tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post8674746217653321476..comments2024-03-27T00:22:35.272-07:00Comments on EXSKF: OT: Japanese Politician Tried to Bribe with Ricearevamirpal::laprimaverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637620330944911600noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-25787752741184884452011-09-03T07:13:33.836-07:002011-09-03T07:13:33.836-07:00"Can Japanese leaders be so inexpensively ren..."Can Japanese leaders be so inexpensively rented?"<br /><br />netudiant, the real question is "Have they been bought so cheaply already?", and its variants.<br /><br />Cushioned lifestyles of the Functionally Inept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-22162387359638629782011-09-01T23:06:22.559-07:002011-09-01T23:06:22.559-07:00Rice is nice at any price if you're into vice....Rice is nice at any price if you're into vice. I wonder why it failed to entice why did the politician said no dice could it have been mice? <br /><br />Was he asked thrice? He seems cold as ice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-61008614539205670782011-09-01T22:53:15.674-07:002011-09-01T22:53:15.674-07:00@anon 10:40PM, don't worry, it's an age-ol...@anon 10:40PM, don't worry, it's an age-old joke that many Japanese who are learning English know. Once is enough though, IMHO.arevamirpal::laprimaverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10637620330944911600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-26378936613351080692011-09-01T22:40:12.082-07:002011-09-01T22:40:12.082-07:00It's unfortunate that some people have to reso...It's unfortunate that some people have to resort to making stupid, childish, snarky jokes about Japanese people's pronunciation on an otherwise excellent blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-35289586791867448132011-09-01T21:23:35.671-07:002011-09-01T21:23:35.671-07:00I give you lice, why you not take?I give you lice, why you not take?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-63165472185591110162011-09-01T19:14:40.531-07:002011-09-01T19:14:40.531-07:00Quite the opposite, I wouldn't (won't!) ac...Quite the opposite, I wouldn't (won't!) accept food from anyone these days, and certainly not rice. No way to know where it is sourced from unless you buy it yourself, and even then you don't know. (Has anyone else given up eating out entirely? Surely not just me.) I still buy onigiri at the convenience store, because they are still (presumably) using last year's crop, but I'm likely to give that up too as we get further into the fall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-58716508875377776142011-09-01T19:06:19.570-07:002011-09-01T19:06:19.570-07:00Someone in the opposing faction tried bribing with...Someone in the opposing faction tried bribing with meat. Uncontaminated rice and meat must be priceless for many people...arevamirpal::laprimaverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10637620330944911600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-48927006188567079372011-09-01T18:17:49.592-07:002011-09-01T18:17:49.592-07:00once people figure out half the rice crop is radio...once people figure out half the rice crop is radioactive, the price for certified, inspected radiation free rice will go up by a factor of 10.pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088731122765315298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-82734325240132925462011-09-01T17:10:22.267-07:002011-09-01T17:10:22.267-07:00The going rate for assemblymen is shamefully low.
...The going rate for assemblymen is shamefully low.<br />A kilo of rice per day for 5 years is about 2000 kilos. The current price for really fancy (Niigata Koshi) rice is less than 500 Yen/kg, so the expected cost was well under 1 million Yen. <br />Can Japanese leaders be so inexpensively rented?netudianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726679291917155189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-72450319790940704552011-09-01T13:38:21.897-07:002011-09-01T13:38:21.897-07:00Tried bribing with lice?Tried bribing with lice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com