Japanese Turning To "Therapeutic Ringtones"

indiavision writes "A host of young Japanese are drawn to the allure of 'therapeutic ringtones' — a genre of melodies that promises to ease a range of day-to-day gripes, from chronic insomnia to a rotten hangover. Developed by Matsumi Suzuki, the head of the Japan Ringing Tone Laboratory, an eight-year-old subsidiary of the Japan Acoustic Laboratory, the tones are a hit with housewives as well as teenagers."

It's pronounced "fewer"

[Jeff-reyy]

As in "I wish there were fewer illiterate retards on Slashdot."

Re:Quackery

[sakdoctor]

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a therapeutic ringtone.

Re:So...

[swanzilla]

What's the Japanese for "There's a sucker born every minute"?

Sony.

Re:It's pronounced "fewer"

[Locke2005]

Shouldn't the first letter of a sentence be capitalized?

Re:Cultural Gap

[madpansy]

So you're saying housewives and teenagers across America are alerted to calls by the sound of Free Bird, and not Ke$sha? There's hope for this country yet.

Re:Nasal blaster

[93 Escort Wagon]

That settles it. Gotta have that one. Any sound powerful enough to dislodge pollen from one's sinuses has got to be a dangerous weapon.

I take it you missed the part about having to keep your cellphone in one nostril?