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Well done Tokyo,amazing people, in a remarkable country, I feel you deserve it!

In reply to dek:

Very surprised. I though Istanbul was a shoe in. Playing safe I guess.

In reply to Postmanpat: Japans not had an easy time.. nice reward.

In reply to Postmanpat: After thosecriots??

Find out if squash is in tomorrow

In reply to dek:

Oh f*ck! Great for some but this will be the 3rd place ive lived gearing up for the olympics, not looking forward to 7 years of nauseating nationalism and corruption.

I was rooting for istanbul. Tokyo will do it well, but istanbul would have been more interesting.

In reply to ice.solo:

Never mind, do a bit of dancing and you might get involved/work out of it!

In reply to Lusk:

As it goes i already have, and boy did i have to dance to get it.

In reply to ice.solo:

Please tell me that you do NOT have a set of your own pom-poms.

In reply to ice.solo:

Why am I not surprised that you are!
I'll do anything for the free tickets you're going to send me, short of drinking that extremely dubious Korean wine.

In reply to The Lemming:

No, but im working on a matching pair of my own pom pom dancers.

In reply to Lusk:

There actually may be demand for rope access. Got 6 years to be ready.

In reply to ice.solo:
C'mon Big Man.... It'll be great!

In reply to ice.solo:

If you find yourself struggling about 4 years in, jet me over and I'll see you through!

In reply to dek:

The event no doubt, but the years of drivel leading up...

Japans in a bit of a nationalist phase right now that this may be used as leverage for. Not to mention the massive rise in construction corruption following the tsunami, that links to the right wing thing.

Sure, all the miniskirt bands rolled out in support will make it tolerable, but the politics could go bad.

In reply to Lusk:

Ill have a word to those i dance for.

In reply to ice.solo:

I'll perform Cosmik Debris...

In reply to ice.solo:
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Japanese 'Miniskirts'.....walked past me chatting to a friend In Edinburgh recently, during the festival, .. I didn't get the white face mask thing though?

In reply to dek:

Kabuki masks?

In reply to Blue Straggler:
Nay Lad!...those white pollution type, squares of white fabric you see worn in China, Japan etc....
On late twenties, girls/women, surprisingly tall too!

In reply to Lusk:

have you investigated acid mothers temple?

In reply to dek:

theyre like surgical masks, not for pollution, but to stop people who have colds spreading them.
it is weird.

of course theres the other sort of white face mask japan is famous for, but that would be diverging from the family nature of the forum.

In reply to dek:

Ah right, yes, I've seen a few pics of large groups of Japanese tourists all wearing them, but I didn't read the context so I am no wiser than you! Maybe they are really into the British indie band, Clinic who have looked like this forever http://www.beermelodies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/CLINIC.jpg ?

In reply to ice.solo:

I am now...Cheers!

In reply to Blue Straggler:
I think we just call them 'Face Knickers' in Edinburgh, bit like a burka, but more of a tease

In reply to Lusk:

a bit more hawkwind than the mothers, but lots of off shoots. enough to keep delving into for years.

In reply to dek: Bet they are all glowing with pride !

In reply to dek:

Wrestling will be included in the 2020 Olympics, seeing off Baseball/Softball and Squash.

In reply to argyle_dude:

As host nation the Japanese have apparently decided it will be nude female cheer leaders mud wrestling

In reply to argyle_dude:


As host nation the Japanese have apparently decided it will be nude female cheer leaders mud wrestling. (pom poms optional). They like that sort of thing.

In reply to dek:

anyone else remember the tune from the TV coverage in 1964?

http://www.televisiontunes.com/Olympics_-_1964_-_Tokyo_Melody.html