the oldest man is dead, long live the oldest......

What do you do with the birthday gifts in a situation like that?

Norman?

The picture of cupcakes in that article was a nice touch.

ROFLMAO


That was the best article I have seen in a while.

everything gets weird in japan...

So when this guy died at about 71, his family's first thoughts were "let's not give him a dignified burial, but instead sit on his corpse for the next thirty plus years until he stands a chance of becoming the nation's oldest man"?

cbackous: So he was 90 when he died.. that seems pretty average to me...

Erm? Try again?

So if he didn't die of old age I wonder what killed him? It is a great way to do a murder...how can it be murder if nobody knows you are dead?

81, even.

Bennetton: So when this guy died at about 71, his family's first thoughts were "let's not give him a dignified burial, but instead sit on his corpse for the next thirty plus years until he stands a chance of becoming the nation's oldest man"?

More like "let's sit on his corpse and milk his pension payments as long as we can".

BesiktasBoy83: how can it be murder if nobody knows you are dead?

Are you that guy who does the voiceover for films with explosions?

Bennetton: So when this guy died at about 71, his family's first thoughts were "let's not give him a dignified burial, but instead sit on his corpse for the next thirty plus years until he stands a chance of becoming the nation's oldest man"?

Probably, "we need his pension checks, so let's not tell anyone" and it eventually became that he's Japan's oldest man. It's a lie you can't really dig your way out of, unless you just bury the body somewhere and claim he wandered off.

Bennetton: BesiktasBoy83: how can it be murder if nobody knows you are dead?

Are you that guy who does the voiceover for films with explosions?

lol. It was a time of war....it was a time....for....heros. This summer....prepare yourself for the adventure....of a lifetime...Old Dead Mummified Japanese Dude

Eleventy-one, eh?

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

Didnt read the article, but my guess... Japanese officials went to the home of an 111 year old man. When they rang the doorbell, he came out with a samurai sword and began attacking them. "You'll never take me alive!" They laugh at him and say "The war is over Mr Yamaji!" They sit down and have some tea.

I was expecting tentacles. This is a lot better.

Approves of Automated Capitalism.

Mr Kato's relatives told police that he had "confined himself in his room more than 30 years ago and became a living Buddha," according to a report by Jiji Press.

Ooooh... bring religion into it. NICE SAVE!
I don't know about "living Buddha", but a naturally mummified corpse could indeed be seen as sacred (and still living, in a sense) in Buddhism.

drharmful: Didnt read the article, but my guess... Japanese officials went to the home of an 111 year old man. When they rang the doorbell, he came out with a samurai sword and began attacking them. "You'll never take me alive!" They laugh at him and say "The war is over Mr Yamaji!" They sit down and have some tea.

Haha - you should read the article. For once "and then things get weird" actually applies.

You take one nap in a ditch and people start declaring you this and that.

phatjanus: Approves of Automated Capitalism.

Came for GITS reference. Leaving satisfied.

Japanese Death Panels got him.

Shenanigans!: drharmful: Didnt read the article, but my guess... Japanese officials went to the home of an 111 year old man. When they rang the doorbell, he came out with a samurai sword and began attacking them. "You'll never take me alive!" They laugh at him and say "The war is over Mr Yamaji!" They sit down and have some tea.

Haha - you should read the article. For once "and then things get weird" actually applies.

It's Japan! The phrase "and then things get weird applies to EVERYTHING!

111-30=81

It's basic math! It's not rocket science! Sheesh!

Excen: It's Japan! The phrase "and then things get weird applies to EVERYTHING!

Good point.

phatjanus: Approves of Automated Capitalism.

The first thing I remembered about that episode was the cyborg assassin that used rolls of coins for ammo.

Ah eevo pwann haz faode!

BesiktasBoy83: Bennetton: BesiktasBoy83: how can it be murder if nobody knows you are dead?

Are you that guy who does the voiceover for films with explosions?

lol. It was a time of war....it was a time....for....heros. This summer....prepare yourself for the adventure....of a lifetime...Old Dead Mummified Japanese Dude


George Lowe: I was avaliable. They couldn't afford LaFontaine.
Frylock: Yeah
George Lowe: Mr. 3000 dollars a minute!
Frylock: Wait!
George Lowe: Mr. Bigshot.
Frylock: You smell that?
George Lowe: In a world where towers rule the universe.
Frylock: Is that smoke?
George Lowe: You tellin that ain't the same?
Frylock: George.
George Lowe: That's the same.
Frylock: George! I smell some folk art burning!
George Lowe: Folk art? Where? (Pushes George off the tower)

He just wants to go to the beach!

Oznog: Mr Kato's relatives told police that he had "confined himself in his room more than 30 years ago and became a living Buddha," according to a report by Jiji Press.

Ooooh... bring religion into it. NICE SAVE!
I don't know about "living Buddha", but a naturally mummified corpse could indeed be seen as sacred (and still living, in a sense) in Buddhism.

Yes but using a mummified corpse to collect a pension check would not be looked apon as sacred.

Gyrfalcon: ...and then from the back bedroom comes a hoarse whisper: "I'm not dead yet..."


I totally read that in the voice of Mary Queen of Scots.

Japanese officials visit the home of Tokyo's oldest man to honor his 111th eleventy-first birthday, and then things get weird

/of course I knew I would be beaten to the Tolkienian punch

WeenerGord: Gyrfalcon: ...and then from the back bedroom comes a hoarse whisper: "I'm not dead yet..."


I totally read that in the voice of Mary Queen of Scots.

Nice

/just a few more whacks should do it.

This might be passable for weird here in America, however in Japan this is probably the norm.

/Actually afraid to see what weird is in Japan.
//Probably involves animals.

just damn.

What a party to honor Tokyo's oldest man might look like.

Why not secretly bury him then get an older realtive to impersonate him.

Seriously, can you tell the difference between 85 and 110? I sure as heck can't.