Japanese man finds woman living in his closet - Page 2

05.30.2008, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by This Is Not Here

WOW. I can't wait to go to uni. I will be that bloke. except you could probably fit me under the fridge, along with the crumbs and assorted droppings.

Being skinny helps out when you're crashing out at at other people's places.

Cantankerous · 05.30.2008, 01:21 PM

i'm probably going to hell because i laughed hysterically at this

EMMAh · 05.30.2008, 01:35 PM

Strange.

Lurker · 05.30.2008, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Nefeli

actually the first time i thought "oh this could be a good idea for a play", was 3-4 yrs ago when i read an article about teenagers in japan commiting suicide after have been locked in their room -or having isolated a part of their homes and live only there- for a period of time. shocking was how the parents dont take any action to get the children out of the room.
i found the term, its hikikomori and it refers only to the isolation part - not the suicide.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori

I think I would become a bit like this if I lived in such an overcrowded country, not the suicide part, just the isolation.

Alex's Trip · 05.31.2008, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

i'm probably going to hell because i laughed hysterically at this

You go to hell if you don't laugh at it. Anyone who doesn't laugh doesn't have a soul or sense of humor.

I just imagine it like a reality show in Japan. Like...cameras watching the woman sneak around the house with a big anime face looking at the camera every so often to put her finger over her lips and giggle while the man is near by but doesn't notice her.

That makes sense, right?

Edit: Possibly a cartoony-geisha anime face.

Edit: Definitely. And a funny host would announce stuff as it happened.

!@#$%! · 05.31.2008, 02:11 AM

i read this in awe earlier but i withheld judgment

that woman is probably the granddaughter of a real-life ninja

she's got skills

Bertrand · 05.31.2008, 04:11 AM

The camera part made me think of The Ring and Japanese scary-without-a-monster pictures.

There's been a play on something slightly similar.
In 1996 Roland Topor wrote L'hiver sous la table (winter underneath the table), where a woman rents the space underneath her kitchen table to a man. Then all of sudden, as a friend comes to visit her, every character realises how strange the situation is.
Haven't seen or read it though.

The Japanese woman probably decided to squat at the place to be caught, write her memoirs and get plenty of money, avoidind being sued for plagiarism by Topor's family.

58 year old. That sucks.

pbradley · 05.31.2008, 04:15 AM

Here in SF, there are a lot of people living in a lot of closets.

And not the metaphorical kind.

This Is Not Here · 05.31.2008, 04:30 AM

I've been in many types of closets, metaphorical closets, academic abstract concept closets, and the ones with dead moths in them.

pbradley · 05.31.2008, 04:32 AM

I have a walk-in closet....

Trasher02 · 05.31.2008, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Police suspect she might have been closet-hopping, moving from house to house.

Closet-hopping.
lol

terminal pharmacy · 05.31.2008, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Pinter also has plays in here very often. Let's call him or Tom Stoppard and see what they think about it.

Nef - Have a look through your wardrobe for your best dress to wear at the audition.

Stoppard is not even close to being in the same league as Pinter. What was The Real Thing for fuck sake........ apart from absolute dross.

The Homecoming is one of the finest plays ever written, as is The Birthday Party.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 05.31.2008, 06:46 PM

This sounds like a love story.

Lurker · 05.31.2008, 07:06 PM

If she lives in the closet for 7 years does she become the owner?

Everyneurotic · 05.31.2008, 07:37 PM

she was probably a crusty punk and wasn't allowed at the local squat because she was heard singing "rock the casbah" to herself and didn't meet the studs on a jacket minimum.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 05.31.2008, 10:15 PM

ewww crust punks ewwww

06.01.2008, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy

Stoppard is not even close to being in the same league as Pinter. What was The Real Thing for fuck sake........ apart from absolute dross.

The Homecoming is one of the finest plays ever written, as is The Birthday Party.

POINTS.OF.FUCKING.VIEW.

Danny Himself · 06.01.2008, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

i read this in awe earlier but i withheld judgment

that woman is probably the granddaughter of a real-life ninja

she's got skills

Meh, nothing Steven Seagal or Rambo couldn't do.

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Bertrand expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rennes, France Posts: 1,268	The camera part made me think of The Ring and Japanese scary-without-a-monster pictures. There's been a play on something slightly similar. In 1996 Roland Topor wrote L'hiver sous la table (winter underneath the table), where a woman rents the space underneath her kitchen table to a man. Then all of sudden, as a friend comes to visit her, every character realises how strange the situation is. Haven't seen or read it though. The Japanese woman probably decided to squat at the place to be caught, write her memoirs and get plenty of money, avoidind being sued for plagiarism by Topor's family. 58 year old. That sucks.
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