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From Weregeek's Alina Pete comes a link to this important warning from the world of pest control. Those caltrops she found on her stairs might be a sign of a ninja infestation: Pest Control

spastichick's recent post reminded me why I like checking the Mainichi Daily News. In US police officer takes aim to save skunk with head in jar we learn about how an officer in Michigan cautiously set out to free a skunk from the tyranny of salad dressing jars.

US man ... swigs beer, gives police middle finger lets us know that beer and obscene gestures will not save you from arrest. "Galloway told deputies he would have fought them all if he had not been jolted with the Taser". Poor guy, all he wanted to do was drive drunk on a suspended license.

Man douses women with bleach to whitewash memories of awful marriage Um... Right... Remember everyone, stupidity knows no national boundaries.

And on a happier note, Princess Aiko attends kindergarten sports festival. Wait. Royals acting in a non-brain-damaged manner? Smiles that look real rather than painted on? You know, I bet if the British asked very nicely some of the other nations in the world might be willing to help out with a Royalty transplant. Meanwhile I just have to say, boy the Japanese have a cute princess. Here's hoping she'll be allowed to keep that smile as she grows up.

In the US we get the iPhone. The Japanese on the other hand get a phone that can give you a fitness check. This new phone from NTT DoCoMo monitors body movement and calculates caleries burned, can measure your pulse, and estimate body fat if you hold it in your outstretched arms. Of course when it was mentioned on the local news the only part they mentioned was the bad breath sensor, so they could make fun of it of course.

Snerk. Giggle. Oh my, hilarious! Two versions of an ad for a Japanese pet magazine.

Ad for PAFE

Ad for PAFE without subtitles

And a lady in a bird costume sells a tea drink.


And a cat puts up with dogs after being taken to a dog cafe where the dogs like cats.

I have no clue how to describe this other than weird.

Weird cosplay gameshow I think...

Found via tvinjapan.com

Found via BoingBoing, a clip from a Japanese program that covers what would happen if the Earth were struck by a really big rock. How big? Bigger than Japan big. Make the atmosphere splash like it was water big. Really, really big.

Thanks to an RPG.net photoshop thread (make covers of games that should not be!) I discovered something new. Apparently there is a series of capsule toys called Mecha Musume that has figurines of girls cosplaying as WWII mecha. Better still, many of them cosplaying as catgirls cosplaying as WWII mecha.

Here's the Konami Mecha Musume page. Just one question, what do I have to do to get a British Valentine tank catgirl?

What, like you didn't already know I was weird. :}