Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!passion.nalgo.co.jp!news.moat.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!postnews2.google.com!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: NHK Children's Shows pre-occupation with poop. Date: 13 Sep 2004 09:03:21 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 28 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: odah37.prod.google.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1095091402 27835 127.0.0.1 (13 Sep 2004 16:03:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:03:22 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/0.1 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:18316 Rawhead Rex (RSPW's post inspector) wrote: > When I pick up my son from daycare after work, we sit down and watch the > children's shows on NHK. We usually watch "Inai, Inai, baa!" and "Okaasan > to Issho". On the former show, there is usually a song that plays every 2 > or 3 days about potty training and how refreshing and *fun* pooping is. On > "Okaasan to Issho", there is a mini cartoon called "Pants Pankuro" which is > about a bird that wears underwear and every episode is either about him > taking a poop, soiling his underwear, or wetting the bed. And while the > aforementioned song has some educational value about showing 2 year olds > how to potty train, the "Pants Pankuro" cartoon just serves to see how many > urine and poop references can be made in a 90 second space with no value. > So, people, why is there a pre-occupation with the dirtiest human bodily > functions on NHK TV? Probably related to the Japanese obsession with the ass in general. John W.