word of the weak - synecdoche

 

Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special.

(nb other cities are available Charlie)

The Unbearable Weight of Self Reference

whats this?

nicky wicky made a film that didnt suck?

yes its true!

its delightfully silly fun

with what have to be knowing references to his real life

its the first nicky film ive bothered to watch in a looong time

back in the in 1690s

he was in so many COOL films

snake eyes, leaving las las vegas, honeymoon in vegas, wild at heart

were all interesting/bleak/mental/funny with a healthy dash of COOL

even the action twattery of face off and con air

were good fun

and not TOO insulting to the viewers intelligence

then

he made a seemingly never ending torrent of utter shite...

(apparently he went broke investing in the south sea housing burbuja)

"Yes yes yes, it's a fantastic house, Nicholas. Now. Have you got any unshit films?"

welcome back nicky wicky

hope youve got your burbujas under control now...

Takes the biscuit

che 'l'attuale scopata'?

chi cazzo sono?

perche cazzo suonano in un negozio di abbigliamento?

perche cazzo cantano del cibo spazzatura?

e

chi se ne frega?

who says germans dont have a sense of humour?

A.D 88 - il n'y est plus

 

alain delon il ne se sent jamais seul

alain delon personne ne me connait...

vale et bon voyage dans la grande piscine au-delà bel homme

the mother, father and great grand aunt trevorina of all easter eggs

 

fucking hell!

como se acabo el periodo colonial en america latina...

muy informativo no? 

algunas preguntas?

no - bueno, que tengas un buen dia

sip - mandalas a la gente que hizo el video, cabron!

nice try, dead guy

its worse than that

hes dead jim

dead jim

dead

meɪɫ ɔɹdɝ ɡaɪd...

 

so i got a letter

in the letter was my reward for being a patreon 

to the excellent linguistics podcast

lingthusiasm (highly recommended!)

its a branded ipa lens cloth 

pretty cool

even if you dont wear glasses

i had forgotten it was coming

as it was supposed to show 18 months ago

so it was a pleasant surprise

a surprise i say?

accompanying was a letter from the post office

apologising for the delay 

stating that it was due to it being -

"part of an ongoing police investigation"

what the fuck kind of ongoing police investigation involves an ipa lens cloth?

ænsɝz ɔn ə  bɔm θɹɛt pɫiz

doble carbonara en lima

hace mil anos

me econtre en limalandia

se hacia buen tiempo

estuvimos en el casco viejo

despues de dar un paseo

admirando la arquitectura colonial

(mientras tratando de no pensar de donde venia el dinero para construirla)

yo vi una restaurante 'italiano'

normalmente yo evito los restaurantes 'italianos' 

cuando no estoy en italia

porque en general

los proprietaros no conocerian un pansotto de una fabbrica italiana automobili torino  

pero el jefe nos saludo y hablaba italiano muy bien

asi eligimos sentarnos a comer

fuera en la plaza

yo ordene un mio plato italiano preferido

spaghetti alla carbonara

y eran riquisimos!

cuando regreso el jefe y nos pregunto en italiano

'y que tal la comida?'

estuvimos todos contentos

y lo felicitamos...

entonces satisfecho, lleno y en uno con el mundo

cuando nos pregunto si quierian otro plato

decide impulsivamente que quisiera el mismo otra vez

todos se reian

pero yo insisti

el mismo otra vez....

doble carbonara

ñam ñam!

Maximón ooo San Simón

Un santo bebedor, fumador y mujeriego

El Santuario de San Simón en Chichicastenango, Guatemala

El santo mas chido es guatemalteco. no se necesita a la virgen de guadalupe en guatemala, ni a los santos peninsulares, Tienen san simon. Un santo que fuma, bebe y saca a la gente de la cárcel.

San Simon en un bar en Guatemala.

'San Simón, o Maximón, el mismo personaje con dos nombres. San Simón es el santo español no reconocido y Maximón es el chamán maya. Es el santo principal en Guatemala y puedes ver efigies suyas en todas partes, algunas en santuarios especiales que cambian de casa cada año y otras en lugares menos probables como bares o peores. Siempre tiene un aspecto más o menos parecido: con bigote, sombrero de vaquero, un cigarrillo colgando de la boca y rodeado de una gran cantidad de decoraciones coloridas y extrañas.'

'Se dice que viajaba incesantemente por Guatemala, bebiendo, fumando, teniendo sexo con mujeres, pero por lo demás haciendo el bien a todo el que conocía.'

