Why no LOOTING in Japan?

[Captain Oates 910]

The new "Russian" DirecTV commerical is awesome. Check out the chick on the treadmill. Native FSU no doubt.

I CAN IMAGINE - FIT AS A BUTCHER'S DOG

[Dan and Judy 614]

Look at this queue for water. I guess they are just a better class of people.

Ha! they can't even form a straight line

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

what about the miniature giraffe? I think he is native too.

[mawilson 2,133]

When they became independent, the Ukrainian legislature officially changed the name.

Really? They legislated a name change in English from "the Ukraine" to just "Ukraine"?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Really? They legislated a name change in English from "the Ukraine" to just "Ukraine"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine

"Ukraine" versus "The Ukraine"

In English, the country was formerly often referred to with the definite article, that is, the Ukraine (as in the Netherlands, the Gambia, the Bronx, the Congo, and the Sudan), and occasionally still is. However, the addition of the definite article is now considered to be incorrect[7] and usage without the article is now more frequent.[8] This approach has also become established in journalism and diplomacy since the country's independence (for example, within the style guides of The Economist,[9] The Guardian[10] and The Times[11]). The use of the definite article is standard in some other languages such as French (l'Ukraine) or German (die Ukraine), although the latter is generally required for all non-neuter place names.

[Captain Oates 910]

Really? They legislated a name change in English from "the Ukraine" to just "Ukraine"?

Slavs don't seem to use 'the'

I put shopping in car...

It is in house

etc

So that seems like a load of alcock and brown

http://www.aviation-history.com/airmen/alcock.htm

[mawilson 2,133]

Slavs don't seem to use 'the'

Indeed - hence my disbelief.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Slavs don't seem to use 'the'

I put shopping in car...

It is in house

etc

So that seems like a load of alcock and brown

http://www.aviation-history.com/airmen/alcock.htm

Actually the did it to spite the Russians.

[mawilson 2,133]

Actually the did it to spite the Russians.

The definite article did it?

[Captain Oates 910]

The definite article did it?

I am feeling such larf for you

In my soul I feel it all around me like Russian motherland - the lakes and mountains

and the gulags and mafia and 5 year plan

I am yours forever my soul mate

We haf becarm as one and my spirit feels warmth of your soul next to mine

We are totally belonkink to each other throughout eternity and beyond into the cosmos of our larf

ps get me out of this 'ole it stinks

[mawilson 2,133]

I am feeling such larf for you

In my soul I feel it all around me like Russian motherland - the lakes and mountains

and the gulags and mafia and 5 year plan

I am yours forever my soul mate

We haf becarm as one and my spirit feels warmth of your soul next to mine

We are totally belonkink to each other throughout eternity and beyond into the cosmos of our larf

ps get me out of this 'ole it stinks

[웃 910]

In Japan, looting in reverse

Japanese citizens turning in cash found in tsunami zone

Tokyo (CNN) -- A tsunami that followed a massive earthquake last month may have destroyed some of Japan's structures, but police say the honest practice of turning in lost items, especially cash, remains intact.

Residents have turned in lost cash across the tsunami zone at a much higher rate than usual, the Miyagi Prefectural Police Department tells CNN.

A police spokesman, who asked not to be identified, citing department policy, said he could not specify how much cash has been turned in to lost-and-found offices at police stations. But, he said, of the 24 police stations across Miyagi Prefecture, nine of them are on the Pacific coastline.

Japan's cultural mores remain strong

Between March 12, the day following the earthquake and tsunami, and March 31, those nine police stations collected 10 times the amount of lost cash collected at the other 15 stations combined.

Japanese children, from a young age, are taught to turn in any lost items, including cash, to police stations. The cultural practice of returning lost items and never keeping what belongs to a stranger has meant police departments like Tokyo's Metropolitan have an entire warehouse filled with lost shoes, umbrellas and wallets.

Golfer donates winnings to Japan

In the tsunami zone, where personal items lie amid miles of rubble, it's meant that lost valuables have often gone directly to police, rather than the pocket of the finder.

The lost cash hasn't been easy to handle, the Miyagi Prefectural Police Department says. Money found along with some identification is being returned, but officers have been able to return only 10% of the cash.

Cash that wasn't in a wallet is left unclaimed at the police station. After three months, the person who turned in the cash is able to collect that lost money. But police say people are already waiving their rights to claim the cash when they turn it in.

Flying drone peers into nuclear reactors

Unclaimed cash will eventually be sent to the Miyagi Prefectural Government, though police say they do not know how it will be used.

Also found: Hundreds of safes that can't be opened. If the prefectural government allocates funding for opening the safes, police will start doing so.

Prefectural police believe that these safes could contain not only currency, but bank books, stocks and land deeds, which could give a huge boost to the amount of lost money.

[Danno 1,228]

In Japan, looting in reverse

Japanese citizens turning in cash found in tsunami zone

Tokyo (CNN) -- A tsunami that followed a massive earthquake last month may have destroyed some of Japan's structures, but police say the honest practice of turning in lost items, especially cash, remains intact.

Residents have turned in lost cash across the tsunami zone at a much higher rate than usual, the Miyagi Prefectural Police Department tells CNN.

A police spokesman, who asked not to be identified, citing department policy, said he could not specify how much cash has been turned in to lost-and-found offices at police stations. But, he said, of the 24 police stations across Miyagi Prefecture, nine of them are on the Pacific coastline.

Japan's cultural mores remain strong

Between March 12, the day following the earthquake and tsunami, and March 31, those nine police stations collected 10 times the amount of lost cash collected at the other 15 stations combined.

Japanese children, from a young age, are taught to turn in any lost items, including cash, to police stations. The cultural practice of returning lost items and never keeping what belongs to a stranger has meant police departments like Tokyo's Metropolitan have an entire warehouse filled with lost shoes, umbrellas and wallets.

Golfer donates winnings to Japan

In the tsunami zone, where personal items lie amid miles of rubble, it's meant that lost valuables have often gone directly to police, rather than the pocket of the finder.

The lost cash hasn't been easy to handle, the Miyagi Prefectural Police Department says. Money found along with some identification is being returned, but officers have been able to return only 10% of the cash.

Cash that wasn't in a wallet is left unclaimed at the police station. After three months, the person who turned in the cash is able to collect that lost money. But police say people are already waiving their rights to claim the cash when they turn it in.

Flying drone peers into nuclear reactors

Unclaimed cash will eventually be sent to the Miyagi Prefectural Government, though police say they do not know how it will be used.

Also found: Hundreds of safes that can't be opened. If the prefectural government allocates funding for opening the safes, police will start doing so.

Prefectural police believe that these safes could contain not only currency, but bank books, stocks and land deeds, which could give a huge boost to the amount of lost money.

Unreal honesty,

Sounds like my Grand mothers day.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Really? They legislated a name change in English from "the Ukraine" to just "Ukraine"?

Yes.

The definite article did it?

Yes. And it was to spite the Russians.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I am feeling such larf for you

In my soul I feel it all around me like Russian motherland - the lakes and mountains

and the gulags and mafia and 5 year plan

I am yours forever my soul mate

We haf becarm as one and my spirit feels warmth of your soul next to mine

We are totally belonkink to each other throughout eternity and beyond into the cosmos of our larf

ps get me out of this 'ole it stinks

Obviously you never experienced a hot FSU woman whispering to you in Russian after amazing sex and before falling asleep. Too bad for you.