Ping Louise

Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson

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Nov 16, 2003, 11:27:07 PM11/16/03

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As I know you hang out in alt.folklore.urban, I thought you might like
to know that next Sunday at 8pm, Project X is doing Japanese Urban
Legends or somesuch sort of program. The wee trailer that they had
suggested that people say the pedestrian sign - the blue sign with the
adult leading the kid by the hand - actually means a kiddie's been
murdered on that street...

I wonder if they'll do Michael's story from a couple of years back
about the gaigin kidnapper at TDL?

Ken

Louise Bremner

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Nov 17, 2003, 12:19:15 AM11/17/03

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Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson <ken_ni...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> As I know you hang out in alt.folklore.urban, I thought you might like
> to know that next Sunday at 8pm, Project X is doing Japanese Urban
> Legends or somesuch sort of program.

Thanks for the info--I don't often watch the broadcast channels
nowadays. Don't even buy a TV guide any more (as in: what channel?).

> The wee trailer that they had
> suggested that people say the pedestrian sign - the blue sign with the
> adult leading the kid by the hand - actually means a kiddie's been
> murdered on that street...

Haven't heard that one.

>
> I wonder if they'll do Michael's story from a couple of years back
> about the gaigin kidnapper at TDL?

Hmmmmm.... they can't do many of the gaigin-related ULs at that time
slot.... Except the redeye one, of course.

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Dave Fossett

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Nov 18, 2003, 4:26:36 AM11/18/03

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Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:

> As I know you hang out in alt.folklore.urban, I thought you might like
> to know that next Sunday at 8pm, Project X is doing Japanese Urban
> Legends or somesuch sort of program. The wee trailer that they had
> suggested that people say the pedestrian sign - the blue sign with the
> adult leading the kid by the hand - actually means a kiddie's been
> murdered on that street...

Thanks. But actually it is NTV's "Tokumei Research 200X" (channel 4 in the
Kanto area).

> I wonder if they'll do Michael's story from a couple of years back
> about the gaigin kidnapper at TDL?

Maybe they'll also do the one about how a small regional bank went bankrupt
after a false rumour was spread that it was in financial trouble, causing
everyone to withdraw their money.

--
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan

Kim Il Zoom

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Nov 19, 2003, 9:32:55 AM11/19/03

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PMFJI, but as I see this word popping up again,
what is a "gaigin"?

TIA,
Kim

Louise Bremner

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Nov 19, 2003, 5:16:16 PM11/19/03

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Kim Il Zoom <kim-i...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> PMFJI, but as I see this word popping up again,
> what is a "gaigin"?

Does your dictionary contain the word "shibboleth"? (Or "sibboleth", and
I must be thick because I've only just now realised how appropriate it
would be for a Japanese-language context....)

Mad Dan

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Nov 19, 2003, 10:19:00 PM11/19/03

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Kim Il Zoom <kim-i...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<3FBB7F09...@hotmail.com>...

> PMFJI, but as I see this word popping up again,
> what is a "gaigin"?
>
> TIA,
> Kim
>

A homosexual who drinks a lot of gin.

I'm one - are you?

Haluk Skywalker

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Nov 20, 2003, 1:53:35 AM11/20/03

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"Mad Dan" <mad...@keepitloud.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
yazdi:badf481.03111...@posting.google.com...

I guess that makes me straightgin

Brett Robson

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Nov 20, 2003, 2:07:23 AM11/20/03

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On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:53:35 +0200, Haluk Skywalker ...

Bryan must be over-poof

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Michael Cash

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Nov 20, 2003, 5:36:15 AM11/20/03

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On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:53:35 +0200, "Haluk Skywalker"

<yokoo...@spam.net> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:

Let's try to stay on tonic for once, shall we?

Bryan Parker

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Nov 20, 2003, 8:37:17 AM11/20/03

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No shit! The guy asks a simple question and all he gets are silly
replies from a buncha freakin' rummys.

I know we were sloe but, A GAIGIN is a foreigner booze in Japan.

