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Started by blender1184 · 8 Jul 2005 · 1,969 replies

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27 Jun 2010, 05:46 #1721
Wynter wrote:Wow, quite a few in Japan. :sweat:

And a couple from Switzerland.
27 Jun 2010, 10:04 #1722
bmwracer wrote:Full article here: http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/109909/the-worlds-most-expensive-cities-2010

The World's Most Expensive Cities 2010

1. Tokyo
2. Oslo
3. Luanda
4. Nagoya
5. Yokohama
6. Stavanger
7. Kobe
8. Copenhagen
9. Geneva
10. Zurich


Well, I can testify that Boston isn't exactly a cheap city to live in. :beaten:
and I guess Japan should be crossed out as a retirement destination. :mrgreen:
27 Jun 2010, 10:45 #1723
bmwracer wrote:
The World's Most Expensive Cities 2010

1. Tokyo
2. Oslo
3. Luanda
4. Nagoya
5. Yokohama
6. Stavanger
7. Kobe
8. Copenhagen
9. Geneva
10. Zurich


It freaked me out how expensive it was there. We had a medical emergency for a few days and had to take $75+ cab rides back and forth to the hospital which was not far away at all. It was rather terrifying. :sweat:
5 Jul 2010, 15:06 #1724
Ex-hot dog eating champion Takeru Kobayashi held in US
Former hot dog speed-eating champion Takeru Kobayashi has been arrested at this year's event in New York.

The six-time champion, who did not compete in this year's event, was arrested as he tried to get on the stage after the competition.

Mr Kobayashi had refused to sign a contract with the speed-eating body Major League Eating and was barred from the event at Coney Island.

Joey "Jaws" Chestnut won the contest for the fourth year running.

Mr Kobayashi, the thin Japanese contender who smashed all previous US records in 2001, jumped a barrier and tried to get up on the stage while the crowd chanted: "Let him eat!"


'Tsunami'

The 32-year-old has been charged with resisting arrest, trespass and obstructing governmental administration.


Mr Kobayashi, nicknamed "The Tsunami", had written on his Japanese-languange blog that he didn't want to sign a contract that would prevent him from entering speed eating competitions run by other federations.

Mr Chestnut, 26, won this year's annual Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, winning a mustard yellow belt and the $20,000 first prize.

But his winning score of 58 hot dogs failed to beat his previous record of 68.

In a post-eat interview he reportedly said "if [Kobayashi] was a man he'd be up on stage", provoking Mr Kobayashi, who has been his main rival for the best part of a decade, the news agency Agence-France Presse reported.

The competition has become an Independence Day tradition.

article from BBC News
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPkZgJPaTc4

"LET ME EAT!"
5 Aug 2010, 09:40 #1727
bmwracer wrote:
LOL. :hehe:

Cosplay Wedding... I like it. :victory:


THought she looked rather like Lynda Carter too. :victory:
5 Aug 2010, 11:41 #1728
Eve wrote:THought she looked rather like Lynda Carter too. :victory:

Nah.

She certainly didn't have Lynda Carter's body.
6 Aug 2010, 09:51 #1729
bmwracer wrote:
Nah.

She certainly didn't have Lynda Carter's body.


Well, of course not! :mrgreen:

I just meant the face a bit.
6 Aug 2010, 10:04 #1731
Wynter wrote:

Well that depends, how good do you look in a batman costume?


I'm great as long as the mask stays on. :beaten:
6 Aug 2010, 10:11 #1732
gaijinmark wrote:

I'm great as long as the mask stays on. :beaten:


I'm not THAT kinky. :P
6 Aug 2010, 10:35 #1733
Wynter wrote:

Well that depends, how good do you look in a batman costume?


Do you mean the costume Adam West wore in the TV show? :hehe:

Or the super cool suit Val Kilmer had on in Batman FOrever? ;)
6 Aug 2010, 11:21 #1734
Eve wrote:

Do you mean the costume Adam West wore in the TV show? :hehe:

Or the super cool suit Val Kilmer had on in Batman FOrever? ;)


The first. :beaten: C'mon, purple's a great colour!
6 Aug 2010, 12:31 #1735
bmwracer wrote:
She must've been tanked.
Stoned Indeed :shakehead: ... wow that is something :shocked: and on top of that no injuries :shocked:
12 Aug 2010, 08:18 #1737
NY police find live cat 'marinating' in car trunk
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:31 PM EDT


BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a traffic stop led to animal cruelty charges after they found a live cat "marinating" in oil and peppers in the trunk of a car.

Buffalo police say officers heard the cat meowing when they stopped 51-year-old Gary Korkuc of Cheektowaga to ticket him for running a stop sign Sunday night.

They say they checked the trunk and found 4-year-old Navarro in a cage, his fur covered with oil, crushed red peppers and chili peppers.

Police say Korkuc told them he did it because Navarro was ill-tempered. Korkuc was charged with cruelty and released; his phone number isn't listed.

Police say he told them he was going to cook Navarro. Korkuc also told officers a number of things that didn't make sense, including that his neutered male cat was pregnant.

Animal advocates have cleaned Navarro and put him up for adoption.

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Information from: The Buffalo News, www.buffalonews.com
12 Aug 2010, 11:17 #1738
^ Yow. :sweat:
12 Aug 2010, 12:38 #1739
^^ thats just wrong :shakehead: :shakehead: I mea ni don't like cats but come on :shakehead: I though Older Ladies Love Cats :mrgreen:
12 Aug 2010, 12:46 #1740
suzzy wrote:^^ thats just wrong :shakehead: :shakehead: I mea ni don't like cats but come on :shakehead: I though Older Ladies Love Cats :mrgreen:

But it was a guy, not a lady. :beaten:

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