M6 earthquake hits Tokyo

Sun 2005/07/24 09:57 JST
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An earthquake measuring a staggering magnitude of 6.0 shook Tokyo and the surrounding areas this afternoon.
Transportation in Tokyo ground to a halt and telecommunications for mobile carriers NTT and AU went down for a few hours.

Young entrepreneur Danny Choo of Meguro-Ku Tokyo who was practicing spoon-bending-with-the-power-of-the-mind at the time said "You know the rumbling that you hear in films when there is an earthquake? I thought that was just added in to enhance the visuals.
I heard a rumbling and thought it was just the UFO that flies by occasionally but then the rumbling started to get louder and the house jolted up and down. I was on the 3rd floor of my house and was shitting seven shades of bricks - All I could think of was 'I need to get to my Strike Gundam - if my house falls down, I will have to spend another few days making another one.'
T'was one of the most scariest experiences in my wee life. That darn earthquake knocked down some of my Fix Figuration Gundams and I had to spend at least five seconds reposing them - grrrrrr. The colorful bricks came in handy however as I needed to fence off the flowers in my garden."

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  • Ben
    Ben in Utah, United States (Registered on 2007/03/29)
    CEO... of the world

    Poor Danny. I'm sorry your Gundams became misaligned.
    My deepest condolences. Give a kiss to Strike Gundam for me.

    Fri 2007/04/20 02:44:05 JST (ID #46791)
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  • Ben
    Ben in Utah, United States (Registered on 2007/03/29)
    CEO... of the world

    Poor Danny. I'm sorry your Gundams became misaligned.
    My deepest condolences. Give a kiss to Strike Gundam for me.

    Fri 2007/04/20 02:44:05 JST (ID #88795)
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  • Ben
    Ben in Utah, United States (Registered on 2007/03/29)
    CEO... of the world

    Poor Danny. I'm sorry your Gundams became misaligned.
    My deepest condolences. Give a kiss to Strike Gundam for me.

    Fri 2007/04/20 02:44:05 JST (ID #114491)
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  • Ben
    Ben in Utah, United States (Registered on 2007/03/29)
    CEO... of the world

    Poor Danny. I'm sorry your Gundams became misaligned.
    My deepest condolences. Give a kiss to Strike Gundam for me.

    Fri 2007/04/20 02:44:05 JST (ID #140316)
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  • lostandfound
    lostandfound in Singapore (Registered on 2007/10/21)
    Hikikomori in the making
    http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/

    LOL! No kidding? 5 seconds to reallign? Damn, that's time wasting...

    Fri 2008/01/04 05:00:16 JST (ID #68639)
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  • lostandfound
    lostandfound in Singapore (Registered on 2007/10/21)
    Hikikomori in the making
    http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/

    "it was just the UFO that flies by occasionally"
    LOL whut? Roswell not a famous alien tourist attraction anymore huh?

    Fri 2008/01/04 05:03:19 JST (ID #68640)
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