Singapore netizens received a rude shock this morning when the Ministry of Information and Censoring of the Arts (MICA) announced that they would be banning popular blog dannychoo.com effective tomorrow.
dannychoo.com, a popular web blog among young anime fans, chronicles the life of celebrity blogger Danny Choo, who hails from Britain and now resides in Tokyo with his wife. Also known as the Tokyo Dancing Stormtrooper, Danny is well known for dressing up as a Stormtrooper from the Star Wars movies and dancing on the streets of Tokyo. With an impressive monthly 20 million page views, dannychoo.com attracts readers from all around the world who actively participate in discussions. When not in armour, Danny runs his own Internet solution firm Mirai Inc as CEO.
At the official press conference held earlier today, MICA General Manager for Public Affairs, Mr Ben You, pointed out that according to statistics, one of the reasons for the country’s slow economy growth is due to 69% of the workforce spending long hours daily surfing the Internet during office hours.
“We all know that time is money. dannychoo.com was found to be the site most people go to during office hours when they should be doing work. Hours wasted on the Internet can means a delay in work, which in turn affected productivity, which ultimately will cripple the country’s economy,” explained Mr You. “We have no choice but to initiate the ban to restore administrative efficiency.”
Online forums and blogs were blazing with debates. Mr Oh Da Ku, 26, an engineer in the semi-conductor industry and frequent visitor of dannychoo.com for the past 3 years, was saddened by the news.
“I admit to visiting Danny’s blog during office hours. Reading Danny’s entertaining and motivational posts inspired me to do my best in life. I even make it a point to come to office early to get my daily dose of Danny Choo before I start work. All the health related posts also help me relax during those long hours at work,” Mr Oh said.
Miss Annie Mae, a student blogger, wrote in a recent entry on her blog: “I enjoy reading Danny’s posts about Japan’s unique culture, it’s people, happenings and watching his stormtrooper videos. Now with the ban, I guess I’ll just have to stick to second-rate sites like gordonator.com.
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You can be a news reporter at this rate. xD
“Mr Oh Da Ku” and “Miss Annie Mae” lol
you got me, I was about to rage…
I…believed this before, reading TP’s comment! ;A;
Nice comeup with the names :3
Hahaha.. I almost believed it till I saw the date it was posted.. ^^
It’s …
@ TP and Mizunaga,
you 2 got new e-mail. ^^;
@ aval,
no names calling. thanks. ^^;
Happy April Fool’s Day
You almost got me. ALMOST.
Still I think it’s hilarious. I wouldn’t put it past the Parliment to do this…XD
You got me there.. I really thought it was real at the homepage reading the title!
It’s 00:39 in Hong Kong right now when I’m posting this comment (runs away)~
lol second-rate sites and Mr Oh Da Ku…
ok, because of that, you’re worth blogrolling…
LOL…too bad it’s not April first yet for me…Canada is still in March…
Good one though…LOL…
Hahaha…..you got me.
Ugh, it’s April Fools’ not brownnosing day lol.
ministry statistics shows that riuva.com is the 2nd most visited site during office hours. who knows who will be next to go.
Crap! First China now SG. Where next?!
You can always try a proxy.
really!? China? we will miss you danny.
Nice Try!
Didnt believe one bit of it ;D
Oh no!!!! That is so sad and depressing. T____T
Wait, so can you still go on DC?
I can’t believe Singapore is following the footsteps of China. D: Wait, were you at the press conference this morning? I’m so confused and devastated. ;__; idk what to say
(channeling my real sorrows to ..almost real situations is such a great reliever)
^^
hey mimi, nice to see u dropping by. i saw your post at DC. good luck.
>Now with the ban, I guess I’ll just have to stick to second-rate sites like gordonator.com.
That of all sites!? That blows, dude.
u have your blog now. awesome! added u to my blogroll. thanks for adding me. cheers!
NNooooooo!!! It cant be…
Wait.. ahhh.. Lol.. Happy fool’s day!! ^^
And it’s not even 0905hrs yet. You are a clairvoyant!
You forgot the statements from April Fo and Ollie Day
next year bro. (‘~’)
I think gordonator.com will be next to go =P~
good. ban that silly blog. (‘~’)
Lol Gordon, good one! You had me there for a moment too…I actually clicked on Danny’s site to make sure its still accessible. ^^;
Actually if Sg Gahment want to ban , they shld ban Sankakucomplex instead. For obvious reasons. XD
NO~~~! Sankaku is a good place to go for fapping materials. (‘~’)
Lol. XD Gotta agree on that point…I can still survive w/o it tho (I get my “materials” from elsewhere LOL) Fanservice aside I enjoy the site for its quirky first hand news on anime/manga fandom (and other random stuffs).
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Very.. interesting XD
Miss Annie Mae lol
Here I was thinking, you poor people in Singapore!
April 1st ended here 20mins ago so I took it seriously.
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you know, i can totally see this as a possibility. ARGH
heyyyy this site isnt just a 2nd rate site…..
lol bro. u mean it’s something else? 3rd rate? (‘~’)
you’re always welcome up north, gordon.
XD
or my mother country the glorious nation of soviet sarawak further east. XD
will love to visit the place one day. ^^
LOL nice try~ Be careful they start banning Gordonator.com too! It’ll be up on my site nxt apr. keke
that is assuming this humble blog survived til the ban. (‘~’)
Oh no! I think I have to move to Malaysia then. =_=
LOL! I knew this is aprils fool at first sight ^^; I am very careful the whole day, need to go to school with my brain armed ^^;
I totally love your make-up names lols! This sounds really real though since most of it are actually facts (except the exaggerated recession part) ^^;
Had me there for a one sec^^;
LOL u guys actually bought it ?
LOL!!!! *slaps thigh*
Nice one.
Saying that I believe in this post is my way of April Fooling Gordon.
Wait… China banned DC?? I need a reality check, is my office in singapore or china… :confused:
Haha! I didn’t fall for it.
That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard! What’s next, they’re going to block Youtube?! -spazzes-
I panicked.
Nice try Gordon,when you look at the date of post you know that it’s just a joke ^^
had a meeting with Mr Ben You today. all is well. the ban will be lifted. thanks all for the comment and concern. (‘~’)
LOLed @ Mr Oh Da Ku and Miss Annie Mae. They seem strangely familiar, but I’m sure I’ve never met them before.
Man. You got me. From my feed reader. Lol.
Don’t forget that Danny Choo’s site is morally bankrupt and it encourages the degradation of women, the promotion of antichrist movements and idol-worshipping.
*AWESOME FACE*
Very interesting take on the April Fool’s joke. Sadly, only after reading your article did I realise that I’ve forgotten to do something special blog wise for April Fools.
nice one lol……
Oh noes! I can’t log on to Danny Choo, because my ISP banned it for ecchi! :O
I was like, “Woaaah, another government moronic things!”
But when I look at the mirai logo. “Oh.. P’shopped. When this news was posted…? Oh, April 1st”.
^_^
Gosh what that suppose to mean “2nd-rate sites” for ? It’s a sad news that Danny’s site getting ban from time to time…
Owh man~!
ROTFLOL =))
This is one of the best joke I ever had! ^.^Nice!
woww
bigg shock!
late….
is that for real gordon?
so, what the decision?
btw, is it okay to add your blog?
thanksss!
of course.
Loool i missed that
Nice one gordon !
NICE one gordon!!! huhu even do i miss this one.. huhu
PFFFFHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
OMG i figured it was an april fools thing straight as soon as i read comments
but only just realized the link wiv the names guuuuuuu!!!