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Duh! First?
Posted by: Roger | June 23, 2006 at 05:17 PM
Japan came last among 41 nations ...
or not at all, it seems.
Posted by: insomniac | June 23, 2006 at 05:20 PM
"Kitamura's advice? Couples should talk to each other."
Guess again, Kitamura.
Posted by: Capt. Pike | June 23, 2006 at 05:22 PM
well duh...
Posted by: Susy Cruz | June 23, 2006 at 05:22 PM
Kitamura's advice? Couples should talk to each other.
"Ultimately, it's these interactions with the opposite sex that bring out the inevitable animal instinct in us -- to reproduce," he said.
If that is true, the only member of the opposite sex I am going to interact with on any level is my husband, and he's already been fixed. I had no idea that just talking to a member of the opposite sex could be so...suggestive.
Posted by: marfie | June 23, 2006 at 05:22 PM
*snork!* @ insomniac
Posted by: marfie | June 23, 2006 at 05:23 PM
I'm willing to do whatever I can to help!
Posted by: MrBill | June 23, 2006 at 05:26 PM
it's heartening to note that all you have to do is turn 50 and then you are no longer considered "sexless."
Posted by: judi | June 23, 2006 at 05:28 PM
In other news, the rising Japan hunger rate is due to lack of food. Film at eleven.
Posted by: Mike Antonucci | June 23, 2006 at 05:29 PM
Are they sure about this whole sex/child correlation? They fail to state their sources in this article.
Posted by: KOW | June 23, 2006 at 05:31 PM
>>44 percent of the people who said they weren't having much sex felt that having a relationship with the opposite sex was "very tiresome" or "tiresome."<<
That's because they used all their energy celebrating toddler bowel movements.
Posted by: Mike Antonucci | June 23, 2006 at 05:32 PM
An association survey of 936 people between the ages of 16 and 49 showed 31 percent had not had sex for more than a month "for no particular reason" -- a condition known as "sexless."
So, I only have two years to go before I can no longer be considered sexless. Whoopee. I can hardly wait. What they left out is that, after 49, the "for no particular reason" clause no longer applies.
Posted by: ScottMGS | June 23, 2006 at 05:53 PM
Weasel maintains you can get babies at Babies "R" Us. Maybe they should open up more stores in Japan
Posted by: Mad Scientist | June 23, 2006 at 06:03 PM
I am personally going to go to Japan to help solve this crisis. Japan has done so much for us it is the least I can do for them.
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | June 23, 2006 at 06:05 PM
First I just need to cath up on some reading
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | June 23, 2006 at 06:07 PM
Completely off topic: I just now realized there is an alternate universe of Dave fans at http://forums.miami.com/kr-davebarry/start.
I did not know this. I read a few postings and I am scared of them. I feel insecure and unsure of my existence in this universe. Help!
Posted by: Jacki | June 23, 2006 at 06:13 PM
Dave have you been seeing other blogs on the side?
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | June 23, 2006 at 06:15 PM
Sure, they may manufacture more effective automobiles and superior electronics. But I ask you, at what cost??
Posted by: Patrick | June 23, 2006 at 06:20 PM
Sorry so late - I was busy having s...having sandwiches.
judi - over 50, it's hard (har!) to track the data, so they changed the 'over a month ago' category to 'don't remember.'
Posted by: Annie Where-but-he | June 23, 2006 at 06:21 PM
it's like a blog from Bizarro-World.
Posted by: puppytoes | June 23, 2006 at 06:23 PM
Judi just remember 50 is the new 30 which makes 30 the new 10 which means I should be at home making better use of my time.
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | June 23, 2006 at 06:27 PM
I don't get it. They don't have storks in Japan ...?
Posted by: Cheryl | June 23, 2006 at 06:32 PM
Cheryl - no, they have many egrets about that, too.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 23, 2006 at 06:37 PM
Hmm...I'm in that demographic, and I'm not Japanese, that I know of. Ok, now I can blame my "dry" period on "no particular reason."
*makes plan reservations with Addicted to 24* Anything to help!!
Posted by: Suzy Q | June 23, 2006 at 06:38 PM
Cool, that means I'm 9! Mom, Dad? Time for you to pay my bills.
Posted by: Matt | June 23, 2006 at 06:39 PM
2006 Award for Creative Naming of Events
Guy #1: These married couples are not having sex. What shall we call this phenomenon?
Guy #2: um, um, um - I've got it!! How about sexless?
Guy #1: Great! You are one smart guy!
*eyeroll*
Posted by: Eleanor | June 23, 2006 at 06:39 PM
Hey Matt wanna watch Saturday Morning Cartoons tomorrow?
