Gospe Rats

www.gosperats.com

What do you call a Japanese five member group plays Motownish music with black makeup on their faces (not the most political correct band comparing with American standard)?

Gospe Rats

Why Gospe Rats? The answer is simple:

Three members were from another band called "Rats and Star" and the two other were from "Gospellers".

My personal favorite is their single "Midnight Choo Choo Train". I was then later corrected by an anonymous commenter that its title is "Hurricane".
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anokosayisuno midnight choo choo train

Yeah, sing it Gospe Rats!

Frenchflies and Cock's Blue

Andrew Plummer has emailed me these two Engrish gems.


"mmm, frenchflies..."


"No, for the last time, BALLS ARE BLUE!"

How Geeky Are You?

Peter was so excited when he saw his product, a black t-shirt with white Japanese text that says “looking for Japanese girlfriend”, was featured in a recent issue of Newsweek magazine.


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I was happy for him too; especially when he is the sponsor of my other site Hanzi Smatter.

I wish I could say the same about Newsweek magazine.

I consider Newsweek magazine as the “diet” or “lite” version of magazines that cover current affairs. Many of the stories featured in Newsweek are simply “fluff”. They do not provide readers with in depth insights, rather just superficial mentioning of a list of stories that have been chewed and spitted out by other news organizations.

Intrigued by the “How Geek Are You” quiz, I went though and answered all 20 questions honestly.



My score was 66 out of 102, yet I am classified as “Serious Geeky”.

Wait a minute, 66 out of 102, which is only 65%. That is equivalent to a middle D grade.

Shouldn’t “Serious Geeky” to be 90% or more?

Newsweek, what a waste…

Wetback Mountain

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Since the original story of Brokeback Mountain was based on Hispanic characters, Carlos Mencia has decided to make his own and the real version of the film.

It is called “Wetback Mountain”.

Roadside Bomb Wounds

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"Most of these injuries are caused by shrapnel from roadside bombs. The wounds are dirty and ragged. The immediate risk is infection. In America, there has been very little coverage of this kind of aftermath of battle.

The second case in the theater is an arm wound, again caused by a bomb blast. There is nothing very delicate about war-time operations.

Nearly 16,000 American troops have been injured in battle since they invaded Iraq two and half years ago. 90% of the casualties happened after Americans were told it was all over. "

Dead Fetus Discovered

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Q: What is worse than finding one dead fetus in a dumpster?
A: Finding one dead fetus in ten dumpsters.

iPod: Think the Same

I have always thought portable media players made by Creative Technology are much better than Apple iPods. Besides the basic function of playing music, many Creative’s players have other capabilities such as audio recording which iPods lack.

In last week’s episode of The Showbiz Show, David Spade has said somethings about the iPod that were just dead on.


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“Do you really need to carry the entire box set of some crappy washed out band with you at all times? Taking the iPod to the gym is great, if you want to exercise continuously for 38 hours straight.

First you got the regular iPod fits 5000 songs, then the Mini, and the Nano. How about iPod Splinter? It fits 9 songs and a jingle. It is so small that you can jam it up in your fingernail.

Oh you can watch TV on your iPod. That is a real treat; I have always wanted to watch something on a screen that is smaller than my hand. It is also nice to know guys can carry their entire porno collection in these things, you know, for the pervert-on-the-go.

Check this out, iPod sock? Oh, not for your feet, they are made for this crappy piece of plastic. I would feel great walking pass by a homeless guy, ‘hey look, my iPod has socks, and you don’t.’

More than 50 million people in this country already have an iPod, by the way, here is Apple’s new slogan – Think the Same.”


Related: December 2005 - Creative Technology won patent lawsuit against Apple regarding portible media player.