'La gente viene y le deja regalos de alcohol y cigarrillos y enciende velas delante de él. Le dejan playboys porque le gustaban mucho las mujeres. Se sienta con una canasta llena de monedas en su regazo, un cigarrillo en la boca, una botella de licor y una escopeta a su lado.'

No todos necesitamos a un San Simón?

il leone del deserto (contro i fascisti di merda)

una storia terribile

della brutalita dei fascisti italiani in libia

quando cercavano di rifare l'impero romano

nel secolo scorso

si, 

quegli italiani

la 'brava gente'...

infatti

il termine 'genocidio' e usato

ed e adatto

poi si sono comportati cosi pure

in etiopia, nel ex yugoslavia e in grecia

momo qadafi ha pagato $30 milla dollari per finanziarlo

ed e ben speso

anche se gli attori principali erano inglesi

per i beduini ed i fascisti

e quasi tutto il dialogo era in inglese

che e un gran peccato

ma immagino che era fatto nella speranza di darlo una udienza internazionale

(che poi non e funzionato)

communque era bannato in italia per quasi venti anni!

oh raquel... electro banger

fe gawsoch chi'r pŵer mewn gwirionedd ...

word of the weak - amanuensis

 

because gofer is too damn easy

now use amanuensis in an email today!

(or else)

lo rendi sempre cosi pesante...

 

bruci sempre così freddo...

e ce la gente che si lamenta dell'ananas sulla pizza!

'Catch Warts, Not Feelings'

 

ahhh ryanair

whether its having the motorway turn off blocked off

and having to go at a million mph to the next one and double back

or wearing three jumpers and two pairs of trousers

to avoid the fascistic weight police

or paying an arm and a kidney for crap food 

because you are hanging like nobody's business

or promoting the idea of standing 'seats'

experiencing mammoth frustration on shitty dial up trying to snag that cheap flight

only to see the fare go up every time your pants connection refreshes

or getting high out the front of stansted at 4am

with some rando italians

or having to get the eye wateringly expensive train

and spending an uncomfortable night on horrid plastic chairs

because your cheap flight departs at arsehole oclock...

ive flown with them many times

mostly because they happily accept pay offs from unfashionable destinations

GOA-STN and back again, again (and again)

from BGY and SNN

maybe more...

but me no complain

ive got some cracker deals

some for a few visa safety nets (just in case)

that were never intended to be used

snapped up for a tenner or less

ahh ryanair

bend over and enjoy the ride...

bogan with a shogun

the year was MCMXC

the world was young and hairy

BIG things were occurring

greater prussia was REunited

arabia felix was United

the hubble bubble space telescope was inflated

the baltic states told the russians to GTF

the mandala effect starting oscillating again

the world wide web of porn was launched

thatcher finally fucked off to be a cunt in private

and

i was a

avec un

 

The shadow in my eye or vil nogen ikke tænke på børnene?

world war 2

occupied denmark

a daring low altitude air raid on a building full of nazis

loads of cute kids in another building

what could possibly go wrong?

fasten your sikkerhedssele and find out!

koreans in spaaaaaaaaaaaaaace

like the moon?

(not the religious kind)

have a leaning for kimchi?

(but not on icecream)

ever wondered about whacky water with sentience?

(not crazy bobs freakout lsd water)

concerned about the fate of our ever cooking planet?

(not some shit reality kitchen show)

check out koreans in spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!

Harbin China - Unit 731 or Nihonjin ga kuso warudatta koro

well thats fucking disturbing.

cardboard for mo(i)st

 

in the so so old days

fans used to go to matches of their local version of fitba

they would sing, chant, yell insults, eat overpriced shit food, drink booze, wave their teams colours about

and just have a general gay old time with their fiends and fams

much of the shouting was banal run of the mill to the mill stuff

grit him! get the orb! go you thunderbuckets! up the beige boogey boys!

you know the perceuse

sometimes the calls were witty and alarming

sometimes they were slander and hearsay against opposition players

or more often the officiators

and sometimes they were hilariously downright odd

my all time fave nonsensical shout

was from a normal seeming chap

who stood up

clapped his hands

and with great heartfelt passion

belted out

'cardboard for most!'

Īe! Fujisan wa mienai yo! part 2. - Ā,-sō shimasu yo!

New Tokyo condo to be demolished as it blocks view of Mt. Fuji

Thursday June 13, 2024

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A street in Tokyo was known for its view of Mount Fuji. But a newly constructed building spoiled it for the locals. The developer has now decided to demolish it, given the effect on the view of the famous mountain.

Sekisui House decided on June 3 to demolish Grande Maison Kunitachi Fujimi Dori, a 10-story condominium in Kunitachi City, western Tokyo, citing its impact on surrounding areas. They notified the city the following day.