Do they even have those anymore?
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | June 23, 2006 at 06:41 PM
Addicted - yes they do. If you can, try to catch "Ed, Edd, & Eddy."
Puppytoes - you nailed it - Bizarro world, like on Seinfeld. Promise me that if I ever get like that, you'll exile me to Nebraska and name a mojito after me.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 23, 2006 at 06:43 PM
Saturday morning cartoons died to me when Pinky and the Brain went off the air.
Posted by: Matt | June 23, 2006 at 06:45 PM
I love the cartoon network stuff especially the Aqua Teens and Spongebob is my guilty pleasure but you dont see network cartoons anymore.
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | June 23, 2006 at 06:52 PM
To Matt,
What are going to do tonight Brain?
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | June 23, 2006 at 06:54 PM
The same thing we do every night Pinky,
TRY AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!
(I mean it, Civilization IV anyone?)
And you're right, some of the cartoon network stuff is pretty good.
Posted by: Matt | June 23, 2006 at 06:57 PM
I just need my shiny pants.
Posted by: Matt | June 23, 2006 at 06:58 PM
But Brain how are we going to get a giraffe in a flying saucer at this time of night?
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | June 23, 2006 at 07:14 PM
Cartoons are really popular in Japan. Hmmm....
"Not tonight, dear - Zatch Bell is on."
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 23, 2006 at 07:39 PM
Hey..ABWH.. Nebraska's not THAT bad!well, the state sux but the women there are gorgeous!yeah, well at least..hey we dont choose our parents now do we!?
Posted by: MoFaux | June 23, 2006 at 09:15 PM
why didnt everything I wrote come up on the screen?
Posted by: MoFaux | June 23, 2006 at 09:16 PM
it actually made A little bit of sense before it self edited... oh well.. good night ~~~~~
Posted by: MoFaux | June 23, 2006 at 09:18 PM
Can Sponge-Bob use himself as birth control?
Posted by: Jazzzz | June 23, 2006 at 09:32 PM
Sorry, MoFaux - I'm running out of places upon which to pick. Dallas is out. Montana is out. Miami is out cold....
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 23, 2006 at 09:33 PM
Hey AWBH.....I'm in LA... (lower Arkansas) You can pick on us if you want. Were used to it after....nevermind.
Posted by: Jazzzz | June 23, 2006 at 09:58 PM
Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn.
Posted by: Ruth Westheimer | June 23, 2006 at 10:08 PM
Wait a minute, that guys advice is their problem, not their solution... he told them to communicate with one another..... EVERYONE knows thats sex suicide!
Posted by: DDi | June 23, 2006 at 10:13 PM
We don't even have sex with vegatables in Arkansas.
Posted by: Jazzzz | June 23, 2006 at 10:16 PM
Jazzzz. You're missing out. Think Uma Thurman as Beatrix Somethingorother in Kill Bill.
Annie: egrets? I crowed.
Posted by: CJrun | June 23, 2006 at 10:30 PM
*throws a 'Kiddo' up there to replace a 'Somethingorother'*
Posted by: CJrun | June 23, 2006 at 10:47 PM
CJrun...Gotcha Kiddo.
Posted by: Jazzzz | June 23, 2006 at 10:50 PM
"As much as subsidies and welfare programmes are important, sexlessness is also a critical issue in this problem."
How do subsidies and welfare programs figure into the problem???
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | June 23, 2006 at 11:20 PM
To encourage couples to take on the burden of kiddos in horrendously expensive Japan, they offer subsidies. It's kinda a backwards sentence.
BTW Jazzz, if your a football fan, Matt Jones is still probably a year from anything real, but Jacksonville loves him and you should check out jaguars.com now and then.
Posted by: CJrun | June 23, 2006 at 11:26 PM
If Japanese people have no sex drive why do they have some of the weirdest porn known to man?
...I'm just sayin...
Posted by: Joben | June 23, 2006 at 11:27 PM
Memoirs of Evade ya
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | June 23, 2006 at 11:30 PM
Joben: The question is the answer.
LBFF: There's a ding in the sheetrock behind me where that one went over my head.
Posted by: CJrun | June 23, 2006 at 11:51 PM
CJ-I couldn't find anything to rhyme with "geisha." It was a stretch. *shrug*
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | June 23, 2006 at 11:55 PM
Oh G@d. That was 'Evita?' *snork* That's as bad as Annie's 'egrets.'
Posted by: CJrun | June 24, 2006 at 12:14 AM
No, it was worse. I was using the word "evade" sort of like "avoid." As in, avoiding ya (because the couples in the articles are "avoiding" one another).
But "evade" is used mostly in a financial context, hence both the rhyming and definition stretch.
