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Man marries pillow
metro.co.uk ^
| March 9, 2010
| Tom Phillips
Posted on 03/09/2010 7:12:35 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
True love can take many forms. In this case, it has taken the form of a Korean man falling in love with, and eventually marrying, a large pillow with a picture of a woman on it.
Lee Jin-gyu fell for his 'dakimakura' - a kind of large, huggable pillow from Japan, often with a picture of a popular anime character printed on the side.
In Lee's case, his beloved pillow has an image of Fate Testarossa, from the 'magical girl' anime series Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha.
Now the 28-year-old otaku (a Japanese term that roughly translates to somewhere between 'obsessive' and 'nerd') has wed the pillow in a special ceremony, after fitting it out with a wedding dress for the service in front of a local priest. Their nuptials were eagerly chronicled by the local media.
'He is completely obsessed with this pillow and takes it everywhere,' said one friend.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: culturewar; marriagelaws; marries; napl; otaku; pillow
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To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:13:59 PM PST
by
mylife
(Opinions...$1 Halfbaked...50c)
To: Free ThinkerNY; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Darksheare; pissant; najida; r-q-tek86; blackie; ...
WHAT’S NEXT INFLATABLE DOLLS.....PING!!!
To: Free ThinkerNY
She has quite a figure.
Are there men pillows?
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:15:07 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: mylife
Did he date the bed sheets first?
To: Free ThinkerNY
That is a new level of pathetic.
SnakeDoc
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:15:28 PM PST
by
SnakeDoctor
(The night is darkest just before the dawn, but [...] the dawn is coming. -- Harvey Dent)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I would take that pillow over zero’s wookie.
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:16:14 PM PST
by
Frantzie
(TV - sending Americans towards Islamic serfdom - Cancel TV service NOW)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Next I predict dakimakura will get a restraining order when Lee Jin-gyu starts a pillow fight.
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:17:45 PM PST
by
mylife
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To: max americana
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:18:32 PM PST
by
mylife
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Now the 28-year-old otaku (a Japanese term that roughly translates to somewhere between ‘obsessive’ and ‘nerd’)
Obsessive and nerd doesn’t even begin to describe this.
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:18:52 PM PST
by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes right)
To: Free ThinkerNY
"Those aren't PILLOWS!"
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:19:00 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I guess he can use the carpool lane now with his wife.
To: BunnySlippers
“Pillow like” but not as “fluffy”??
Is that acceptable?
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:21:16 PM PST
by
SgtBob
(Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
To: Free ThinkerNY; Constitution Day
To: Free ThinkerNY
My wife and I have been thinking about learning Japanese, just for fun. Perhaps I should rethink that.....
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:22:31 PM PST
by
Gator113
(I do not want Obama IMPEACHED... I want him IMPRISONED.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:23:01 PM PST
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: Free ThinkerNY
To: Free ThinkerNY
I don’t even want to think about their honeymoon.
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:26:00 PM PST
by
Gator113
(I do not want Obama IMPEACHED... I want him IMPRISONED.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:28:24 PM PST
by
kalee
(The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: timeflies
Have the Koreans skewed the male / female ratio by gender-specific abortion as have the Chinese?
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posted on
03/09/2010 7:28:38 PM PST
by
smokinleroy
(Eccl. 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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