Kickboard scooter challenge
The crazy crew from “Haneru no Tobira” put on bug suits and try to ride a kickboard scooter through a 45-centimeter wide corridor:
Those who knock down walls or can’t make it all the way through the corridor are punished by having stinky spider breath blown into their faces.
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Categories: Odd / Strange
Electricity theft in Japan
A story on Mainichi the other day about a man secretly stealing electricity from his neighbor with an extension cord is strikingly similar to another story that made the national news last week.
The incident in question took place in Sasebo City. Here’s a video embed showing FTV’s coverage of the story, complete with a comical cartoon reenactment:
A 49-year-old unemployed man was arrested for entering a neighbor’s house and stealing electricity to power a rice cooker. The electricity in the man’s house had been recently shut off due to nonpayment, so he resorted to electricity theft to cook a meal for himself.
His plan failed when his actions were noticed by his neighbor, who happened to be in a adjacent room at the time of the break-in. The neighbor called the police, who arrived and found the criminal laying around outside the house. Inspection of the rice cooker revealed that the man had accidentally set it up to heat the rice instead of actually cooking it, so he didn’t even get a chance to enjoy his meal!
Categories: Odd / Strange
Video: The Sticky Wall Of Tape
The creative folks at Haneru no Tobira bring us another wacky challenge:
The participating comedians are expected to scale a wall covered with “magic tape” (velcro), jump from the wall to a rope, swing onto a platform covered with similar tape, and then leap onto another platform. Those that fail fall into a bit of flour!
Categories: Japanese TV
Swinging & Rolling Over Hot Water
The wacky folks at Haneru no Tobira come back at us with another bizarre challenge! This time they are supposed to swing on the rope and use the rolling thing to aid them in a jump to the yellow platform. Those who fail fall into extremely hot water:
Categories: Japanese TV