*and now I better get some sleep*
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | June 24, 2006 at 12:22 AM
*OK; that didn't make any sense at all* I read what I thought it said, not what it said. Officially wound down after a long day.
Posted by: CJrun | June 24, 2006 at 12:24 AM
too busy doing robotic aerobic moves and chanting phrases to address potential English speaking robbers....no time for sex... so sad.
Posted by: Jan | June 24, 2006 at 12:29 AM
OK. I just had to stop by and take a break from laughing, as I just was looking at the Ill Will link one of my nieces put in my favorites. I've checked there many times and it's darn safe. CAUTION: lots of cussing. Sometimes the squirrel starts every third word with 'f.' Then again, who can tell what Foamy is saying, most of the time?
Posted by: CJrun | June 24, 2006 at 01:18 AM
Update: the older stuff at the bottom of the page is better.
Posted by: CJrun | June 24, 2006 at 01:39 AM
So...couples aren't having sex with each other, but Japanese men still can buy used (dirty) panties out of vending machines. Really. You can buy dirty panties out of vending machines there--some of them even specify if the panties were used by a foreign woman, or by a schoolgirl, or whatever. Imagine a Japanese woman not wanting to have sex with her husband when she sees his vending machine spending habits! Shocker!!!
Posted by: Amanda in Hawaii | June 24, 2006 at 02:50 AM
amanda, I think you are on to something there... Japanese women are grossed out by the men and their porn, therefore the men focus their energy deeper and further into the recesses of their imagination, rather then their wives,(sorry)and dream up even more hediousness.
it's kinda a circle thing
Posted by: orcel | June 24, 2006 at 07:46 AM
I think Star Trek called this phenomonon a "Tempral-Causality-Loop"
Posted by: orcel | June 24, 2006 at 07:48 AM
CJrun ..Off topic...I Couldn't say I saw the Jags play before Matt Jones was drafted. Now our local stations show all of their games. lot's of new Jag fans in Ar.
Posted by: Jazzzz | June 24, 2006 at 08:52 AM
I've heard from a female Japanese friend that the men have plenty of sex....but not with their wives. And their mistresses use birth control.
Posted by: Pitty Pat | June 24, 2006 at 09:27 AM
Sponge Bob?
Posted by: Jazzzz | June 24, 2006 at 09:52 AM
Yess Jazz Spongebob.
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | June 24, 2006 at 10:14 AM
Over fifty is the ultimate sexless here. I'm married and haven't had sex since - well, never mind, we won't go there.... And, BTW, Bizarro World is from Superman comics - Seinfeld just bogarted it from there...
Posted by: Kathybear | June 24, 2006 at 11:47 AM
Cute little fellow, that Spongebob. Thanx A2-24
Posted by: Jazzzz | June 24, 2006 at 11:58 AM
Similar to Pitty Pat, I've heard that Japanese men store it all up for perverse trips to Thailand.
I don't think the word sexless is the best for this condition. It implies having no gender. Have the Japanese never heard of the term celibate?
Posted by: eat_black_licorice | June 24, 2006 at 03:51 PM
'WAY BACK WHEN; SOME MONK IN A MONESTARY MISSPELLED CELEBRATE AND LEFT OUT THE "R" CAUSING THE TIDE TO TURN IN THE CHURCH. (Does this have anything to do with the current situation in Japan, or is this just another example of the "Butterfly Effect?"
Posted by: Katamorphia | June 24, 2006 at 04:13 PM
e-b-l......How about Chaste? As in " He chaste her down to get money for the vending machine."
Posted by: Jazzzz | June 24, 2006 at 04:23 PM
SNORK @ Jazzz!
Posted by: eat_black_licorice | June 24, 2006 at 04:34 PM
hmmm...here in the US of A, there's sex even after SIXTY, if you can imagine (or, uh, so I hear)
Posted by: Betsy | June 25, 2006 at 10:54 AM
Betsy - that's an old wive's tail.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 26, 2006 at 01:45 AM
Uh-oh. I turn 49 tomorrow. One more year til I'm no longer sexless.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | June 26, 2006 at 09:15 AM
Hmmmph. I wasn't even around to enjoy getting posted.
Greetings from Myrtle Beach!
Posted by: Leetie | June 26, 2006 at 09:39 AM
"feeling Japanese, I think I'm feeling Japanese, I really think so"...is what I will say to hubby next time he bitches that it's been 3 days!!!!
Posted by: 24-aholic | June 26, 2006 at 02:26 PM
I believe it is "I'm TURNING Japanese I really think so". Just sayin'..
Posted by: muffles | June 27, 2006 at 04:36 PM