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September 6, 2006
Three Cheers for Empire
If there is anything I have learned from viewing a non-stop television relay about the birth of a baby boy - you don't say! - to Princess Kiko, it is that television stations have exactly six pieces of stock footage showing the Imperial couple - 40% percent of which is the two riding in the back of a car.
Posted by marxy at September 6, 2006 12:05 PM
Comments
What happens if the kid turns out to be Korean?
Posted by: ? at September 6, 2006 1:07 PM
You mean they excavate the kofun (古墳)?
Posted by: marxy at September 6, 2006 1:19 PM
Here in the States, they showed the present Emperor and Empress "letting their hair down" by jumping around with kindergarteners.
Posted by: saru at September 6, 2006 2:26 PM
And in none of thm, as far as I can see, do any of them wear seatbelts. Can we report them to the police for such blatent law-breaking?
I remember when Aiko first got carted off to nursery school - it would have been a good statement from the royal family to show her belted into a child seat.
And the regal music every time they have a clip of them irritates me too. I hope tonight's telly isn't going to be preempted by royal sprog grovelling.
Posted by: Ken Y-N at September 6, 2006 2:29 PM
It makes me glad I don't own a TV.
Posted by: Mutantfrog at September 6, 2006 6:04 PM
What're they gonna name it?
There should be an online vote.
Posted by: Rory P. Wakeboard at September 6, 2006 6:48 PM
What're they gonna name it?
following in the footsteps of kiko, kako & mako, my guess would have to be whacko
Posted by: matt at September 6, 2006 7:07 PM
Well thank GOODNESS the nation has been spared the agony of debating the gender issue of succession.
All props to the new royal penis!
Posted by: Chris_B at September 6, 2006 8:52 PM
hey, you wanna rile up the 2ch-tachi, postulate that the real child was female, but that they stole a north korean boy.
Posted by: nate at September 6, 2006 10:56 PM
Results of the online naming poll: Steven Colbert. (Presumably after that bridge they are building in Hungary.)
Posted by: lauren at September 6, 2006 11:16 PM
That would be Steven Colbert Jr. II as Jr. is already taken by that eagle in SF.
I guess that kills all that women lib talk about a female emperor now don't it. Finally git back to our focus on the important man child stuff.
Posted by: He's so young but already opressin me! at September 7, 2006 10:07 AM
If a woman ran an Empire, it would all be about makeup and laundry.
Posted by: marxy at September 7, 2006 12:16 PM
Thats how it was the last 8 times Japan had an Empress, at least according to the government approved text books...
Posted by: Chris_B at September 7, 2006 8:59 PM