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Tempest
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 2:13 am Reply with quote
This is rather amusing

http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20040427p2a00m0dm008000c.html
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 2:27 am Reply with quote
So, how 'bout those posts stating that anime can't be applied to real life? There's your answer, buddy. Laughing

4,000.......the man's IS the Happosai. Now if we could only find a Panda holding up signs......
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 2:37 am Reply with quote
Oh no! Them cartoons is coming to lifes! Shocked
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:03 am Reply with quote
i actually thought that would be quite common in Japan, hell it's common here.
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Godaistudios



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:08 am Reply with quote
v1cious wrote:
i actually thought that would be quite common in Japan, hell it's common here.


Maybe where you live! Razz

Actually, I wouldn't have imagined it to be overly common, but this is too much. Tell me, is the guy also really short and does he carry a pipe too? Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:50 am Reply with quote
Laughing. Whoo boy, I cannot believe this. I'm shocked, yet refreshingly amused by this.

I never thought there'd be something this extreme in the news. Next thing you know, the guy might have even more charges against him for carrying stashes of illegal firework bombs. Anime exclamation
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rage-demon



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:20 pm Reply with quote
He must be Happosai if he could avoid being arrested for 30 years.

Man this is just wrong... funny, but wrong Laughing
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Nani?



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:06 pm Reply with quote
The truth is stranger than fiction. But the truth is still very very wrong.

Nagisa said,
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Oh no! Them cartoons is coming to lifes!


Thanks, I knew something was different after my shower this morning.

All the best,

Nani?
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Desslar



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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2004 1:36 pm Reply with quote
This sort of thing happens all the time in Japan. Frankly it's pretty harmless. Annoying for those who have to replace their underwear, but no big deal otherwise.
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The Lamb



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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2004 3:19 pm Reply with quote
Well, it is illegal now to trade in used underwear in Tokyo if the original owner is underage. Those vending machines are all gone!

http://www3.tky.3web.ne.jp/~edjacob/vending.html

Check out the middle box, third one down from the top.
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Hotaru



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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2004 8:39 pm Reply with quote
the link doesn't work, but i can use my imagination as to what happened
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The Lamb



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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2004 4:05 pm Reply with quote
There are some other useful and fun Japanese vending machines there. The Lobster vending machine was my favourite, but the beer one isn't too bad either!

Here's what it say's about panty vending:

USED PANTIES
Police in Japan are trying to curb an unsavoury trade. In early September, three business men stocked around 90 vending machines in outer Tokyo with used underwear "guaranteed to have been worn by a Japanese schoolgirl." Each garment sells for about $29.
After searching the rule books, the police have finally charged the three entrepreneurs with violating the Antique Dealings Law, which stipulates that dealers need a license. Used panties as antiques? The police say that some of the underwear was bought from second hand dealers. The trio may also be charged with swindling, if it can be shown that the panties on sale had not really been worn by female students.

There is also some info that now all used underwear must come from owners who aren't underage. There's also a mention that the trade in used mens' underwear isn't very profitable.
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