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100 Things I learned from Shutter


Frankly I'm surprised this hasn't been started before...

1.) Never wrong your Japanese girlfriend

2.) You're likely to get a response when you walk around the streets of Tokyo asking questions in English

3.) Never allow a bug-infested, decaying ghost to stick her tongue down your throat

4.) When a ghost brushes her hair, it makes a loud noise that you'll be able to hear in the next room

5.) When being attacked by a ghost, the best thing to do is verbally provoke it

6.) If you're a ghost who wants something to be discovered, leaving clues that lead to a painting on a wall in front of the room that thing is in will get better results than leaving clues that lead to the actual door

7.) Always hide damning photographic evidence in an easily accessible suitcase

8.) Upon discovering said evidence, waiting to confront the man who likely raped a woman(or at least did nothing to stop it) is a good plan

9.) Because a girlfriend is clingy, it totally warrants drugging and raping her. At least that way she'll commit suicide and be out of your hair for good

10.) If your neck is a bit sore, you ought to have someone check it out; it's likely the spirit of a girl that you've wronged

So there's my 2 cents... I hope you guys have some to add

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That is REALLY funny. How about?

11)if you think your girlfriend is stalking you CALL THE COPS DARN IT! Though with these guys' mentality I suppose they would think drugging, and raping her would be a better solution-we're not exactly talking about classy people here.

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12. If you are driving down a road and see a girl standing in the middle wearing clothes unappropriate for the weather, and she stops and turns to look at your car, it is ALWAYS a ghost. (See also Gothika).

13. Japanese children are a little spooky and see dead people.

14. Japanese women get peed off very easily and will come back to haunt you if they die violently. Don't ever piss one off prior to her death. It WILL end badly for you.

15. A bunch of perfectly good photos are considered to be ruined by a smear of spirit light, when in fact they could be corrected in photoshop and be absolutely fine.

16. Don't go looking for a ghost if you really don't want to find one.

17. When being haunted by a dead Japanese woman, jump off a balcony to end it all (see also The Grudge)

18. Ghosts don't have to buy plane tickets.

19. When in Tokyo, don't live in a house with stairs and sliding doors. Bad things live there.

20. After being haunted by a spirit which appears in pictures, why the heck would you ever want to take a photo again?

21. Nurofen will cure many things, back pain, muscle pain, headache. But Nurofen Ghost Relief has yet to hit the market.

22. Er, does anyone think it a bit weird for a ghost to be sitting on her dead boyfriend's shoulders?

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23 - That your mates are close enough to just suggest raping a girl on the spur of the moment, and will carry it out. Some lesser friend will just sit down and watch, as morality in Japan is low!

24 - That if you have been drug raped telling Japanese Police won't do anything so kill yourself and kill them!

25 - Japanese Nurses don't give a *beep* if you weigh a *beep* load!

26 - If your boyfriend gets angry and drags you out of anywhere claiming the guy "is a con-artist" & "doesn't know what he's talking about" ...after he's been talking for 30 seconds... and he's the ONLY ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS HIM!!... get a second translator!


"Make like Siamese twins & split ...& then one of you die!"
-Peter Griffin(Husband,Father,Legend)

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1.) Never wrong your Japanese girlfriend

mmmmm, yeah actually I think I learned that from Audition http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235198/

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1.You could be a slightly overweight less than pretty white boy and have a hott blonde and an average, but better looking than you, Asian chick jocking you (Not a big Joshua fan here if you haven't notice.. right up there with Zahn of perfect getaway and joyride as well as beecher from Oz as over-rated and shouldn't be leading men).

2. You can make a movie about an Asian woman who makes a fool of herself chases a white guy who is not interested and who really is not all that anyway, and no one on these boards accuses it of being racist.

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Ghosts of dead Japanese chicks still have mass and will affect a scale you are on when sitting on your shoulders.


"Just once I'd like to be the overlooked one".

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Did you just mess with Steve Zahn? SACRILEGE!

Kidding aside of course all leading men should be Brad Pitt only. And Zahn is a cool dude. Of all the actors available to hate...Zahn is at top of your list? Come on bro!

