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Buy something or saw us to bits please
BBC | Submitted by: zwd26
"Staff at a Japanese convenience store got a shock when they asked an elderly gentleman to stop reading magazines without buying them, media reports say."
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From: tsentsen [tsentsen]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 15:17
Aww...give the guy a break will ya? It isn't easy being a born again samuri warriar you know. Besides, the chainsaw was probably cheaper than a sword. Sushi any body ?
From: pontiuspilatus
[Pontius Phallus Pilatius]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 15:26
I've been living in Asia for some years now, and those fucking "free readers" still piss me off, even though I don't own the store. They just go, grab anything, and read it. And the best of all - they are all Asians, but foreign news magazines are wrapped in plastic. Cyggas!
From: phucknutt [Phuck Nutt]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 15:47
that's what happens when you bring a chainsaw to a magazine fight
From: cymond
Date: 6-Apr-2006 16:00
"Officers found the saw still running outside the front entrance when they arrested him." So, he showed up at the shop with a running chainsaw. I really don't think this was some crazy idle threat.
From: easygirl [cheryl]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 16:02
Wow that Jap version of People must be really good.
From: rawnchee [Rawn Chee]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 16:23
I noted it was a Husqvarna. I am happy to see that crazed Japanese newsreaders prefer the best in European chainsaws.
From: sullengirl [NameLess]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 17:11
I didn't know they had 7-11s in Japan. I bet they let him finish his reading from now on.
From: dali
[I.C.P. Niss]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 17:29
Had it been me, I would have pulled out the big S&W Model 500 I have behind the counter and shot his head off. You know, self-defense...
From: ciaochowbella [I didn't do it and I wasn't there when it happened]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 17:58
That's what you get when you bring a magazine to a chainsaw fight.
From: easygirl [cheryl]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 18:01
I wonder if the convenience stores in Japan are ran by Indians and Pakistanis etc. or maybe the foreigners in Japan are from somewhere like Ohio or North Carolina .......boggles the mind huh?.
From: reader57 [Rotten Reader]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 18:05
 "This is not a lending library." - Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
From: theallseeingear [Bavid Dyrden]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 18:16
Silly cops. The chainsaw was to take the plastic cover off the magazines.
From: eifersuchtzombie [The Zombie]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 19:02
Any stories that involve chainsaws or zombies really put a smile on my face!
From: studgerbil [Stud]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 19:57
Same here. This story made me smile all day. I wish it would've happened in Texas though.
From: heystoopid [ian deal]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 20:20
Say, it was a shame it didn't happen in Dade County Miami, as the cops would have great fun using their standard equipment cattle prods and tasers on him!
From: qaffir
[ass-rapist]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 20:43
Standing around and reading for free is a common practice in Japan. Until recently--and certainly during this old dude's heyday--it was acceptable practice, even expected. There's even a Japanese word for it: "tachiyomi" (standing-reading). So the manager could have cut him some fucking slack. Having said that, the typical passive-aggression shown by the old dude is priceless and typical of the weird shit that goes on over there.
From: fenianbastard
[Fenian Bastard]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 20:50
Daniels told NBC 5 he that he detonated the makeshift explosives because he liked the sound they made ------------------- you simply cannot argue with that sort of logic. bombs do sound cool, though.
From: sykoscout [sykoscout]
Date: 6-Apr-2006 22:55
"Standing around and reading for free is a common practice in Japan. Until recently--and certainly during this old dude's heyday--it was acceptable practice, even expected. There's even a Japanese word for it: "tachiyomi" (standing-reading). So the manager could have cut him some fucking slack. " -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read the fucking article.... or yonde, kudasai, if you prefer. The manager admitted that it was an accepted practice, and normally they wouldn't care, but this guy was in there for hours every day. They gave this guy about 1000 miles of slack before they finally got fed up with him.
From: dragon [DrunkenTigerStonedDragon]
Date: 7-Apr-2006 00:17
Its bad enough they have to deal with daily ninja attacks. Those Japs have such exciting lives.
From: nekoturk [Amy]
Date: 7-Apr-2006 04:14
Maybe he was just reading the magazines first and trying to decide if they were worth buying. Geeze. Cheap bastard, buy em' or move on!
From: easygirl [cheryl]
Date: 7-Apr-2006 07:58
As usual everyone seems to have missed the point of the article .The old man had probably just finished reading that yet another attack by the scurge of Tokyo (GODZEERA) was planning another of his horrible attacks that decimated so many hard working Japanese during the 50s ,60s, and rite thru till the 70s im sure that this elderley gentleman was laughed at my this punk store clerk who is too young to recall the carnage and loss of electricity due to the repeated trouncings on the power stations and power lines. Remember what Lee I. Acoca said "those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it and get trampled by monsters"
From: dali
[I.C.P. Niss]
Date: 7-Apr-2006 10:11
From: easygirl [cheryl] Date: 7-Apr-2006 07:58 As usual everyone seems to have missed the point of the article .The old man had probably just finished reading that yet another attack by the scurge of Tokyo (GODZEERA) was planning another of his horrible attacks that decimated so many hard working Japanese during the 50s ,60s, and rite thru till the 70s im sure that this elderley gentleman was laughed at my this punk store clerk who is too young to recall the carnage and loss of electricity due to the repeated trouncings on the power stations and power lines. Remember what Lee I. Acoca said "those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it and get trampled by monsters" ======================== ... What?
From: cheshirecat [James Bong]
Date: 7-Apr-2006 19:33
How did this geezer have that much time to stand around reading? Perhaps this was a prelude to some high-tech hari-kiri! Oh yeah, baby! -- CC
Updated: 13-Apr-2006 13:58
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