Rod Butler

“Be not afraid of going slowly. Be afraid of standing still.” -Japanese Proverb-

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Now THATS what I call a haircut!

To those thinking of moving to Japan, let me be honest with you. On the train, we don't talk on the phone. In a quiet street, we don't shout. At a restaurant, we wait in line — even when no one is watching. We bow to strangers. We pay before we receive. We apologize before we explain. These aren't rules. There's no law for any of them. They are just 1,500 years of small daily promises we keep, without being asked. If you can love that, you will love Japan. And Japan will love you back. If you can't, please — think it through carefully. For your sake, and ours. 🇯🇵

@JuliaHB1 Our clever politicians tried to make ‘deals’ instead of leaving, cutting the ties and THEN making trade and fishing deals.

No, Dan, you're wrong on this. No one promised Brexit voters that leaving the EU would solve all their problems. They promised to Take Back Control. We did that and then our political class betrayed that promise. Leave voters aren't angry that Brexit didn't deliver, they're even MORE angry than they were in 2016 that politicians STILL aren't listening to them.

@Miss_Snuffy Starmer is insulting the British, he should be ashamed.

British forever. You tell’em! 🥳

Bring back overcranked and undercranked comedy gags!

In Japan, no one tips. Not because the service is bad. Because tipping would be an insult. The server already gave you everything they had. Money can't add to that. Japan also has nearly 14x fewer lawyers per person than the United States. Not because problems don't happen. Because most of them get resolved before anyone needs to threaten anyone. Think about the last time you tipped 20% and still got bad service. Think about the last time you paid a lawyer just to get what you already deserved. Japan built a different system. Not written in law. Not priced into the bill. Just expected. Of everyone. Always. 🇯🇵

At this point, we’d be better off making the Japanese ambassador our Prime Minister. He clearly loves Britain more than our current one ever has.

My mum didn’t own a smart phone or computer. Many of our elderly have worked & paid taxes all their lives, my mum definitely had. This is age discrimination, it’s the same with car parks. Why should the old be forced to buy phones they don’t want or can operate ?

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“there is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself of yourself.” — Miyamoto Musashi

@MartinKnight_ 1975

Which year?

A special gif from my good friend Roshan, all the way from Japan and Okinawa.

SEVEN SAMURAI was released 72 years ago today. When production ran out of money midway through, Akira Kurosawa simply left to go fishing, believing the studio had invested too much to scrap the film and he was right, and they funded it to completion.