LOL Japan: Incoming Japanese PM Calls for "Thunderbirds" military unit.

[Rman]

The incoming Japanese Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, has suggested that Japan and the UN create a “Thunderbirds” military unit, referring to the classic puppet show.

His puzzling remark:
 “A good idea came up. We should have the UN call for the creation of something like ‘Thunderbirds’.”

He was apparently referring to the creation of an international rescue force, using the Japanese armed forces, modelled on that of the TV series.

The DPJ has previously attracted attention for its comical ignorance of military affairs; a senior Diet member involved in a discussion on piracy in the waters off Somalia (the DPJ generally opposes any dispatch of Japanese forces overseas) famously had this to say earlier in the year:

“Well, I have seen ‘pirates’ in manga, but I don’t really get it. Have there really been any instances of pirates attacking Japanese ships?”

This politician, Kenji Hirata, is currently the secretary-general of the DPJ.

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[Diunx]

I approve.

[Joe Molotov]

So Japan's military is based on Thunderbirds except for their navy that is based on One Piece?

I guess LOL Japan, pretty much.

[Himu]

[Diunx]

He should name his personal bodyguard Solid Snake.

[ferrarimanf355]

The only Thunderbird I know of is this.

[ManaByte]

His wife was also abducted by aliens and taken to Venus.

[ch1nchilla]

And met Tom Cruise in a previous life.

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and he was Japanese

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[Eel O'Brian]

thunderbirds, giant gundams...

those bastards are up to something

[BlueTsunami]

The best PM to ever grace this earth. Lets do this, its time for justice to prevail.

[Bebpo]

I thought thunderbirds was a cartoon   I have forgotten my childhood it seems :X

[Joe Molotov]

I thought thunderbirds was a cartoon   I have forgotten my childhood it seems :X

Puppets, man.

[Tauntaun]

[Bocsius]

I thought thunderbirds was a cartoon   I have forgotten my childhood it seems :X

Thundercats.

When I think of Thunderbirds, I think of roller derby. And the name of a long-defunct local hockey team. And the US Air Force.

[chronovore]

...and next, a Japanese lunar program based on SPACE 1999.

[Human Snorenado]

This is why those silly bastards aren't allowed to have a military.

[chronovore]

This is why those silly bastards aren't allowed to have a military.

No, there was this other thing that happened... Put it this way:

An English teacher from the American south was talking about how ignorant his neighbors were back home. He said, "When I told them I was moving to Japan, they asked completely seriously, 'Oh, ain't Japan the capital of China? Hurr, hurrr... hyuk!'"

I said, "That's pretty ironic, because in the '40s, Japan made the same mistake."

Edit: OK, actually the "late '30s..."

[Boogie]

This is why those silly bastards aren't allowed to have a military.

No, there was this other thing that happened... Put it this way:

An English teacher from the American south was talking about how ignorant his neighbors were back home. He said, "When I told them I was moving to Japan, they asked completely seriously, 'Oh, ain't Japan the capital of China? Hurr, hurrr... hyuk!'"

I said, "That's pretty ironic, because in the '40s, Japan made the same mistake."

Edit: OK, actually the "late '30s..."

Awkward.  Would have been funny if Willco had said it.

[chronovore]

No, it's funny as is. That is, it's as funny as anything involving the death of 100s of thousands of people, and the rape of tens of thousands of women can be.

Edit: fuck it.

[Joe Molotov]

Way to bring the thread down, dude.

[chronovore]

Too soon?

[Phoenix Dark]

SMH

[Diunx]

wth?

[chronovore]

That was a pretty awkward way to put it.  Try again!

Awkward.  Would have been funny if Willco had said it.

Way to bring the thread down, dude.

SMH

Pull your panties out of your ass cracks, gentlemen. Your hypocrisy is overwhelming. On this forum I sit through pedophile jokes, Nazi jokes, jewish jokes, black jokes, sexist jokes, Polack jokes, and more gay jokes than you are actually willing to shake your stick at.

Then by recounting an insight from an actual conversation where I criticized Japan's own self-initiated, incontestably rapacious, destructive, and ultimately ill-advised entry into international imperialism with the Rape of Nanking, and all of a sudden the moralists come out to wag their fingers at me? Sit down, lads.

[treythemovie]

That was a pretty awkward way to put it.  Try again!

Awkward.  Would have been funny if Willco had said it.

Way to bring the thread down, dude.

SMH

Pull your panties out of your ass cracks, gentlemen. Your hypocrisy is overwhelming. On this forum I sit through pedophile jokes, Nazi jokes, jewish jokes, black jokes, sexist jokes, Polack jokes, and more gay jokes than you are actually willing to shake your stick at.

Then by recounting an insight from an actual conversation where I criticized Japan's own self-initiated, incontestably rapacious, destructive, and ultimately ill-advised entry into international imperialism with the Rape of Nanking, and all of a sudden the moralists come out to wag their fingers at me? Sit down, lads.

Its less about everyone being "moralists" and more about your joke not being funny or topical. It would like someone going to a topic about German football and derailing it with talk about the holocaust or a topic about American elections with slavery.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

Yeah, the Holocaust isn't something you joke about.  My great-uncle died in a concentration camp.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

He fell off a watch tower.

[Reb]

He fell off a watch tower.

[Human Snorenado]

Well, *I* thought the joke was funny.  Then again, I'm pretty sick in the head so there you go.

[chronovore]

Its less about everyone being "moralists" and more about your joke not being funny or topical. It would like someone going to a topic about German football and derailing it with talk about the holocaust or a topic about American elections with slavery.

I'm trying to figure out if I've just had Godwin's Law enacted on me or if I brought it on myself by mentioning Nazi jokes. Anyway, I posted a joke about the Japanese military's international history in a thread about a Japanese proposal to begin an international paramilitary organization. It seemed on topic to me.

Well, *I* thought the joke was funny.  Then again, I'm pretty sick in the head so there you go.

Thanks. I'll take these broken wings and learn to fly again. (sniff)

[Raban]

I'm pretty tasteless when it comes to jokes, but I don't really get chronovore's. Is it a reference to the Rape of Nanking?

He fell off a watch tower.

[Phoenix Dark]

That was a pretty awkward way to put it.  Try again!

Awkward.  Would have been funny if Willco had said it.

Way to bring the thread down, dude.

SMH

Pull your panties out of your ass cracks, gentlemen. Your hypocrisy is overwhelming. On this forum I sit through pedophile jokes, Nazi jokes, jewish jokes, black jokes, sexist jokes, Polack jokes, and more gay jokes than you are actually willing to shake your stick at.

Then by recounting an insight from an actual conversation where I criticized Japan's own self-initiated, incontestably rapacious, destructive, and ultimately ill-advised entry into international imperialism with the Rape of Nanking, and all of a sudden the moralists come out to wag their fingers at me? Sit down, lads.

I'm not SMHing at the morals. It wasn't a funny joke homeslice. Leave the comedy to the professionals

[chronovore]

I'm pretty tasteless when it comes to jokes, but I don't really get chronovore's. Is it a reference to the Rape of Nanking?

Yeah, that's correct.

[drew]

I'm pretty tasteless when it comes to jokes, but I don't really get chronovore's. Is it a reference to the Rape of Nanking?

He fell off a watch tower.

LOOK WHOS BACK

whats up maynge

[Raban]

I'm pretty tasteless when it comes to jokes, but I don't really get chronovore's. Is it a reference to the Rape of Nanking?

He fell off a watch tower.

LOOK WHOS BACK

whats up maynge

lol, not much?