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Does what it says on the tin.

You Should See the Other Guy — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:10:06 -0800

Wendy & her amazing mouth

rageagainsttherobots — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:38:45 -0800

An American woman is showing off her amazing mouth on Japanese TV shows.

Ramen Girl. No really. No joke! Seriously!!

gen — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:38:08 -0800

Kaiju Shakedown points us to the trailer of Ramen Girl, starring Brittany Murphy as a American who decides to learn how to make the perfect bowl of ramen noodles (what?!?!) after she is dumped by her boyfriend in Tokyo. Tampopo this isn't. Hat tip to Ivan Ramen, who is the real deal foreigner who has a succesful ramen joint in Tokyo. See Chowhound, Food and Wine - Tokyo, Day 2: Japanese Éclairs, Perfect Ramen, Sake Fix, Soba Heaven, or the WSJ: Trying to Out-Noodle the Japanese for more info.

All the World Loves a Bronson

brownpau — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:58:46 -0800

Playboy. Cowboy. Mandom. The late Charles Bronson and his perfect chest, in one of his finest early pre-Death-Wish roles. And look out for Percy Helton. Here's a shorter version with more horse. Via here. (Who the hell takes off his shirt or unscrews a bottle of cologne like that anyway?)

"a sticky, glutinous substance called oshiroi"

PenguinBukkake — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:26:04 -0800

Ancient rice festival has reputation smeared by 'therapeutic' facial cream claims. [link SFW]
A Fukuoka festival dating back to ancient times is growing increasingly popular with Japan's adult movie fans because it involves smearing gooey, white liquid all over the faces of participants.

shirt-fu

whatnot — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:20:59 -0800

my new shirt folding technique is unstoppable. (QT mpeg)

3000 Cartridges

nthdegx — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:26:25 -0800

His name is Mr Freetime, he has 2,967 copies of Moero!! Pro Baseball for the Famicom. He knows how to use them.