Roger Ebert the celebrated and cerebral film critic in Chicago tweets on POKKURI: the Japanese term for "popping off" in one's sleep and dying a peaceful queit painless death. RE: ebertchicago: Danny Bloom on "Pokkuri," the Japanese word for popping off suddenly. There's even a Pokkuri goddess. http://j.mp/apcFFR
Danny Bloom
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2 minutes ago ·
Danny Bloom
TMTheFreak 25 May 27, 2010 Reply
@ebertchicago Thanks "pokkuri" link. Interesting read.
@ebertchicago Thanks "pokkuri" link. Interesting read.
2 minutes ago ·
Danny Bloom
litdreamer 21 3 days ago Reply
@ebertchicago Those crazy Japanese! What will they think of next?
@ebertchicago Those crazy Japanese! What will they think of next?
about a minute ago ·
Danny Bloom
saffronroses 123 3 days ago Reply
@ebertchicago When pokkuri happens in the middle of the night, a spouse or family is/are often bereft of the chance to say goodbye.
@ebertchicago When pokkuri happens in the middle of the night, a spouse or family is/are often bereft of the chance to say goodbye.
about a minute ago ·
Danny Bloom
ClaudeSeymour 29 3 days ago Reply
@ebertchicago Jeez, I thought "Pokkuri" was about premature ejaculation, for a moment there.
@ebertchicago Jeez, I thought "Pokkuri" was about premature ejaculation, for a moment there.
a few seconds ago ·
Danny Bloom
Lisa1LinenLady 1,674 2 days ago Reply
@ebertchicago I thought you were getting vulgar. The boomers will get to know it & pray 4 it w the future of health care
@ebertchicago I thought you were getting vulgar. The boomers will get to know it & pray 4 it w the future of health care
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- Pathological characteristics of Pokkuri Death Syndrome by S. Takeichi in 2008 , Related articles : ''K. Gotoh, A histological study on the conduction system of the so-called Pokkuri disease'' -(Sudden unexpected cardiac death, of unknown origin in Japan)
- TheFreak said: Thanks "pokkuri" link. Interesting read.
- litdreamer said: Those crazy Japanese! What will they think of next?
- saffronroses said: When pokkuri happens in the middle of the night, a spouse or family is/are often bereft of the chance to say goodbye.
- ClaudeSeymour said: Jeez, I thought "Pokkuri" was about premature ejaculation, for a moment there.
- and Lisa1LinenLady said: I thought you were getting vulgar. The boomers will get to know it & pray 4 it w the future of health care.
When the New York Times writes about pokkuri properly, we will know the word has arrived, but not until then. I wrote an oped a few years on pokkuri but they killed it.