--
Bryan with a マ-ファキン "Y"

Kim Il Zoom

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Nov 20, 2003, 11:03:29 AM11/20/03

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Hi Bryan,

Thanks for your remark. I know very well that
"gaigin" is a misspelled gaijin, 外人.

I asked the question just for the heck of it,
and yes, there was some haul.

Rgds.
Kim

Louise Bremner

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Nov 20, 2003, 6:29:28 PM11/20/03

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Kim Il Zoom <kim-i...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I asked the question just for the heck of it,
> and yes, there was some haul.

You were fishing? Congratulations on that nice troll.

Louise Bremner

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Nov 20, 2003, 6:52:15 PM11/20/03

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Bryan Parker <puntspe...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Nope--a gaigin is a gaigin wherever he fizz.

Kim Il Zoom

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Nov 21, 2003, 5:28:09 AM11/21/03

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Louise Bremner wrote:

I appreciated your friendly remark, Louise. /Kim

Bryan Parker

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Nov 21, 2003, 8:23:40 AM11/21/03

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On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:52:15 +0900, dame_...@yahoo.com ( Louise
Bremner) wrote:

>Bryan Parker <puntspe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:36:15 +0900, Michael Cash
>> <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote:
>>
>> >On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:53:35 +0200, "Haluk Skywalker"
>> ><yokoo...@spam.net> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
>> >
>> >>"Mad Dan" <mad...@keepitloud.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
>> >>yazdi:badf481.03111...@posting.google.com...
>> >>> Kim Il Zoom <kim-i...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >>news:<3FBB7F09...@hotmail.com>...
>> >>> > PMFJI, but as I see this word popping up again,
>> >>> > what is a "gaigin"?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > TIA,
>> >>> > Kim
>> >>> >
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> A homosexual who drinks a lot of gin.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm one - are you?
>> >>
>> >>I guess that makes me straightgin
>> >
>> >Let's try to stay on tonic for once, shall we?
>>
>> No shit! The guy asks a simple question and all he gets are silly
>> replies from a buncha freakin' rummys.
>>
>> I know we were sloe but, A GAIGIN is a foreigner booze in Japan.
>
>Nope--a gaigin is a gaigin wherever he fizz.

Hard as I may try to separate Louise from her title as FJLIJ's Pun
Queen. I just can't liquor. Shay's way too hard to snare.

Brett Robson

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Nov 21, 2003, 8:45:12 AM11/21/03

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On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:23:40 +0900, Bryan Parker ...

>
>Hard as I may try to separate Louise from her title as FJLIJ's Pun
>Queen. I just can't liquor. Shay's way too hard to snare.
>

That's right. Mike would kick your arse if you liquored her.

Michael Cash

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Nov 21, 2003, 9:52:12 AM11/21/03

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On 21 Nov 2003 05:45:12 -0800, Brett Robson <jet...@deja.com> belched

the alphabet and kept on going with:

>On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:23:40 +0900, Bryan Parker ...

>>
>>Hard as I may try to separate Louise from her title as FJLIJ's Pun
>>Queen. I just can't liquor. Shay's way too hard to snare.
>>
>
>That's right. Mike would kick your arse if you liquored her.

Only if he didn't exhaust more genteel methods such as gifts of
flowers and jewelry first.

Louise Bremner

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Nov 23, 2003, 6:26:57 PM11/23/03

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Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson <ken_ni...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> As I know you hang out in alt.folklore.urban, I thought you might like
> to know that next Sunday at 8pm, Project X is doing Japanese Urban
> Legends or somesuch sort of program. The wee trailer that they had
> suggested that people say the pedestrian sign - the blue sign with the
> adult leading the kid by the hand - actually means a kiddie's been
> murdered on that street...

That was fun--thanks for the heads-up. The little linking segments were
a pain, but otherwise I started wondering if they know about MythBusters
(and when will that appear on cable here?)?

> I wonder if they'll do Michael's story from a couple of years back
> about the gaigin kidnapper at TDL?

Maybe next week? They didn't get around to discussing the sewergator
that was implied by the scenes behind the initial credits, after all.