“This is a stick up give me your bag!”

“(toss!) What bag?”

“Oh, I see you don’t have a bag. Nevermind then. I’ll make my getaway through the sewers via this manhole cover.”

“DOH!”

This stuff reminds me of when Homer lost Wigum by turning off his headlights while driving at night. “Ghost car!”

The pictures of the kid’s back pack are amusing, because I don’t think it’s hard to miss two legs sticking out from under a red-metal case.

The sewer lid is just baffling. You’d have to be a pretty flat person to pull that one off.

And here we go with the pat pseudo-sociological analysis served up for the Western media: “But the devices’ creators also argue that Japan’s ideas about crime prevention are a product of deeper cultural differences. While Americans want to protect themselves from criminals, or even strike back, the creators say many Japanese favor camouflage and deception, reflecting a culture that abhors self-assertion, even in self-defense.”

And

“It is just easier for Japanese to hide,” Ms. Tsukioka said. “Making a scene would be too embarrassing.”
Like this isn’t?

My husband said that it looks like a part of a Monty Python sketch.

This sucks.