"Ed" <gwbush@whitehouse.com> wrote in message

> or is Japanese television becoming even more brain-dead than usual?

No idea. Who has tried to watch it recently ? Friday, a NHK guy visited me.
I was about to tell him I was too busy to talk, but I don't know why I've
just said the truth : "Why would I watch Japanese TV ? My life is not that
boring...". He went away imediatly.

Kuri