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Japanese TV commercial from 1978 (none / 0)

The human species is truly damned. Watch out for the jump.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 01:40:55 PM EST

Re: Japanese TV commercial from 1978 (none / 1)

May ~~The Force~~ the tuna be with you.

I mean .. what .. how .. {brain crumple}

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 01:47:08 PM EST
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Re: Japanese TV commercial from 1978 (none / 0)

Exactly my reaction...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 01:54:00 PM EST
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Re: Japanese TV commercial from 1978 (none / 0)

Ya 'spose George Lucas got his royalties?

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 04:17:53 PM EST
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Re: Japanese TV commercial from 1978 (none / 1)

Are they saying Sea Chicken!?

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 04:22:35 PM EST
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Re: Japanese TV commercial from 1978 (4.00 / 2)

Yes, they probably are. Sea Chicken is still used as the standard term here, on TV ads and whatnot.

In the homeland of super-deluxe maguro, it's best not to confuse people by calling them both tuna.

by Zwackus on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 10:32:37 PM EST
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