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WTF Japan Seriously!? (Original Post)
Blue_Tires
Sep 2013
OP
I see. Well that makes sense that I didn't recognize it, because this is a power motor...
bluesbassman
Sep 2013
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bluesbassman
(19,370 posts)1. I may have to take up smoking weed and learn some Japanese...
Loved the dog mooning the peeps on the ground!
Baitball Blogger
(46,699 posts)2. He wasn't mooning them.
He was using his tail as a power motor.
It was a Japanese power motor. That's why you didn't recognize it.
bluesbassman
(19,370 posts)3. I see. Well that makes sense that I didn't recognize it, because this is a power motor...
Allison V12.
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)4. I bet you can't guess what the ad is for
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)8. I'm almost afraid to guess
Scuba
(53,475 posts)5. I liked it. What am I supposed to buy?
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)10. Steroid-based foodstuffs for pet dogs and birds?
Scuba
(53,475 posts)11. Didn't you hear what he said? That dog was way to smart to eat crap food!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)6. I thought the original Toto was much better--and he didn't overact
progressoid
(49,977 posts)7. How about the umbilical iPhone charger...
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)9. The sad thing is
I'd probably buy that just for the looks I'd get at meetings when I said I had to plug my phone in.
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)12. It's for a family cell phone plan that lets you include
students who don't live with you. (A new thing for Japan? I don't know.)
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)14. The dog's name is Kai-kun
and he's been the spokespooch for SoftBank for years. He's become quite a celebrity, and when he didn't appear in commercials for a while, it led to the Japanese version of the "Paul is dead" rumors.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)13. I've found some of the commercials here in Korea a little strange
The talking dog was actually pretty cute.
Here's a good collection of Korean commercials:
This is not Korean, but it is perhaps my favorite foreign commercial:
The sound isn't great on it, but it has subtitles.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)15. When
the dog was wagging its tail, it reminded me of one clip I saw on the MTV show Ridiculousness, where they showed a hippo wagging its tail while taking a shit.