Grande Maison Kunitachi Fujimi Dori is set to be demolished.

Blocking the view of Mt. Fuji

Sekisui House says they made the decision due to a lack of consideration about the view from a distance. As construction approached completion, the company "recognized the impact on the view of Mount Fuji" and "voluntarily decided to cancel the project."

The picture shows the condominium partly blocking the view of Mt. Fuji.

It also says the construction plan had been changed twice in response to requests and opinions from local residents.

Local residents oppose plan

The construction of the condominium began last January after Kunitachi City approved the plan in November 2022.

Local residents, however, voiced their concerns. The city consulted a council of experts based on the town development ordinance and submitted instructions to Sekisui House, asking them to provide detailed explanations to local residents and make efforts to reduce the "volume of the building."

In response, the company decided to change the height of the condominium from 11 stories to 10. But it turned down calls for a further reduction in size.

The residents then submitted a petition to the city assembly asking for measures to review the project.

Developer to pay compensation

The building is located about 10 minutes' walk from Kunitachi Station. It has a total of 18 housing units, priced mainly from 70 million to under 90 million yen. They were supposed to be handed over to purchasers next month.

Sekisui House says it will take all possible measures, including financial compensation, based on the individual circumstances of the buyers.

It notes that the condominium was planned and built in compliance with relevant laws and ordinances, and there are no legal violations.

Sekisui House says it didn't sufficiently consider the impact on the area, but there was no violation of any law.

Local residents express mixed reactions

A woman in her 70s says that she really enjoyed the view of Mount Fuji from the street when she got out of the station. "I was sad that the view was blocked, so I'm happy about getting it back."

A man in his 60s says he is not sure if businesses need to consider local residents' feelings so much. "Some people may be happy to see Mount Fuji, but personally, I don't feel inconvenienced even if the view is blocked," he says.

City mayor: 'Deeply regrettable'

The Kunitachi municipal assembly on Monday demanded that the city have Sekisui House explain to local residents why it decided to demolish the condominium.

Mayor Nagami Kazuo on Wednesday said the city sent the request to the developer.

"I found Sekisui House's approach deeply regrettable," he said at the city assembly.

"We issued guidance based on the concerns and anxieties of the local residents when the company planned the construction. Now, the local community has to face the issue of demolition work. There will inevitably be consequences from this."

Kunitachi City Mayor Nagami Kazuo says the city requested a detailed explanation for residents.

bakas!

word of the weak - Ultracrepidarian

 

and we all know at least one ultracrepidarian dont we kids?

Confused on temple st

one balmy/barmy evening 

in a land where its always balmy

and quite often barmy

i took a stroll down temple street

as i made my way down dale

i heard some funky goings on

across the road from what i thought was the temple

on temple street

no, not the one at the bottom

i hadnt clocked that one yet

there was some musical goings on

what kind of goings on exactly 

and what kind of establishment was hosting it

werent immediately obvious

leaving me bemused on temple street

it turned out to be a traditional indigenous kinda gig

with groovy shapes being thrown

in fancy kit

and a healthy does of plinking and plonking

but was this place where it was being staged, also a

 temple

on temple street?

it certainly seemed that way

and across the road

from where i gazed

 was that temple maybe not a temple

on temple street?

it looked very temply

or

could it just have been an extreeeeeemely elaborate chinese restaurant

decked very convincingly like a temple?

just how many bloody temples are there

on temple street?

yours

confused formerly on temple street

of horses and muppets

do NOT adjust your settee

Apocalypto - o si, mel es un cabron, pero sabe hacer pelis

yo lo vi de nuevo el otro dia

porque ultimamente he tenido ganas de ver unos cuentos historicos 'americanos'

que se tratan de los pueblos indigenas

y ya vi muchos otros programas

como frontera verde, el abrazo de la serpiente, la mision, pajaros de verano etc  

y si

aun es fuerte

aun es violento

aun es espectacular

aun es creible

y aun es entretenido

(si no muy exacto historicamente)

pero no se trata del mismo asunto que apocalypso...

que es otro tema completamente! (una paleta muuuy peligrosa)

worst carpool... ever?

 Oh, the humanity, and all the bystanders screaming around here!

