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I love Japan and the Japanese, but watching videos like this tend to make me paranoid. How about you?
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Posted on: November 30, 2009 5:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: Japan, spa prank, comedy, humor, fucking hilarious, streaming video
I love Japan and the Japanese, but watching videos like this tend to make me paranoid. How about you?
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Hey, Your back up! Yeay! Do you have something resembling a reliable broadband connection yet? Been missing your blog posts (other than Mystery Bird).
Posted by: Jeff Knapp | November 30, 2009 9:29 AM
Assuming this isn't staged and the victims haven't given prior consent, what's stopping them from suing the producers/spa?
Posted by: Westerner | November 30, 2009 10:19 AM
Lets say that the Japanese tend to be a bit more forgiving when they find out that they've been the target of a prank.
Posted by: Who Cares | November 30, 2009 2:38 PM
I've seen this one before and I've also seen the one where they rig the port-a-johns to lift the people up into the air.
But yes, Japanese humor is interesting. I suppose for a culture so bound up in saving face it needs to have a release valve and this is it.
Posted by: Tony P | November 30, 2009 9:33 PM