Japanissimo

Friday, October 13, 2006

Vending Machines:

Fact:
Vending machines here sell everything: insurance, beer, eggs, pornography, fortunes, umbrellas, pet beetles, toilet paper, flowers, fried food as well as the obvious canned drinks and girl's used grundies.

Fact:
There are 5.6 million vending machines which is about one for every three Tokyoites. Mine is a tissue dispenser in the station and I share it with H and Mrs Tanaka who likes to buy them to wipe her glasses.

Fact:
You can even get married in a vending machine. You walk into a cubicle and get a robotic priest, plastic flowers, confetti and then a derogatory speech, disco lights, Abba, vol au vents and three sandwich toasters (why can't people stick to the wedding list!)

Now...which fact is the lie?