
move that eventually resulted in Yuto Nagatomo hitting a stinging
shot just wide.

The Asian side slowly began to frustrate the Dutch, who struggled
to bring striker Robin van Persie into the game and lacked a killer pass.

And by the end of the first half Japan had relative control, with towering Brazilian-born
defender Tulio heading just wide before Matsui lashed a decent
volley straight at goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg..

>>899
That's impossible.
According to the TV media all around the world, Japan's games were boring.
Compared to that, Korea is considered really good. They were exciting,
and people expect Korea to step up to the second stage.

But the Netherlands - who have never won the World Cup, despite
a rich pedigree of world-class footballers - took the second
half by the scruff of the neck, with Van Persie breaking free
on a couple of occasions.

After a period of concerted pressure as the ball ricocheted
around the box in the 52nd minute, the Arsenal striker managed
to nudge it into the path of Sneijder.

Loitering just outside the penalty area, the Inter Milan star
lashed a powerful right-foot shot towards goal that keeper
Eiji Kawashima could only deflect into the net when he was well
placed to make an effective save.

That moment liberated both teams and no longer could containment
tactics be the limit of Japan's ambitions.

They responded in kind, Van Persie finding himself hooking a
dangerous cross from substitute Shunsuke Nakamura over his own
crossbar from within the six-yard box.

Hamburg's Eljero Elia came on as a substitute for Van der Vaart
and nearly recreated the impression he had from the bench in
the Netherlands' first match, cleverly releasing Ibrahim Allelay
for a one on one, although his fellow substitute could not add
a second with seven minutes remaining as Kawashima smothered his attempt.

Japan had the best chance to level the score one minute from time but unmarked
substitute Shinji Okazaki fired over from 10 yards...

Seconds later, referee Hector Baldassi waved away penalty claims
as Yuto Nagatomo went down under a challenge from Manchester
City midfielder Nigel de Jong and the Dutch clung on to achieve
maximum points from their opening two fixtures.

Cameroon play Denmark at 1930 BST in the fourth group E match.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/mobile/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_24/default.stm

Korea beat Japan in the pre-opening match, 2 - 0.
Everyone says Korea is far better than Japan.

(another comment:)

Whilst Holland beat Denmark in their opening game, Japan triumphed,
albeit narrowly, over Cameroon and the Dutch boss added:
“They have progressed a lot. They have been together for a long
time and have played lots of matches.

"They have been looking for some time to find a style of play
which they didn't have in qualifying. But they appear to have
found that style. I have a lot of respect for the Japan coach
and his team and we will not be under-estimating them."
http://www.givemefootball.com/world-cup/holland-v-japan-big-match-preview

I found the nationality of 904, although it doesn't really matter..

Or it may not be true..but anyway,
I see some positive comments toward us..like the one posted below this page..
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifaworldcup/postgame/story/2010/06/19/sp-netherlands-japan.html

Korean guys are really popular among girls all over the world.
Girls in the world say Korean guys look really cool and attractive.
They get interested in Korean guys thanks to Korean Wave.

I'm sure I have never been sucked under Korean Wave.

I'm always playing PC and games on weekend!!
Sports?Trip?Sex?No, Fuck u say

>>883
The 'ABE' movement is more prominent in Scotland and Wales - its supporters
support 'Anyone But England', which has led to some allegations of racism due
to the promotion of the brand.

It's a shame about HMV, though I guess since it's a British chain, they don't
feel the need to try and revive it, as a nationally-founded chain might. Anyway,
I believe HMV Japan is operated in name only, and is owned by a different group
- DSM. Over here, HMV Group runs both the UK's largest music/video chain, as well
as the largest bookstore chain (Waterstones).

I'm pretty fucking sure none of you guys play soccer irl and usually even care for it. Neither do I.

Actually I am not interested in those kind of sports at all.

Was it hot today? I don't know because I have been staying home all the day.

What sports do you people really do ?
I am sure most of you surf the net and play games.
But,,, what about real sports?

I try to stretch, run, practice a bit of martial arts and a dance
bit of tango.

>>908 Lee Min ho is really good looking must admit.
You must have good plastic surgeons in Korea.

I bought a software called EIGODUKE. It is very interesting

hi
its first time to write here

>>911
Thank you for the input regarding ABE. Nevert thought it was an acronym.
The divide in UK maybe be more serious than I think.

It is important that Cote d'Ivoire took one point.
Leaving of Kaka is the mistake of a referee.
It was a synthetically interesting game.

http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv19795062

Just in case this thread races ahead again, just a gentle reminder...

http://www.odinsbeard.net/imgdump/CIE142.png

What's this scandal?
Is that serious?
Why aren't Japanese media reporting this?

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11115036

According to the Taiwanese news, Kan Naoto cheated on his wife with a Korean hostess
and have a 2 year-old infant live in Korea now.
If this is true, what's this ugly Prime Minister? He should make a comment on this.