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In a previous job I used to travel a lot for work. And a good deal of my travel was to Japan. So when I came upon the Vending Machines of Japan, it definitely struck a chord with me. These things are everywhere over there. To quote a frequent travel companion at the time, "You can't swing a dead cat without hitting one of those!".
Most of the time where we worked was quite a ways from our hotel. So a taxi was generally the way to go. But occasionally we would forgo the taxi and walk back to the hotel. Our Japanese host always thought we were crazy for walking. But they weren't aware of our "game". A little something we called "Vending Machine Hopping". It was very simple. Every time you passed a beer vending machine you had to stop and drink one. Needless to say we were pretty jovial by the time we got back to the Hotel!
Update: 05-12-2004
Okay, I can't say I ever saw this sort of thing while in Japan. But I can say from being there that this would definately fit in!
I've long had a fondness for Rhino's. And you could say that I have a bit of a connection to the SFFL's Rhino. But I can only hope that it's not my beloved Rhino that is out cavorting like this one!
Oh, and you can completely disregard that spokeswoman's comment that "rhinos are not particularly intelligent animals". She's very wrong about that one!
Well, according to this article apparently the drug war seems to be losing ground. Gee, I'm shocked. We should probably pump a few million dollars more into this pointless pursuit. Wake up and smell the coffee people, because it doesn't work! Spend as much as you would like and preach the ills of it, but it's not going to stop it. It's escapism the same way alcohol is for even more people. So why isn't that illegal? DOH! Thus I guess you have a choice. Reinstate prohibition, or legalize pot. Looking at the national debt you shouldn't have any trouble seeing where my vote is going.
I guess we're rounding the bend! The following features have been implemented for version 0.7: