- Double-o Seven, for this mission you will need a fast stealth escape vehicle.
- So do I get an Aston Martin?
- Well ...
Mazda suitcase car, a portable three-wheeled vehicle that fits in the luggage
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#12Damn, Japan used to be the home of cool quirky consumer gadgets in the 80s-90s, I used to dream of as a kid, but sadly no more, now it's China.
Today's consumer innovations I see coming out of Japan are like "hey, wanna buy a cheaply made nostalgia-bate plastic replica of a popular 1980's digital Casio metal watch, for more than the price of a bluetooth smartwatch?"
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#13- Double-o Seven, for this mission you will need a fast stealth escape vehicle. - So do I get an Aston Martin? - Well ...
UK is in a recession so James Bond needs to tighten the belt. Also, only Tesco gin and tonic for him from now on.
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#14This is a go cart.
BREAKING: Nintendo sues Honda for infringing Mario Kart patent.
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#15Damn, Japan used to be the home of cool quirky consumer gadgets in the 80s-90s, I used to dream of as a kid, but sadly no more, now it's China. Today's consumer innovations I see coming out of Japan are like "hey, wanna buy a cheaply made nostalgia-bate plastic replica of a popular 1980's digital Casio metal watch, for more than the price of a bluetooth smartwatch?"
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#16Scootcase
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#17The Wikipedia article on it:
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#18O sweet times when it was imaginable to have a combustion engine weighing 32 kg in your check-in luggage. I sincerely wonder if this wasn't hazmat back then?
My stepdad brought a chainsaw as carry-on luggage around the same time.
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#19O sweet times when it was imaginable to have a combustion engine weighing 32 kg in your check-in luggage. I sincerely wonder if this wasn't hazmat back then?
Pre-2001 was... different.
I was stopped by the metal detector at an airport. I didn't know why. Then the guy in the lane next to me said, "Oh, I'm wearing steel-toed boots."
I said, "Oh, I am too." (True)
Without any further questions or checking, they let us both through.
"That? It's just a giant, red, spherical Christmas ornament, with a string to hang it by, that happens to smell of gunpowder... and the monogram 'TNT' on the side."
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#20Damn, Japan used to be the home of cool quirky consumer gadgets in the 80s-90s, I used to dream of as a kid, but sadly no more, now it's China. Today's consumer innovations I see coming out of Japan are like "hey, wanna buy a cheaply made nostalgia-bate plastic replica of a popular 1980's digital Casio metal watch, for more than the price of a bluetooth smartwatch?"
And fetish "little girl" stuff. That market is still active.