February 25, 2010
I Thought He'd Be Greener
But how do the other Star Wars action figures feel?
In case you were wondering, this is CNN.
And yes, the guy they interviewed is named Akio Toyoda.
Wow... way to set you uber-geek credentials there. I had no idea what you were talking about, except by context.
Posted by: SSG Jeff (USAR) at February 25, 2010 12:40 PMThe company uses the name Toyota (with a T) rather than Toyoda (with a D) b/c Toyota is associated with the number 8 which is a lucky number in Japanese culture. It takes 8 strokes to write Toyota in Japanese kanji (traditional caligraphy) and the number 8 is thought to bring luck and prosperity. I learned all this from the following BBC piece:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8534294.stm
CY: I now see from your post @ 11:34 that you knew that Toyoda (with a D) is his actual name but I had already written this uber-geeky post and it would shame to let it go to waste.
Posted by: Eric S at February 25, 2010 02:19 PMYou also managed to capture CNN's embarrassing fall for the 140 year old hotdog, which turned out to be a hoax: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/network_falls_for_year_old_hot_dog_UQcr8dlc46cYj7trEJebeI
Posted by: Texas Pete at February 26, 2010 05:11 PM
