Dispensary Corner 26 Aug 10
August 26, 2010
ROBOTIC attachment.
A 30-year old Japanese, Yoshifumi
Takabe, man has been found
guilty of burning down his mother’s
home, in retaliation for her having
thrown out some of his toys.
The furor erupted after his
mother, having complained for
some time about the clutter
created by Takabe’s 300 strong
box collection of robot figures
(from the animated TV series
titled Gundam) took matters into
her own hands and threw a few
boxes full of figurines into the bin.
Takabe told members of the
Kobe Court that because he
thought of the figures as ‘life
partners’ he had become so
distraught after their loss that he
saw torching the place to the
ground as a reasonable option.
Although the two storey house
was completely destroyed during
the blaze, fortunately no-one was
injured.
AN Apple a day keeps fat at bay?
The governing body for
Japanese sumo wrestlers, aptly
named The Sumo Association,
has issued its 51 sumo clubs with
Apple iPads so that wrestlers who
can’t use small phones due to
their hand size can communicate.
Leaders of each club, called
‘stablemasters’ will be in charge
of the iPads so that the “sumo
stables [can] swiftly communicate
what [they] need to”.
NEW anger management methods.
Local Chinese media have reported an unusual new method of anger management, as invented by 41 year old Wen Jian. According to reports, Jian has spent the last 13 years growing his fingernails, in a bid to curb his fighting ways. The 14 inch nails stop Jian from forming a fist, and in his own words “make [him] think before throwing a punch”
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