Engrish in your daily life - sandwiches mastered

[OakLeaf]

On our last homeowners' insurance application, we had to certify that we owned no "viscous dogs."

They're all in doggie heaven now but at the time, one of them did drool pretty profusely.

We took our chances and the insurance company is none the wiser.

[GLC1968]

OMG, I just spent 20 minutes shaking with uncontrollable laughter here at my desk (you notice how it's always more funny when you shouldn't be laughing?) at "viscous dogs".


At my last company, they had a sewer issue (very, very low building and a very high water table). It was an engineering company where there were very few women. Apparently, once a month, the system backed up because I guess all of the women were on the same menstrual cycle. One day, a nicely printed sign (someone obviously paid for them) showed up on the inside of all the stall doors in the two women's bathrooms:

"Please dispose of all sanitary materials in ceptical. Do not flush."

[IFjane]

"Please dispose of all sanitary materials in ceptical. Do not flush."

I guess that's because the can in which you are supposed to dispose of all sanitary materials is being used for the first time.....compared to a ceptical that is being used again.....a.k.a. REceptical??

[mimitabby]

OMG, I just spent 20 minutes shaking with uncontrollable laughter here at my desk (you notice how it's always more funny when you shouldn't be laughing?) at "viscous dogs".


"Please dispose of all sanitary materials in ceptical. Do not flush."

were you guys skeptical about the ceptical??

[bikinNkc]

You are not alone - I NEVER could figure out why douches figured so prominently in a song....

It is acutally "revved up like a Duece" (a duece coupe car that is)

OMG!!! I finally get it. I always loved that song but 1) at the age of 7 had no idea what a douche was and 2) once I learned the definition of that word, didn't get how it fit into the song.

I'm pulling up my 70's song list now!!!!

[tygab]

we were out to dinner this weekend at a local Thai place, and I thought of this thread...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/3543578...in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35435787@N00/2047398982/

[bmccasland]

Tygab - the pics are very fuzzy. Either that or I need new reading glasses.

What does it say on the menu???

[Zen]

Scroll down a bit, Beth.
The first one says
"Another gem from the menu:
Never Have Thai Foods

fortunately for them, I had Thai foods anyway!"

The next one says
"Garlic chives pancake
Enjoy this as a snack or as a first course. They are completely vegetarians, served with soy."

[Eden]

OMG, I just spent 20 minutes shaking with uncontrollable laughter here at my desk (you notice how it's always more funny when you shouldn't be laughing?) at "viscous dogs".

Someone on another cycling forum wrote about be chased by "viscous dogs" once and I had the same reaction. I sat at my desk and laughed and laughed. Anyone who walked by probably thought I was having a breakdown. Normally I don't worry over other people's typos, its easy to make them, but it was sooooo funny I had to write back that they couldn't have been very fast as they oozed their way towards him......

[MM_QFC!]

people in glass containers shouldn't throw stones at the minimart....or have gas ;-)

good one, Trek! and I'm sure that it could get pretty uncomfortable in there with their gas problemo too!

[Xrayted]

I'm so glad someone revisited this thread. It has had me in stitches all morning.

When I was going to the main campus of my college for a semester, I overheard two culinary students talking about going over to see Ted lick. A few weeks later, I had to park out back on the other side of the campus. On my way to class, I look up and in big letters all over the side of a building it said "C. Ted Lick Conference Center". I always got a giggle fit everytime I had to walk by there.

As for Blinded By The Light, I didn't know what they were saying either until I heard Springsteen sing it. (he wrote it too) It wasn't as much fun after I knew the real words, so I still sing about a douche just cuz...

When I was a clinical student, a group of us were hanging out at the end of the shift, playing some music. Brick House came on and everyone started dancing around and singing. Marty, a tech, brought down the house when she belted out "She's a pimp... Owwww!!!"

I imagine training a viscous dog to heal would be a no brainer. Everywhere you go, there she is, stuck to your calf. But in a nice way.

[SadieKate]

For some reason the photo at the bottom right is not loading in my browser so I can see the file name of the photo: "Color print of a potatoe farm"

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/myster...eetpotato.html

[Eden]

I love when this thread comes up, as it is a reminder to visit Engrish.com to see what's new.... Some of the stuff on there is hillarious.
Sometimes I think that someone is having a joke on non-english speakers by getting them to use funny names. They have one photo up of a big ocean going ship - like a container ship or something called the Titan Uranus...... I swear it does not look like it was photoshopped and the caption also says this
This is NOT a fake photograph - apparently
the ship is owned by the Singapore-based
Titan Shipping Co, and their ships are
named after planets.

[Duck on Wheels]

Someone on another cycling forum wrote about be chased by "viscous dogs" once and I had the same reaction. I sat at my desk and laughed and laughed. Anyone who walked by probably thought I was having a breakdown. Normally I don't worry over other people's typos, its easy to make them, but it was sooooo funny I had to write back that they couldn't have been very fast as they oozed their way towards him......

Either that, or they drooled all over him. I think Sarahlou's little dog Loulou might be seen by some as "attacking viscously". She's a very avid licker.

[Trek420]

Either that, or they drooled all over him. I think Sarahlou's little dog Loulou might be seen by some as "attacking viscously". She's a very avid licker.

Is her name Ted? I'd like to see that.