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dave has to fire himself. i remember this story and i don't even blog that much. neener.
Posted by: mudstuffin | August 25, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Yes, I do believe someone is fired.
Posted by: Alyzabeth | August 25, 2010 at 12:48 PM
I found the following interesting:
"...the robots, of which he had enough to fill 300 boxes stacked to the ceiling..."
How high was the ceiling? How big were the boxes?
Given that Japanese homes often go up (vertical) than
out (horizontally) I still find this disturbing. And
why didn't mama-san hide the matches?
Posted by: funnyman | August 25, 2010 at 01:26 PM
"Yoshifumi Takabe, aged 30 and living with his mother...." Well, I think we have the final piece of the puzzle.
Posted by: Diva | August 25, 2010 at 01:35 PM
We have to give Dave a break. It was a whole year ago when the story was first blogged, and the guy was 29 years old then.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | August 25, 2010 at 01:44 PM
No more living with mother. He'll be going away to a special home now.
Posted by: wingnut | August 25, 2010 at 01:55 PM
Hey ladies, he's single!
Shocker, right?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 25, 2010 at 02:35 PM
Any blog guys ever have their mom's throw out their baseball card collections? If so, have you forgiven her?
Posted by: nursecindy | August 25, 2010 at 05:09 PM
My Mom threw out my Fillmore East programs and ticket stubs. Jeff's lucky I didn't burn the house down
Posted by: Ken | August 25, 2010 at 05:49 PM
Remember that in the great movie Creepshow the fun is just beginning when the father grabs his little boy's comic book and throws it away. Back then the same people who gave us MAD were turning out wonderfully splashy stuff like Vault of Horror and Tales from the Crypt -- remember the Cryptkeeper from TV? Later the censors decided boobs were way more offensive for kids than blood and gore. What a wonderful world we live in now, when we can easily have both ...!
Posted by: Steve Haller | August 25, 2010 at 05:51 PM
*quietly hides Steve's toy robots*
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | August 25, 2010 at 05:56 PM
Or perhaps Jeff absconded with them. That mystery hasn't been solved to my satisfaction
Posted by: Ken | August 25, 2010 at 06:48 PM
Jeff gave me a great price for them, though....
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | August 25, 2010 at 07:00 PM