10 funnest things to do in Tokyo/Osaka
X Japan
1) Tokyo Disneyland
2) Magazine Browsing at the Circle K in Asakusa
3) Defending the US Invasion of Iraq to the Japanese and non-American
gaijin
4) Getting those cute Pingu gifts at Mr. Donut (and comparing the
quality of their donuts to Krispy Kreme)
5) McDonalds! (but I'll pass on the Teriyaki burger, thanks)
6) Going to Shinjiku, and defending the Bush adminstration's track
record on international trade (steel tariffs, softwood lumber tariffs,
etc)
7) riding the JR Line (which, btw, has nothing on the Seattle
monorail)
8) riding the Shinkansen (which, btw, has nothing on Amtrak)
9) riding the subway (which, btw, has nothing on Buffalo's light rail)
10) Getting into fights at Roppongi
In Osaka:
1) University City Osaka, of course dude!
2) hanging out at Kansai Intl Airport, and thinking I'm at the Denver
airport
3) going to Kyoto (home of that lameduck pollution treaty), and
defending the Bush administration's environmental record
4) scalping b-ball tickets in front of the Osaka Dome
5) boozing 'n boating down in Kobe
6) fending of those peacenik Frenchmen, Swedes and Canadians down at
the local gaijin house
7) the Wendy's at Namba Station
8) riding the Osaka JR Loop (which, btw, has nothing on the 1-70
highway loop in Indianapolis)
9) extolling the virtues of American-made cars (particularly Fords)
10) ordering "tako", and then complaining when I don't get ground
meat, cheddar cheese and salsa wrapped in a hard tortilla shell
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"X Japan" <japans...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> 2) hanging out at Kansai Intl Airport, and thinking I'm at the Denver
> airport
Why don't you buy a ticket and go to Kansas Intl Airport ? Oh no, a better
idea : go to Bagdad and explain them why Bush is so great.
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Travers Naran
> 8) riding the Shinkansen (which, btw, has nothing on Amtrak)
That's harsh, man.
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Kevin Gowen
Should he also explain it to the Kurd pictured below?
http://tinyurl.com/l188
I have you give it to you French, you finally beat the US at something.
You were able to sell 13 times more weapons to Iraq than we were!
Congrats! Of course, the true prize goes to the Russians, who sold 57
time more arms than us. I just love you champions of peace!
We had to settle for tying with Denmark.
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is best for society."
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John Yamamoto-Wilson
> > Why don't you buy a ticket and go to Kansas Intl Airport ? Oh no, a
better
> > idea : go to Bagdad and explain them why Bush is so great.
Kevin Gowen wrote:
> Should he also explain it to the Kurd pictured below?
> http://tinyurl.com/l188
Perhaps Kurdish love of the US is not based on confidence in its
nation-building ability (which would preclude the establishment of an
independent state), but rather on a growing suspicion that it is actually
incompetent, and that very incompetence may result in the Kurdish dream of
independence being realised? (See, e.g., http://tinyurl.com/l2ka.) Or just
because the instability gives them a chance to do a spot of looting (see,
e.g., http://tinyurl.com/l2ku)? Such love may turn out to be very
short-lived, especially if - as has happened before - the Kurds feel
encouraged to take a stand only to find that they do not get the support
they expected.
> I have you give it to you French, you finally beat the US at something.
> You were able to sell 13 times more weapons to Iraq than we were!
> Congrats! Of course, the true prize goes to the Russians, who sold 57
> time more arms than us. I just love you champions of peace!
>
> We had to settle for tying with Denmark.
My commiserations.
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"Kevin Gowen" <kgowen...@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
> Should he also explain it to the Kurd pictured below?
> http://tinyurl.com/l188
Why not ? If that guy is ready to talk to a boring American teenager that
even the Japanese don't want as an eikaiwa target.
Do you think this Kurd's grand-father also kissed the feet of Wilson in 1919
? I mean when the Kurdistan *became* an independant country thanks to the
American apprentice wizards.
If the Kurds (or any others *friends* of the US) blow the UN office in
Bagdad instead of the Pentagone, that's not for the beautiful eyes of Bush,
it's only because the Pentagone is harder to attack.
> I have you give it to you French, you finally beat the US at something.
> You were able to sell 13 times more weapons to Iraq than we were!
But you forget you've sold them the SUPER HERO'S WEAPON OF MASSIVE
DESTRUCTION, the only one that counts.
> We had to settle for tying with Denmark.
Their cookies are better.
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Drew Hamilton
>5) McDonalds! (but I'll pass on the Teriyaki burger, thanks)
Bah, the Teriyaki McBurger is the best thing that McDonald's sells anywhere
in the world.
- awh
Michael Cash
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>
>"Kevin Gowen" <kgowen...@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
>
>> Should he also explain it to the Kurd pictured below?
>> http://tinyurl.com/l188
>
>Why not ? If that guy is ready to talk to a boring American teenager that
>even the Japanese don't want as an eikaiwa target.
>
>Do you think this Kurd's grand-father also kissed the feet of Wilson in 1919
>? I mean when the Kurdistan *became* an independant country thanks to the
>American apprentice wizards.
Did your grandfather kiss the Kaiser's boots?
Michael Cash
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>X Japan <japans...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Which ain't saying one whole hell of a lot, Drew.
Eric Takabayashi
> Bah, the Teriyaki McBurger is the best thing that McDonald's sells anywhere
> in the world.
No, that's the Lettuce Pepper Burger, on sale for a limited time two or three
years ago, and never seen again. The original Kalbi Mac was also excellent.
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> If the Kurds (or any others *friends* of the US) blow the UN office in
> Bagdad instead of the Pentagone, that's not for the beautiful eyes of Bush,
> it's only because the Pentagone is harder to attack.
And hey, they've got these bombs they just HAVE to use, right?
>> I have you give it to you French, you finally beat the US at something.
>> You were able to sell 13 times more weapons to Iraq than we were!
> But you forget you've sold them the SUPER HERO'S WEAPON OF MASSIVE
> DESTRUCTION, the only one that counts.
?? What ARE you ranting about?
Mike