Our expert team of writers has thought of several story lines for the Mail Magazine, and one of them was the romance between Bill and Yuko. It seems that it was not so popular, so that we stopped that storyline about two months ago, and we have moved on to topics dealing with other workers in an international office.

If our readers have other ideas about topics or storylines that they'd like to see in the Mail Magazine, I will take them into consideration. Please post them here or send them directly to me.

Brian

Please put your answers for Number 80 here.

Brian

There are some really strange things going on!

Dog shoots owner in the back
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=3549300

Kangaroo cull plan catches military on the hop
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_australia_kangaroos

What is going on with these animals (and their owners?)

Brian

I was very shocked to see this accident yesterday! I pray for the victims and their families, and that the rescue workers will be able to help find anyone the can.

At first, I thought that the collapse of the bridge could have been terrorism. It doesn't seem like that at this time, and I'm relieved to know that terrorists didn't blow up the bridge.

But, when I think about it, there are 40-year-old bridges around here in Japan, and I hope that the local and national government is taking good care of them, so that this kind of incident does not happen here. Knowing the scandals here in recent years (姉歯, 日本道路公団) it does not make me think that the possibility of the same thing happening in Japan is zero.

Brian

Please post your responses or questions here.

Brian

I saw the TBS Debate last night, and I had some interesting insights (I think) into the candidates.

1. Ozawa (Democrat) He had large dark rings around his eyes, which couldn't be hidden by make-up. This could indicate damage or a problem with his internal organs. He was also gripping his own hand at times, made speech slips, and seemed like he wasn't paying attention. I thought that maybe there was some kind of neurological condition that was affecting him.

2. Ota (Komei) He had on so much hairspray and foundation that the glare was really strong!

3. Fukushima (Shamin) She is like most non-LDP female politicians, since it was obvious that she bought her dress and accessories from 野党通販 (where they sell all of the strange pastel colors.) I wonder if anyone noticed that she has a slight speech impediment, and she can't say 「た、つ、ち、て、と」 correctly all the time. It was really strange listening to her.

4. Shii (JCP) It looked like he lost weight and dyed his hair black. I think that he'd be more appealing if he changed his glasses from the square type to a more modern style.

5. Abe (LDP) He's really too intelligent to express his own thoughts well, but I thought that he looked a the opposition and debated well. He was very disciplined (unlike others) and made a good deflect to Ozawa when Ozawa wasn't ready to answer.

6. Watanuki (Kokumin) What can I say? He reminds me of Mito Komon!

I would have like to have seen 丸山弁護士 in the debate, just for laughs!

Brian