{"id":3141,"date":"2015-07-27T05:30:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T15:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=3141"},"modified":"2015-07-26T17:42:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T03:42:02","slug":"oh-how-i-love-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=3141","title":{"rendered":"Oh, how I love Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wife loves her ancestral country because it&#8217;s clean, the people are very polite and the food makes her happy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ramon-lady.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3143\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ramon-lady-150x150.png\" alt=\"Ramon lady\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>She could eat nothing but ramen.<\/p>\n<p>I really need to have a discussion with her about carbs and pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Some day.<br \/>\nWhen I feel like having my head bitten off.<\/p>\n<p>As for me &#8211; I love Japan because it&#8217;s so wacky.<\/p>\n<p>Japan produces and consumes more pornography then any other country.<br \/>\nWhile a great reason, that&#8217;s not why I love it.<\/p>\n<p>This is why&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-02-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3139\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-02-sized.jpg\" alt=\"robot-wedding-02-sized\" width=\"510\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-02-sized.jpg 510w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-02-sized-229x250.jpg 229w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-02-sized-500x545.jpg 500w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-02-sized-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a>The first country in the world to marry off two robots.<\/p>\n<p>Yup.<br \/>\nThey take this stuff seriously.<\/p>\n<p>I think Japan was also the first country where someone officially married his dog.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s more than one person in this country who thought about doing it but it just didn&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n<p>I had a dog that was the love of my life.<\/p>\n<p>The wife always said I&#8217;d probably have married her if she was human.<\/p>\n<p>Actually &#8211; no.<br \/>\nWho would want a wife that bites and poops on the rug?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, meet Frois, the groom and Yukirin, the bride.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s pretty ugly so I presume he has money.<\/p>\n<p>Then again &#8211; being able to send your lips across the room for a smooch is kind of a neat trick.<br \/>\nWomen and lady robots like guys who have fun tricks to amuse them.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Robot-wedding-01-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3140\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Robot-wedding-01-sized.jpg\" alt=\"Robot-wedding-01-sized\" width=\"588\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Robot-wedding-01-sized.jpg 588w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Robot-wedding-01-sized-250x162.jpg 250w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Robot-wedding-01-sized-500x324.jpg 500w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Robot-wedding-01-sized-463x300.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a>I would really like to learn how to do it.<br \/>\nThink of the fun if I&#8217;m ever allowed to attend a party.<\/p>\n<p>Special invitations were made for this event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-03-sized.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3138\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-03-sized-250x192.png\" alt=\"robot wedding 03-sized\" width=\"250\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-03-sized-250x192.png 250w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-03-sized.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>If you wanted to come &#8211; you had to pay $80.<\/p>\n<p>If someone wanted to charge me to go to their wedding, it would just give me another of my 50 reasons why I can&#8217;t make it.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, have a wonderful life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-05-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3137\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-05-sized-250x190.jpg\" alt=\"robot-wedding-05-sized\" width=\"250\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-05-sized-250x190.jpg 250w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-wedding-05-sized.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>After the ceremony the couple even managed to cut a cake before an automated orchestra performed a song for the equivalent of their first dance.<\/p>\n<p>See what I mean?<\/p>\n<p>How can anyone be grumpy with all that going on?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3141\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=3141&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3141\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=3141&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=3141&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wife loves her ancestral country because it&#8217;s clean, the people are very polite and the food makes her happy. 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