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Imponderable #35: Coll

10 Feb

February 10, 2012

For comparison, this is where I live:

For the record, I have never been mugged or assaulted. I have never been robbed or menaced. And I ride the subway everyday.

But I am not here to talk about how crime-ridden NYC is, far from it. The crime rate is pretty good here, assuming you stay out the neighborhoods where you know damn well you should stay out of at night.

The little island of Coll off the Scottish coast. Full of leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, faeries too, I’d bet.

But seriously, I bet Coll is a boring place. Safe sure, but boring. On the other hand, they have clean public toilets and violence-free pubs. Hmm, maybe it is worth a shot after all.

Especially since with the non-existent crime rate, no one will be taking a shot at you.

What must daily life be on an island where there is no crime but plenty of ale?

The question is Imponderable.

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Imponderable #33: Japan

27 Jan

January 27, 2012

This Imponderable comes from where so many other Imponderables do, Japan.

It actually makes sense to me. You cannot drive without sitting down so embedding a scanner in a seat seems totally non-intrusive to me.

Of course, as technology often does, it opens up a whole new set of troubles. The groper who grabs a woman’s ass on the subway? “Sorry Officer, I was just scanning her ass. It was all a misunderstanding, I thought she stole my car.”

I suspect that the technology was a sneaky way for Japanese scientists to conduct research on rear ends. Can you imagine the R+D that went into his? This may be the only legitimate reason for a nerd to have porn on his laptop. Caught with nudie pics by his wife? Research.

How many models and porn stars were hired by Japan’s Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology?

The question is Imponderable.

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