Confronted with a funny-looking foreigner faffing about on the floor taking photos, some females feel it’s something to frown at.
Whereas others find it fascinating.
Or more feasibly quite unfathomable.
Photographs from a small group of islands
With the ongoing economic onslaught affecting the sales of cars and consumer goods, it’s probably fair to say that the equally pricey practice of plastic surgery is also being put on the back burner by many people, although thankfully, at least as far as the latter is concerned, there are some recession-busting replacements.
Meaning those after a cute mouth that curls up at the corners don’t need to concern themselves with cuts and huge costs, as a cheap and cheerful roller is all that’s required.
And even a nose job isn’t a, ahem, bridge too far, with patience and looking a little peculiar the only thing people will have to put up with.
Plus, as previously posted, that banner ad for such business, the boob job, can also be recreated.
Albeit more rigourously.
And with rollers.
Japanese giants such as Toyota and Sony have been making all the wrong headlines of late with low demands for their products and the inevitable layoffs that partner such patterns. A situation that, along with all the smaller companies that will sadly succumb to the slowdown,
is surely set to send the number of homeless soaring.
A sorry band of souls that already get little in the way of sympathy,
or indeed assistance.
And with some citizens now intent on stopping them getting free sustenance,
their plight would appear even more perilous.
If indeed that’s possible.
There are a fair few things that Japan has borrowed from Britain, like Tokyo’s train system for example, although thankfully it has been forged into something phenomenally efficient rather than merely farcical like its fractured forefather.
Somewhat more surprising, however, is the recent adoption of the time-honoured tradition of a really good ruckus after getting absolutely routed.
And, true to form, it has been civilised somewhat, although sadly it seems the odd knifing might still be necessary.
Plus, should there be a paltry number of people, or those present aren’t nearly inebriated enough, proceedings can always be kicked off with a heated debate-cum-argument over the correct placement of apostrophes.
Or commas come to think of it.