Minimalist poet, minimalist lifestyle

Yoshiro Nakamatsu (born June 26, 1928), a.k.a. Dr. NakaMats, is the Japanese inventor claiming to hold the world record for number of inventions with over 3,000, including the floppy disk and "PyonPyon" spring shoes. He has being photographing and retrospectively analyzing every meal he has consumed during a period of 34 years (and counting). The goal of Nakamatsu is to live over 140 years old.

A couple in the United States knew exactly what to do with the burglar they caught ransacking their home. They made him clean up - at gunpoint.

Burglar was caught red-handed
Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned to their home near Montgomery, Alabama, after a week off to find that their home had been plundered.
Mrs McKinnon told the Montgomery Advertiser: "Tears just rolled down my face as I walked in and saw everything gone and piles of trash all over my home."
Her husband suggested she go to see her sister while he checked what was missing.
But as he walked into another room he came face to face with the burglar - who was wearing one of his hats.
Mrs McKinnon said: "My husband Adrian caught the thief red-handed in our home. And what is even crazier, the man even had my husband's hat sitting right on his head."
Her husband then held the suspect, Tajuan Bullock, at gunpoint and made him sit down until he decided what to do.

His wife said: "We made this man clean up all the mess he made, piles of stuff, he had thrown out of my drawers and cabinets onto the floor."
When the police arrived, 33-year-old Bullock had another surprise in store - he complained to the officers about being made to clean up at gunpoint.
"This man had the nerve to raise sand about us making him clean up the mess he made in my house," said Mrs McKinnon.
"The police officer laughed at him when he complained and said anybody else would have shot him dead."
Captain Huey Thornton, a police spokesman, said Bullock was arrested on burglary and theft charges. He was being held in the Montgomery County Detention Facility.
He said: "The victims were lucky in this case to be able to catch the suspect in the act and hold him until police arrived."
He said the case was unusual because generally burglars act while the homeowner is away and are in and out fast so they can quickly sell the stolen items.

Sign in a hotel parking garage:
Please get a punch at window.

On a hotel fire extinguisher:
Cease Fire.

On a bottle of medicine:
Known to cure itching, colds, stomachs,
brains, and other diseases.

Funny restaurant signs:
It will take about one minute to fix a hot drink.
Please wail.

We serve people like you as good food!

Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

Sign in a cafeteria:
Please keep chair on position and keep table cleaned after dying.

Other Funny Signs

On a cash register:
Sorry. We can not change.

Outside a tailor shop:
Ladies have fits upstairs.

In a zoo:
Please do not feed the animals. If you have
any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.

Sign in a train station:
For restrooms, go back toward your behind.
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Panasonic developed a complete Japanese Web browser, and to make the system user-friendly, licensed the cartoon character Woody Woodpecker as the "Internet guide." Panasonic eventually planned on a world version of the product. The day before the ads were to be released, Panasonic decided to delay the product launch indefinitely. The reason: an American staff member at the internal product launch explained to the stunned and embarrassed Japanese what the ad's slogan, "Touch Woody - The Internet Pecker", might mean to English speakers.

Thailand: an ad for donkey rides asked "Would you like to ride on your own ass?".