Vs

one pair has cause untold suffering to many millions 

and the other two are murderous dictators!

via GIPHY

yamato - Kyōdai no bando, Nihongohan (kind of)

(but not really)

three young super best friends sign up to fight the gaijins

on the super giant fuck off warship, yamato

in the pacific 'theatre'

as nihon is losing, inevitably

and shit happens to them

it looks generally impressive

the acting isnt too shabby

theres plenty of blood spattered all over the shop/warship

but the sets/cgi arent great

and the background music is too obvious and melodramatic

its all a bit cheesy

but as its east asian

perhaps we cant talk about cheese

so its a bit tofuey?

which means it cant be rated ichi ban...

y mientras hablamos de locura y de futbol...

les presento Tano Pasman: "Reacciones de un hombre pacífico".

que che boludo!

they shoot heroin, dont they?

A white line, a dead heat

I've got the jockey on my back

the outstandingly daft spectacle of horse diving was around for nearly a century

 Manikato, he just can't let go of his heinous addiction

Anyone tell you Phar Lap's a junkie, buddy, that ain't fiction

“It was good, but he wanted it to be better. And he came up with the idea of having a woman on the horse’s back.”

Well, what was Silver speeding on

When he was under the Lone Ranger?

when it was finally killed off in the early 21st Century

Wayne Pacelle, then president and chief executive of the Humane Society of the United States, told Reuters, “This is a merciful end to a colossally stupid idea.”

Shoot heroin, shoot heroin, don't they?

ogni tanto mi chiedo perche amo l'italia

poi guardo un video di tiziano crudele...

ouais maintenant c'est la fin...

vale belle dame...

 

Turkmentalstan

if you get the chance to visit central asia

which would be super cool

groove over from your more normal stans

to the land of the turkmen

and hold onto your telpek

because its 'politics'

are beyond that of your standard chicken rentalist

düýbünden däli!

je ne sais pas pourquoi...

mais je trouve ça tellement drôle !

ouais

je sais bien que les mèmes sur 'la chute' sont très dépassés

et que je viens de voir les orangs-outans relativement recemment

mais c'est trop fucking marrant quand meme...

i might be a cunt...

but im not a t shirt thieving simian fucking cunt...

picture this if you will...

youve just deplaned in sandakan

from a rather depressing short flight over northern borneo

gazing out the window 

at the vast expanses of palm oil plantations

beautifully and terribly symmetrical

where famously epic virgin forest once stood

its punishingly hot

and obscenely humid

you are dripping with sweat

you grab a grab for the hotel in nearby sepilok

after some fun historical bantz about sulu/phillipine claims on sabah

you degrab at the hotel

which is truly at the edge of jungle

only to discover that your room

is truly at edge of the earth

a painful trudge/haul later

you fall in the door

crank up the ac

hang your disgustingly fetid t shirt

on the arm of a chair on the balcony

and fall on your bed in relief

in a pitiful state

after a brief rest and casual swearing session

you go outside to check on

said grim t shirt

only to find it gone!

a painful long trudge back to reception follows

only to be informed that you shouldnt hang things on the balcony

because macaques and occasionally jungle men

half inch them!

bagus!

following a further return trudge

and a salutary nap

your amiable companion retrudges to reception

to be told that the cleaners hadnt seen it

and it must have been the macaques!

leaving you without your fave t-shirt

but 

with the unshakeable image

of a macaque pissing about in the jungle

draped in your quality tism nonsense

ps our neighbours in the adjoining room

with whom we shared the balcony

left their swim gear out on and off for four days

without an issue!

kan ni na!

word of the weak - hemidemisemiquaver

 

(un notare bene pedantico - german should NOT be a part of the body, old western germanic/north sea germanic, is the basis of english, so it should be the whole torso, not latin!)

hemidemisemiquaver — a 64th note, in other words, a half of a half of a half of an eighth note,

deriving from 'half' from 3 different languages, hemi-greek, semi-latin, demi-french

if ever there were a mongrel language it is this one RIGHT HERE

too many sato sans

Study: Japan could become ‘Sato nation’ in 500 years

 (asahi shimbun)

A study has found that unless Japan starts allowing married couples to have separate surnames, all Japanese people will share the same family name of Sato in about 500 years.

The number of surnames in Japan is decreasing every year due to the country’s unique law that requires married couples to share the same surname.

Everyone having the same surname “will not only be inconvenient but also undermine individual dignity,” said Yoshida. “This would also lead to the loss of family and regional heritage associated with surnames.”

About 500,000 couples wed annually in Japan, with nearly 95 percent of all brides taking their husbands’ surnames.

According to the study, the most common surname in Japan currently is Sato, which accounts for 1.5 percent of the population.

The study, conducted as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the issue of married names, found that the proportion of people with the surname Sato increased by 0.83 percent between 2022 and 2023.

