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Plucking Serious
Talk, Simon Anderson, 16 January 1999
Eyebrow plucking is big for boys here in Japan. Gay, straight or bi, there
seems to be no difference when it comes to a little pluck! It doesn't stop
there. Special hair trimmers promise the perfect length for legs. Not
smoothy like ladies but a more manly half inch or so. For the fashion
conscious male youth, arms are also shaved smooth and tummies plucked.


The "M" word
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Miniaturisation doesn't stop with stereos. In Japan, words are getting
smaller. Remote control has become remcon and of course, airconditioning is aircon. More disturbingly, Brad Pitt is now 'Brapi'! Watch this space...


JTV
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I've pretty much given up on my endless search for Clive James' 'Endurance' but JTV isn't completely devoid of a little insanity. Advert of the week goes to a pest killer in which naked japanese men jig about with only boxes of cockroach killer covering their bits! This they do while singing; 'It might be small but it's powerful... ' Top Home