We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that chuckers has
exploded. Flight director confirms that:

>On Jul 5, 8:59?am, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp>
>wrote:
>> We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that chuckers has
>> exploded. Flight director confirms that:
>>
>>
>>
>> >On Jul 2, 8:04?pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >[edit]
>> >> In my travels around the country, I don't think I have ever seen an
>> >> elementary school that does not have a pool ... and I don't think I have
>> >> ever seen a clean one. ?[...]
>>
>> >> --
>> >> CL
>>
>> >On a recent "owarai" tv show, there was a woman (whose name I forget)
>> >whose schtick was talking about her home prefecture of Toyama.According
>> >to her, Toyama leads in the least number of schools with pools, ranking
>> >47 out of 47.
>>
>> >Total number of schools with pools (according to her) was: ZERO.
>>
>> >Since it was on (Japanese) TV, it *must* be true.
>>
>> There is little difference between a Japanese variety show and a professional
>> wrestling card.
>>
>
>Except that if the variety show goes a bit too far, the next week they will
>have some talking head on at the end apologising for talking crap. Assuming
>they get caught, of course.
>
>After the kerfluflle with KTV making up data to support Tofu being good for
>weight loss, I was hoping they were going to rename the show "NAI NAI
>Daijiten."

The thing that always amused me about that particular kerfluffle was the fact
that the day after that show was broadcast, all stores everywhere were TOTALLY
EMPTY of tofu. SOLD OUT. People were stampeding for the tofu aisle for days
afterward.

People can be so vain, you know?


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