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Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 9, 2008

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  • greenroom628, on 07/09/2008, -5/+126nice...i've always wanted a whole armed force of hobbits.
  • cuevas4711, on 07/09/2008, -6/+92OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO
    I'VE GOT A PERFECT PLANE FOR YOU
  • HookmasterCH47, on 07/09/2008, -3/+66You haven't see this before? It's made by Fischer-Price and is part of their child soldier line. They don't only drop bombs in their diapers anymore.
  • techblogLAT, on 07/09/2008, -12/+72Alternate title: The Midget Bomber

    Because little people are just more stealthy.
  • sh4d0w4lk3r, on 07/09/2008, -3/+43Scooty puff junior?
  • Jasonstech, on 07/09/2008, -4/+42My First Fighter Jet?
  • MLisa, on 07/09/2008, -0/+30LOL It's funny that so many haven't noticed it's a motorcycle and not a plane.
  • arcooke, on 07/09/2008, -2/+23Wow. You people write some stupid comments.
  • ophello, on 07/10/2008, -2/+16TO DIGG: stop letting 12-and-unders post comments. It is ruining my experience.
  • m0jo, on 07/09/2008, -7/+20This is better: http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=29insolit ...
  • built2spill, on 07/09/2008, -6/+18I think the correct take on this should be: Japanese fighter pilot pimped his motorcycle in a really cool way.
  • rickfrothingham, on 07/10/2008, -0/+12brings to mind images of the XF-85 Goblin, a miniature fighter plane designed in the 40's to be carried inside the bomb bay of large bomber planes, then released to provide support against attacking fighter planes. check it out

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XF-85_Goblin
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PisUjsXSUZU&feature ...
  • twishart, on 07/10/2008, -3/+14This is why we should be able to digg comments again and again.
  • Atomic05, on 07/09/2008, -0/+10*senior.
  • angrychimp, on 07/09/2008, -0/+9If only this were true. My nephew would own the street, making all lesser Power Wheels quake in fear.
  • xShifty, on 07/10/2008, -0/+8Their penis? Singular? Is there a collective Japanese penis somewhere?
  • JoeB4ever, on 07/10/2008, -0/+8I can't type. I ruined the joke
  • ModernGeek, on 07/10/2008, -0/+8So you are saying that it cannot fly?
  • bman85, on 07/09/2008, -2/+9Seriously though, whats the deal with this pic?
  • Rezistik, on 07/10/2008, -0/+7***** I would rule the street, child would run in fear of my awesome jet.
  • MLisa, on 07/09/2008, -1/+8It's a motorcycle.
  • sovereign3, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6That isn't an American aircraft. See the roundel? That is part of the Japanese Air Defense Force.
  • tobikow, on 07/09/2008, -4/+9The concept of smart cars apparently applies to fighter jets now too.
  • inactive, on 07/10/2008, -1/+6Your mom told you that?
  • MadOgre, on 07/10/2008, -0/+4Shire Air Defense Force: Because Hobbits aren't taking any ***** from Bree any more.
  • thedude42, on 07/10/2008, -1/+5OK, for anyone who has never seen this (and I'm sorry if someone has already presented video evidence of this in a reply) this is part of Japan's oh so wacky sense of humor. The little midget jet cars are driven around at air shows, I'm not exactly sure by who but it could very well be the actual JASDF pilots themselves. Anyone who has ever seen the Shriners in their little cars at parades knows the basic idea. The drivers of the cars perform little globetrotter-esq land maneuvers to warm up the crowd before the main event of combat aircraft demonstration flying.

    By the looks of it, I would guess Misawa Air Base in northern Japan.
  • opiniastrous, on 07/10/2008, -1/+5I'm certain it's a toy plane used for PR purposes. The Japanese Self Defense Forces are highly unusual in that like the rest of Japan, they try to make everything about them cute. For example:

    http://girls-in-military-uniforms.blogspot.com/200 ...
    http://s128.photobucket.com/albums/p198/Shinobi_02 ...

    These are not your typical military photos. Again, it's part of Japan's Gross National Cute. Here's another picture:

    http://www.mod.go.jp/j/library/images/pickles/gif/ ...

    These are the JSDF's mascots. I think the mini F-16 was probably designed for them (and for kids to play in).

    It's hard to explain and understand really. It's just the way Japanese culture is...
  • whiteknight927, on 07/10/2008, -0/+4Its called the F-2 Junior, derived from the Japanese F-2 or the states F-16 equivalent. They do a kind of pre-show for the Blue Impulse which is like the Blue Angel in Misawa Air base in northern Japan for their annual Air show.

    Here is a video of their performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlWoUQ_gfRM&eurl=ht ...
  • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/10/2008, -0/+4What do YOU mean, "you people?"
  • JK1150, on 07/10/2008, -0/+4thank god someone had the guts to turn this joke picture into a discussion about american policy, we needed that.
    btw those are japanese markings...
  • hakkola, on 07/09/2008, -3/+6If there is a bike under there, I want one!
  • bdfariello, on 07/09/2008, -4/+7Now there's a pilot that isn't trying to compensate for the lack of size in other areas.
  • inactive, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3sadly, it will never reach front page with a name like that...
  • jenel, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3Wait, what do you mean by "you people"?
  • pardonmedoug, on 07/10/2008, -2/+5buried for being retarded.
  • bobthegreat1224, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3Perhaps if he'd used "airplane" instead of "plane" so that it fit the song's rhythm.
  • ericmerrill, on 07/10/2008, -0/+2ophello: A comment in a thread about a picture of a miniature mock-fighter jet, irrelevant? You don't say!

    Good times.
  • eouw0o83hf, on 07/10/2008, -0/+2L2English plz
  • max420, on 07/10/2008, -1/+3MicroMachines were awesome. When I was 8
  • Slade605, on 07/10/2008, -0/+2Motorcycle shopped
  • MrPingu, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1I dunno, strap some rockets to it and make a small ramp and it could work goddamn it!
  • colourclassic, on 07/10/2008, -1/+2If only...
  • xShifty, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1Buried for retarded comments.
  • ep53, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1I cant see it, the page wont load :-(
  • Nimara, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1Use the boost to get through!
  • say592, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1This is actually so they can lower the enlistment age to 12.

    Oh, and they are trying accommodate midgets to.
  • kgtech, on 07/10/2008, -0/+2Best alternate ever.
  • adriaaan, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1This comment made me lol. =]
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