Wacky news in Japan

[cheesemon]

I still like to keep up with Japanese news, and I've been bookmarking the more interesting articles for the past couple of weeks, but I never got around to posting them . . UNTIL NOW.

"UFJ NICOS is marketing a new kind of credit card and the first in the series is the “Asami NICOS card.” The main attraction of the card is that if you earn enough

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[iideliishii]

And this is really old, but I suddenly realized how unintentionally funny Orlando Bloom's nickname in Japan is . .

ROTFL. That was friggin' hilarious. =)

[cheesemon]

SRSLY?

I just can't bring myself to make an Orlando Bloom icon, otherwise I've been wanting to make a unique O RLY userpic for awhile now. ;)

[cassius335]

"The driver of the bus I was riding announced there was a bomb on board. After everybody disembarked in a big panic, he exclaimed, 'April Fool! Now wasn't that fun?' And all of the other passengers laughed!"

If it was a movie, give it another few seconds, THEN the bomb goes off... :p

[joe_greatness]

That goes to show how open-minded Japanese really are. 'Twas funny though. ^^

[cheesemon]

lol! That sounds like a mix of MTV's Punk'd and Al Jazeera . .