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Japan Tracking GPS Defense Officials With Phones
Posted by Mark Wilson at 10:41 PM on November 1, 2007
Japan is going to start tracking their defence officials through hi-tech, James Bondish means—GPS-enabled phones. After a retired defence official admitted to playing hundreds of free rounds of golf (bought by a defence contractor) while on the job, officials of the officials have gotten upset, and decided that members of the defence ministry need to be accounted. For now, the compromise is that defence officials will carry special phones in times of emergency only, which seems like a fair compromise. But that's not stopping those crying over spilt golf.
One anonymous official went on record saying:
We're not children.And then he totally didn't add:
But the baby leash is acceptable, because you can still golf in it. It's just tough to play with a clunky cellphone in your pocket.[reuters]
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vagrant
Posted 1:47 PM 1/11/07
Call Forwarding
vagrant
ConstyXIV
Posted 10:46 AM 1/11/07
The defense ministry is not in charge of golf*.
*But they ARE in charge of Gundam.
ConstyXIV
strider_mt2k
Posted 9:35 AM 1/11/07
You know, change that graphic to say Gophers and I think we have a premise for Caddyshack 3!
Hey it's better than the one for #2, which is an apt description.
strider_mt2k
combat chuck
Posted 9:20 AM 1/11/07
@strider_mt2k: Yeah, something like this might drive me to have a stroke.
combat chuck
Jesse in Japan
Posted 9:10 AM 1/11/07
Keep in mind that a round of golf costs over 100 dollars per person in Japan.
Jesse in Japan
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 9:10 AM 1/11/07
@strider_mt2k: I was already just putting around and feeling sub-par, but your wooden humor is driving me and my iron-will into a hole.
92BuickLeSabre
strider_mt2k
Posted 8:57 AM 1/11/07
Wow that's rough.
I guess I'd be kinda teed off too.
Meh, I'm gonna go have an open-faced club sandwich.
strider_mt2k