07-29-2010, 04:23 PM
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Meet the deadest man in Tokyo!
At 111, he's celebrating around 30 years of being dead!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10809128 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/...na018000c.html |
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07-30-2010, 08:16 AM
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got to celebrate something
 Strange part is that social workers came to his house before, and never noticed anything strange.. The smell and wildlife it attracts should have given them a clue I would think |
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07-30-2010, 01:29 PM
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lost my wits...
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well, its good to know they "honoured" his wishes to become a living Buddha. And the money didn't hurt either I suppose.
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07-30-2010, 01:50 PM
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BTW, this might be what they were saying that he was trying to do:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu http://www.sonic.net/~anomaly/japan/dbuddha.htm |
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