# Japanese instructional video for what to do if you're robbed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094 "2006-07-11T22:51:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Corporate\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/1 "2006-07-11T22:51:05Z")
This thing is good to have around if you ever find yourself being lobbed by two men or if you’ve got to lose a few pounds. [Zuiikin English : Sankakukin Trouble](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=864B8BiIFJw) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/2 "2006-07-11T23:03:57Z")
…what the!!! lol ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/3 "2006-07-11T23:09:22Z")
Wow… just wow. The Japanese rock! ---
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/4 "2006-07-11T23:14:27Z")
Wow. That was the oddest thing I’ve seen since the Mommas and the Poppas video with the girls dancing in the bathtubs. I can’t seem to find it right now or I’d post a link. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/5 "2006-07-12T00:08:20Z")
Ummm…yeah. I’ve been saying for years that Japan is weird. Proponants of Japan (that is to say, non-Japanese who seem to be infatuated with what little bit of Japanese culture they can get their hands on) try to tell me it’s not weird, just…“different.” Nope. Wrongo. It’s weird. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/6 "2006-07-12T00:19:18Z")
> [@Corporate Hippie](#): > > This thing is good to have around if you ever find yourself being **lobbed** by two men or if you’ve got to lose a few pounds. {bolding mine} Hah hah hah! Japanese people mix up "l’s and "r"s! If they say “robbed”, it sounds like “lobbed”! Let’s point and laugh at the funny foreigners! Dickhead. How’s _your_ Japanese? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/7 "2006-07-12T00:24:29Z")
I just get some monkey message. And count me as annoyed by the “lobbed” thing too. Gomen nasai, kirai desu. Konbanwa, oyasumimasen. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/8 "2006-07-12T00:37:52Z")
So, if _I’m_ attacked by two men, what am I supposed to do, aerobacize them? 😕 Tripler Oh wait! I’ve got that “Tae Bo” DVD. . . ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/9 "2006-07-12T00:37:09Z")
So, if _I’m_ attacked by two me, what am I supposed to do, aerobacize them? 😕 Tripler Oh wait! I’ve got that “Tae Bo” DVD. . . ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/10 "2006-07-12T00:47:48Z")
Thank Og for double posts! Cause if I got jumped by two of _me_, it wouldn’t be a fight, it’d be a _party_!! ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/11 "2006-07-12T00:59:06Z")
Ahh. I’ve seen this on ytmnd, but wondered what on earth it was all about. Maybe it’s from a japanese comedy show? ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/12 "2006-07-12T01:41:03Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > {bolding mine} > > Hah hah hah! Japanese people mix up "l’s and "r"s! If they say “robbed”, it sounds like “lobbed”! Let’s point and laugh at the funny foreigners! Dickhead. How’s _your_ Japanese? Hey dickhead, this is an _English teaching aid_, and as such, the satire is richly earned. I wouldn’t use my pidgin Japanese to teach somebody else how to speak Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![Corporate\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/13 "2006-07-12T01:42:00Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > Hah hah hah! Japanese people mix up "l’s and "r"s! If they say “robbed”, it sounds like “lobbed”! Let’s point and laugh at the funny foreigners! Dickhead. How’s _your_ Japanese? > [@Anaamika](#): > > And count me as annoyed by the “lobbed” thing too. Gomen nasai, kirai desu. Konbanwa, oyasumimasen. Yeah you’re right, that was in bad taste. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/14 "2006-07-12T01:46:42Z")
> [@Brain Wreck](#): > > Hey dickhead, this is an _English teaching aid_, and as such, the satire is richly earned. I wouldn’t use my pidgin Japanese to teach somebody else how to speak Japanese. Now children… let’s not get testy, shall we? Let’s all take a moment to remember that the Internest is [serious business.](http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/7/76/Serious_internet_businessmen.jpg) Just sayin’. On topic, I’ve seen that video before. Still just as bizarre to me. I could never do that. :\ ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/15 "2006-07-12T01:49:27Z")
> [@Corporate Hippie](#): > > Yeah you’re right, that was in bad taste. My apologies. It’s cool. My wife’s Japanese, and I get touchy about this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/16 "2006-07-12T02:17:04Z")
Okay, that’s it. Japan is officially Bizarro Inside-Out Land. I have to get there as soon as possible. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/17 "2006-07-12T02:36:12Z")
You like that? You’ll love this. URL=http://www.lez.hu/hentaitsop2.swf CGI anime girl in see-thru shirt swinging an onion and singing a Finnish scat folk song./URL] (NSFW, heavy flash animation) It’s the new mushroom mushroom badgers. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/18 "2006-07-12T02:42:08Z")
That was some, ummm… realistic jiggling going on there. Wow! Is it hot in here or is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/19 "2006-07-12T02:47:56Z")
And how about that onion! ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094/20 "2006-07-12T02:51:30Z")
> [@Brain Wreck](#): > > You like that? You’ll love this. > > URL=http://www.lez.hu/hentaitsop2.swf CGI anime girl in see-thru shirt swinging an onion and singing a Finnish scat folk song./URL] (NSFW, heavy flash animation) > > It’s the new mushroom mushroom badgers. Isn’t that one of the characters from Dead or Alive? The art and the, uh, jiggling are reminiscent of those games. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-instructional-video-for-what-to-do-if-youre-robbed/364094.md?page=2)