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I have a bad back, neck (SORE!!).. BUT.. AS FAR AS I KNOW... I have NEVER made a JAPANESE Girlfriend commit suicide... never been 'romantically with a woman, as I am a woman.. and I have never dated anyone from JAPAN!.. I DID have a crush on a guy whose parents were from China, but I did not drive him to kill himself!

You would think.. that if this 'ghost'.. if she was trying to warn the Woman .. she would have done it BEFORE she married the guy!!

BTW.. Thinking back.. and yes, I am older.. TO THE SONG.. from the 80s(???) '50's to LEAVE YOUR LOVER' .. I don't remember the 'drug her, photograph her while your friends rape her' as one of the 50 ways.. I'm gonna have to dig up the song and re listen!

The 'I am going to hold onto the USB thingy with all the rape pics' right in my unpacked suitcase.. ' Yes, some people are THAT STUPID.. but MOST are not, and would have gotten rid of the pics right after.. (or if he needed to hold onto them, safe deposit?).. but.. let's go with not most people are THAT STUPID, but MOST SCREEN WRITERS ARE THAT STUPID!!

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Seems like the counting system is a bit off, but here goes:

31.) Photographers in Japan still used darkrooms in 2008 instead of digital photography.

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32.) Don't date Asian Chicks! Period! and people say I'm racist O.o ....

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33) In Japan when you want to visit someone and they are not at home its totally allright to just walk in and look around as you please.

34) Hot assisstants are Red Herrings

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35) curtains kill

"it takes a long time but gods die to"

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36. people that are following you are usually ahead of you on ill lit roads
37. usually your first instinct that the lead has wronged the ghost is usually right

the chinaman is not the issue here, Dude.....

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38. Real photographers take photos of their wedding and honeymoon with disposable cameras.
39. You can put a ghost's spirit to rest by screaming at her that her boyfriend never loved her.(not really)
40. Moving all the way out to Tokyo, then all the way back to New York is a decision that can be made quickly and on the spot.
41. You can sway your wife's opinion by telling her that YOU didn't rape your ex girlfriend, you only WATCHED.
42. Crashing into a tree with your car leaves you fine with no visible damage.
43. Japanese police will make you drive your totaled car back to your home, without offering a ride.
44. Not telling your new wife that you drugged and raped your ex girlfriend is advised. It means you're a better person now.
45. Almost everyone in Japan has a perfect American accent and knows English.

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46. The Fedex guy ALWAYS has keys to your apartment... God forbid he just slide an envelope under your door or anything like that.


Look at how happy you are, so carefree. It's almost as if you don't know you're Billy Bush!-Triumph

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47.) As all professional photographers know, when you take a Polaroid picture, always flap it around in the air to make it develop faster.

I was kidnapped by a pack of mimes. They performed unspeakable acts on me

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48) Even though it's 2008 and you're living in a country that's new to you with a language that you don't speak , don't bother to get yourself a cell phone.

49) If you go missing for months without a trace, no one will bother to check your apartment.

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50) It's ok to take a ton of photos of your boyf in same position because if you put them altogether and flick through them you'll find a ghost crawling along the floor to make original image a hell of a lot more interesting.

51) If you have incriminating evidence showing how you drugged your ex and allowed them to be raped just keep it in an UNLOCKED suitcase in an UNLOCKED room.

52) It's ok to stand by and photograph your ex being raped as long as they are a clingy, stalking, lonely individual who, for some reason known only to themselves, can't get over you. That is absolutely fine apparently.

53) Ghosts are the best way of seeing your other half for who they really are.

54) it's fine for ghosts to scare the *beep* out of you at every opportunity because they are simply warning you about what a *beep* your other half really is.



Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man...

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55.) Heavily decomposed corpses don't smell, in fact you can be 2ft away from one and not realise it.

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"Ghosts of dead Japanese chicks still have mass and will affect a scale you are on when sitting on your shoulders."


Damn, I wanted that one. Oh well..

56. Doors in Tokyo are always left unlocked so that complete strangers can walk in whenever they feel like it.

57. Your ex girlfriend will have quetionable morals and even more questionable sanity. You can set her up and ruin her life and she'll still want to be with you. FOREVER.



what dreams may come...

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