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Magnetic Levitating Trains Get Go-Ahead In Japan

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the futureworld-is-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes "They've been on the drawing board for 40 years but the politicos have finally approved routes for the 500kph maglev trains to replace bullet trains." I wonder if they'll let me test out maglev rollerblades on the track.

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  1. Rollerblades + zero friction.... right! by frooddude · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So maybe you forgot to mention the jet pack? Or you plan on lighting your farts?

  2. Rollerblades by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wonder if they'll let me test out of maglev rollerblades on the track.

    Q: What's the hardest part about rollerblading?

    A: Telling your parents you are gay.

    1. Re:Rollerblades by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Your mother is a whore and I has boned her.

      Don't worry about your mum, douchebag.

  3. Test whatever you want on the tracks, CmdrTaco! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Spend as much time on train tracks as possible.

  4. maybe by IsaacD · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    they'll let you learn of the grammar english

  5. woe discordia by scatteredsun · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Blaine is a pain.

    Why did the dead baby cross the road?

  6. Re:magic trains by dgatwood · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You forgot "at taxpayer expense".

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