Archive for May, 2009

Jose Canseco beaten up in Japan

Former baseball star Jose Canseco gets beaten up by Hong Man Choi at an MMA event in Japan:

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New Japanese snack foods

Mezamashi TV shares some new snack foods that should be hitting a convenience store near you:

• Plum Pretz and Pea Pretz
• Pizza Jagariko
• Watermelon Karipori
• Salt n’ Garlic Shrimp Chips
• Beef Kebab Pringles
• Cookies released in collaboration with Afternoon Tea drinks (the hosts of the show mock the model’s correct English pronunciation of “collaboration”)
• Coconut Milk Churros snacks

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Persistent athlete’s foot

A commercial for athlete’s food medication shows us just how annoyingly persistent athlete’s foot can become when it gets under a toenail:

And couples of older commercial with with the toenail being portrayed as a criminal and news pundits discussing his crime:

[via Watashi to Tokyo]

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Baby monkey in Aichi

A a new baby monkey at a zoo in Toyohashi:

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Curry Udon Commercial

This curry udon is so good, it makes a turban spontaneously appear on your head:

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Dummies being struck by lightning

With schools reopening in Kansai and the number of new infections slowing to a trickle, the swine flu hype seems to be dying down in Japan.

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