If the current rule of married couples sharing the same surname persists, and the number of people named Sato continues to grow at this rate, then half of the Japanese population will be Sato in 2446, and eventually, 100 percent of the population will have the surname in 2531.

thats more satos than you shake a sutikku at!

ハハハ！

goddamn mongorians!

ever wondered just how bad arse the mongols (and genghis khan in particular) really were?

wonder no more, with LBGTBAM!

(limebeavers guide to bad arse mongolians)

ghengis was the ultimate shag (i.e. rape) monster-

the genetic line showed that about 8 percent of men in the region of the former Mongol empire, and therefore about one in 200 worldwide, share one single male ancestor – and based on a combination of logic, statistics, and common sense, that ancestor was almost certainly Genghis Khan.

the mongols were the stabby champions of the planet-

The Mongol army conquered hundreds of cities and villages and killed millions of people. One estimate is that about 10 percent of the world's population was killed either during or immediately after the Mongol invasions, around 37.75–60 million people in Eurasia.

нээрээ монголчуудыг хараал ид!

madonna col fucking bambino

vai in europa dicono

vedrai l'arte piu bello del mondo dicono

e l'altezza del arte dipinto dicono

e l'apice dell'espressione artistica umana dicono

poi ci si va

e che si vede?

 

ecc

ecc

ecc

ad infinitum

ed e sempre la stessa storia

letteralmente...

e poi.. 

dopo un po

si capisce il perche

e chi si poteva permettere le ciffre stellari

per commissionare un'opera del genere

che vuole dire

...

chi avevano tutti i soldi 

quindi il potere...

mostly armless

On 25 October 1997, a mass tug-of-war contest was held at a park along the Keelung River in Taipei in celebration of Retrocession Day (the 52nd anniversary of the end of the Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan). Over 1,600 participants joined in the contest, exerting an estimated 80,000 kg or more of force on a 5-cm nylon rope that could bear a force of about 26,000 kg at most.

Within seconds the rope snapped, severing the left arms of two men, Yang Chiung-ming and Chen Ming-kuo, below the shoulder. (The severing of their limbs was believed to have been caused by sheer rebounding force of the broken rope rather than the men's having wrapped the rope around their arms, as was sometimes reported.) The victims were taken to Mackay Memorial Hospital and underwent seven hours of microsurgery to reattach their arms.

(snopes)

which was nice...

whats more hock 'n' holl than incan trepanation?

incan trepanation job with gold plate

with bon(e)us osseointegration

not too shabby!

im sure a version of this was on a famous(ish) album cover?

 

Worst music video... ever

Jan Terri's music video "losing you"

what WAS she thinking?

some things are so horrifically bad that become are superb

this one does the full 360 grados

Īe! Fujisan wa mienai yo!

miserable gets dont want you to see fujisan

so they are putting up fuck off giant boards

to stop appalling 'tourist misbehaviour' 

such as littering and unsafe crossing!

in this mega famous tourist makka of...

one moment please...

will be right with you...

...

Fujikawaguchiko

bakas!

coulda woulda shoulda no.8 il pantheon

 

il pantheon fu costruito casi 2000 anni fa

ed e ancora la cupola di calcestruzzo non armata piu grande del mondo

l'altezza dell'oculo e il diametro del cerchio interno sono gli stessi, 43 metri

non malus ragazzi!

e quante volte sono stato a roma?

parecchi!

anche se e vero che per la grand maggioranza ero in transito

perfuckingo!

communque e una gran bella figata

ed io non ci sono stato

per giove!

yo no soy pelaut, soy kapten...

 

hace no demasiado tanto tiempo

fui a un isla que se llama manukan

es pequena y toda hermosura

como la postal classica

estuve alla en un hotel de lujo

un regalito a mi mismo por mi cumpleanos

y en el restaurante del complejo

habia una banda de tres guitaristas trovadores

como las de mariachi que se encuentran en america latina

llegaran a nuestra mesa y nos preguntaron

que cancion quieren oir?

y despues de un rato nos acabaran las canciones que todos conocimos

que hacer?

bueno le pregunte (mitad en bromeando)

saben unas en espanol?

y todos contentos dicen

si! 

cantaban la bamba y besame mucho

y todos quedamos felices

mas tarde les pregunte

(mitad en broma)

si conocian el significado de las letras

jajajja! no!

claro que no!

entonces yo traducia las letras en ingles

y explicaba los contextos de las canciones

y todos quedamos super felices!

we're on the jump to nowhere

its the wrong way round!

come on inside...

 

flibbety jibbety from spaaaace

sure shits all over speaking a few romance languages

and he believes it...

 

boxing day

we can only try to imagine what he has seen...