Be all you can be!

November 7, 2010 5:42 PM

Be all you can be in the Japanese Coast Guard! (YT)
posted by Chocolate Pickle (28 comments total)

A requisite repost.
posted by Apocryphon at 5:52 PM on November 7, 2010

That is a very silly coast guard mission.
posted by vrakatar at 5:52 PM on November 7, 2010 [3 favorites]

Let's see China try to best that show of sovereignty.
posted by shii at 5:54 PM on November 7, 2010 [2 favorites]

The video cuts before they torpedo a pod of whales.
posted by mrnutty at 5:55 PM on November 7, 2010 [4 favorites]

Don't ask don't tell.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:59 PM on November 7, 2010 [1 favorite]

This is why the Chinese fishing boat rammed them, they were dazzled by the dancing.
posted by orme at 6:10 PM on November 7, 2010 [2 favorites]

On second thought, let's not go to the Japanese Coast Guard. It is a silly place.
posted by inedible at 6:20 PM on November 7, 2010 [16 favorites]

Semper Paratus (for a schoolgirl dance routine)
posted by QuarterlyProphet at 6:21 PM on November 7, 2010

Stewie: I'm the greatest captain of the queen's navy
Sailors: And your record will stand as proof.
Stewie: Be it galleon or freighter,
I'm an expert navigator.
Sailors: And you're also a world class poof.
Stewie: My manner quite effete
Is mistaken on the street
For a sailor who can pirouette on cue.
Well despite your point of view,
I can thrill a girl or two...
But I'd rather get it on with you!
Sailors: Ha Ha Ha!
posted by The White Hat at 6:21 PM on November 7, 2010 [1 favorite]

I just want you to know that I've got a whole box of slavery with your name on it.
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 6:28 PM on November 7, 2010

You know, even though it was posted in the wrong thread, I stand by my previous statement.
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 6:29 PM on November 7, 2010 [24 favorites]

What a bunch of military fairies.
posted by charlie don't surf at 6:45 PM on November 7, 2010

This is one of the reasons why many non-Japanese folks ultimately stay in Japan for so long. Either you're hooked on Japan, or you make snide and petty remarks about whaling.
posted by KokuRyu at 7:03 PM on November 7, 2010

This is one of the reasons...

Interesting binary.
posted by maxwelton at 7:07 PM on November 7, 2010

They certainly have very shapely legs.
posted by needled at 7:15 PM on November 7, 2010

Please make those fruits Walk The Plank!
posted by tustinrick at 7:31 PM on November 7, 2010

Japan Coast Guard member were dancing at Senkaku
Original song is AKB 48 !

For your edification, AKB48 is the newest girl group sensation, sort of supplanting Morning Musume (who have sooo jumped the shark it's not funny). AKB is short for Akihabara (station), the ground zero of nerd/otaku culture in Tokyo.
posted by zardoz at 8:01 PM on November 7, 2010 [1 favorite]

"My dream for you has died." - Yukio Mishima.
posted by eccnineten at 8:37 PM on November 7, 2010 [2 favorites]

Know what else jumped the shark? Soldiers lip-syncing and dancing to female pop-artists.
posted by KingEdRa at 9:30 PM on November 7, 2010

Those were not sailors dressed up as school girls. Those were school girls dressed up as school girls. Japanese school girls are hard core.
posted by sebastienbailard at 9:34 PM on November 7, 2010

We want you
We want you
We want you in the captain's crew!
posted by maryr at 10:29 PM on November 7, 2010

I
WANT
YOU

...to leak politically-sensitive videos to YouTube and embarrass the government
posted by armage at 10:37 PM on November 7, 2010 [1 favorite]

Between the Suicide Forest and the Dancing Coastguard, there must be a middle way.
posted by jquinby at 6:55 AM on November 8, 2010 [1 favorite]

In other news, tensions mount again at the border between North and South Korea, as both sides prepare for what looks to be a dance-off.

The South Koreans continue to limber up, under the scrutiny of American advisor Paula Abdul, but rumours persist that the DPRK has secretly engaged the services of Michael Flatley.

Good seats are going fast, says an unnamed source to the blue.
posted by Artful Codger at 7:16 AM on November 8, 2010

I just want you to know that I've got a whole box of slavery with your name on it.

That is some Chuck Norris level autocorrect that causes you to post in the wrong thread.
posted by The Bellman at 7:42 AM on November 8, 2010

A requisite repost.

And the obligatory Royal Navy Nay Vee response.
posted by Zonker at 8:18 AM on November 8, 2010

The poster of that video has some interesting description there:

so, Japanese is Japanese . not Ajian ! There are many fake japanese in Europe and Ameria.. (almost a person open the restaurant of Japanese foods is a Korean and Asian . not a Japanese ;) )

posted by P.o.B. at 11:32 AM on November 8, 2010

They are obviously part of the frilly military.
posted by puny human at 12:44 PM on November 8, 2010