http://thelifeofbob.com A Daily Web Comic About Life in Japan. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:19:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://thelifeofbob.com/2008/08/12/triumphant-return/#comment-58 Mark Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:02:16 +0000 http://thelifeofbob.com/?p=247#comment-58 what if you just did a side story? Like anime movies or video games baised on series. They dont' really synch with the story line at all... but no one seems to mind ^^ what if you just did a side story? Like anime movies or video games baised on series. They dont’ really synch with the story line at all… but no one seems to mind ^^

]]> http://thelifeofbob.com/2008/08/19/itsatrap/#comment-57 Robert Nelson Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:05:19 +0000 http://thelifeofbob.com/2008/08/19/itsatrap/#comment-57 Seems that way sometimes. Between all the tourist traps (Matsushima I'm looking at you!), weird customs (they should make a list of what's not considered rude and hand it out at the airport), and oddball red tape to do anything, I probably could've called the whole comic "It's a Trap!" instead of "The Life of Bob." Seems that way sometimes. Between all the tourist traps (Matsushima I’m looking at you!), weird customs (they should make a list of what’s not considered rude and hand it out at the airport), and oddball red tape to do anything, I probably could’ve called the whole comic “It’s a Trap!” instead of “The Life of Bob.”

]]> http://thelifeofbob.com/2008/08/19/itsatrap/#comment-56 Mark Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:02:22 +0000 http://thelifeofbob.com/2008/08/19/itsatrap/#comment-56 Haha, isn't everything in Japan a trap for hapless Americans? Haha, isn’t everything in Japan a trap for hapless Americans?

]]> http://thelifeofbob.com/2008/08/15/jobopportunities/#comment-55 Robert Nelson Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:08:02 +0000 http://thelifeofbob.com/2008/08/15/jobopportunities/#comment-55 Yup, t-shirts, business signs, stationary...anything you can print words on it seems the Japanese will print Engrish. Really I don't think too much of it considering the way Kanji is treated in English speaking countries. People just want it on things because they think it looks cool despite not being able to read it. I think it's the same issue with the Japanese, it's just an aesthetics thing. Yup, t-shirts, business signs, stationary…anything you can print words on it seems the Japanese will print Engrish. Really I don’t think too much of it considering the way Kanji is treated in English speaking countries. People just want it on things because they think it looks cool despite not being able to read it. I think it’s the same issue with the Japanese, it’s just an aesthetics thing.

]]> http://thelifeofbob.com/2008/08/14/gyutan2sonofgyutan/#comment-54 Robert Nelson Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:04:18 +0000 http://thelifeofbob.com/2008/08/14/gyutan2sonofgyutan/#comment-54 Yaki Niku is all well and good, it's just the idea of eating something's tongue that turns me off of gyutan. I know that it likely just tastes like a tougher beef product, and I'm sure that I'll end up eating it before I leave Japan (gotta try everything at least once), but as of now, I have not been so inclined as to chew up some tongue >.> Yaki Niku is all well and good, it’s just the idea of eating something’s tongue that turns me off of gyutan. I know that it likely just tastes like a tougher beef product, and I’m sure that I’ll end up eating it before I leave Japan (gotta try everything at least once), but as of now, I have not been so inclined as to chew up some tongue >.>

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