On 06/04/2010 06:47 PM, dame_zumari wrote:
> On Jun 4, 6:16 am, CL<flot...@yahoo.com>  wrote:
>
>> Back when it was still a fish wrapper but for a much better grade of
>> fish, The Japan Times did an April Fools edition with a letter to the
>> editor that went something like:
>>
>> "Some of my friends are real pranksters.   The Public Prosecutor was
>> just here with the police and they found that a few of my old buddies
>> from the construction industry stopped by and told my wife that they
>> were going to fix the sagging floor in my tatami room.  They did a real
>> good job and the floor feels solid.  Imagine my surprise when the Public
>> Prosecutor pulled back the tatami and found that the repair guys had
>> filled in the space with gold bars.  What wacky friends.  Always good
>> for a practical joke ... "
>>
>> Just tried  to Google at the JT site and didn't find it.  I had heard
>> that their back numbers had been clipped heavily at the request of their
>>    owner, who was angling for a post in Keidanren.  So it is either there
>> and I don't remember the magic words and secret dance or the Long Knives
>> got it.
>
> Or it might have been the ... uh... unofficial issue of the Japan
> Times (Motto: "Without Flair or Flavor") that appeared on April 1 some
> time ago. I do have a copy of it, but it'll be packed away in storage
> (I hope... otherwise I'll be annoyed at losing it---it was a very good
> pastiche).

That would be the one with the Page One photo of people surfing past the 
Kansai Kokusai Kuukou control tower, right?  I also have a copy ... 
somewhere ...

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CL