Engrish, still funny, but not as good as the first page.
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"FREE DRINK --- 2000 yen
FREE DRINK & FOOD --- 3000 yen"
Commentary: These are some clever marketing tricks.
Location: A bar or restaurant in Kumamoto City.
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"SMIMIZU DRUG CHAIN"
Commentary: Seems the Japanese mafia is getting a lot less creative.
Location: Taken from the bus window somewhere in Kyoto.
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"BEAUTY SALOON"
Commentary: One of the teachers was showing this card around because it was one of their students' parent's business card, so I made sure to teach everyone the difference between "salon" and "saloon".
Location: One of my students' parent's business cards.
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"ing to the plea, 'Make us grandparen bring a child into the wor
one of the poorest reasons I know second generation to cool"
Commentary: I can only hope that this sentence was accidentally truncated... although even then I can't see how it would make sense, especially since this is not the kind of topic that should be written on the package of a disposable shower cap.
Location: The package of a disposable shower cap in a hotel in Oosaka.
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"To shut the door Necessarily,while keep on opening door the bath room,Emergency call would be ringing with emergency call operated wrong--- Please notice that."
Commentary: Sounds important... too bad I have NO CLUE what they're trying to say.
Location: Same hotel in Oosaka.
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"SCARRY"
Commentary: Despite the fact that this obviously says "carry" with the Suzuki 's' in front of it, I still think it's funny that they would sell a truck that says "scarry" on the back.
Location: On my way to Kita JH every day (and all over Japan).
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Commentary: I get that it's about surfing, other than that your guess is as good as mine.
Location: A guy playing pachinko in Fukuoka.
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"Nina is a dream space that packs girl's live. Such a cute play mind's being able to do is a privilege only the girl."
Commentary: Tell Lewis Black there's a new "Dumbest Thing he's ever heard."
Location: Outside a photo machine in Fukuoka.
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"Super Wet & Hard"
Commentary: Finally, a unisex "product".
Location: A store in Kumamoto.
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"Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Most Advanced Quality Gives Best Writing Features & Gives Satisfaction To You."
Commentary: These Notebooks (Most of which specifically desgined for English study) have the most ridiculous things written on them, usually things about the quality of the paper.
Location: One of my students' English notebooks.
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"Melty dot.
Like newly born drops of water.
The world has suddenly begun to shine."
Location: One of my students' English notebook.
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"Conferma
It is our hope that this item will become your good friend and help to make your life enjoyable all the time."
Commentary: Japanese parents were concerned that their children weren't studying enough, so now they encourage them to become friends with their notebooks (j/k... I think).
Location: One of my students' English notebooks.
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"This is the most comfortable notebook you have ever run into. You will feel like writing with it all the time."
Location: One of my students' English notebooks.
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"HAPPY DOGS HAVE A MANY FOR YOU!!"
Commentary: Above this line is some french, below it is some Japanese. I wonder if any of it makes sense.
Location: One of my students' mechanical pencils.
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No Engrish, but hilarious for the Family Guy reference:
"More tea, Mr. Bike?"
LOL!
If you don't get this, go watch the Family Guy episode, I think it's called "Death is a Bitch" and I think it's the first episode in Season 2... not sure though.
Location: A bike parked at the port in Goshoura.
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"HURRICANE
FOR THE RIDING PLEASURE"
Commentary: Not going there, either you get it or you don't.
Location: A bike parked at the port in Goshoura
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"join in circle! come on sports!"
Commentary: These lines could be interpreted in a few ways...
Location: All of the kids from Kita Junior High had this embroidered on their warm up suits for the All-Amakusa Sports Festival (fortunately, I was the only native English speaker there).
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"THE ANGELS LIVE IN SIDE ME CAN FEEL THEM SMILE THEIR PRESENCE STROKES AND SOOTHES THE TEMPEST IN MY MIND AND THEIR LOVE. CAN HEAL THE WOUNDS THAT I HAVE WROUGHT HEY WATCH ME AS I GO T FALL - I KNOW I SHALL BE CAUGHT FOR THE ANGELS LIVE."
Commentary: More weird Engrish... it really does say "GO T FALL" although you can't really see it in the pic.
Location: A teacher at Goshoura Junior High
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"High quality, tasteful waste can makes your room brighter and more beautiful."
Commentary: What exactly is high quality waste?
Location: A wastebasket in the bungalows at the Waterwheel.
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