jobo2mi
Apr 8 2008, 08:41 AM
Read the cake first:

Okay so this is how I imagine this conversation went:
Walmart Employee: "Hello 'dis Walmarts, how can I help you?"
Customer: "Yes, I would like to order a cake for a going away party this week."
Walmart Employee: "Whatchu want on the cake?"
Customer: "Best Wishes Suzanne." And underneath that "We will miss you". Sad but true. This actually happened.
kate
Apr 8 2008, 08:58 AM
K Yager
Apr 8 2008, 10:56 AM
Hahaha..... Was that the one that was one Headlines on Jay Leno a few weeks back. If it is not, then they have done that twice!
Joseph
Apr 8 2008, 08:13 PM
That's hilarious! Imagine being poor Suzanne! I suppose they had to pick off the chocolate writing.
I love Engrish. It's just so funny how people don't get the subtleties of each other's language.
Here are some stories from people who have been tourists in Japan. I got these off my favourite Engrish website.
On a Japanese product used to relieve painful haemorrhoids
- LIE DOWN ON BED AND INSERT POSCOOL SLOWLY UP TO THE PROJECTED PORTION LIKE A SWORD-GUARD INTO ANAL DUCT. WHILE INSERTING POSCOOL FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES, KEEP QUIET.
On a recent trip to the orient, a friend of mine who works in Japan was confronted by a man selling T-shirts outside the airport. The shirts were white with 3 words in bold black block print. These words were: "S**T , F**K , SATAN"
The guy thought these T-shirts were the funniest things going because every American who saw them laughed themselves silly (my friend included). The guy obviously had no idea what these three english words meant. I'm sorry that I do not have a picture of one to send you.
I remember there was a Japanese toothpaste from the 50s called "Snot".
Although "Pocket Wetty" is still going strong, my all-time favorite Japanese product name was a series of single portion microwavable foods, which enjoyed brief favor around 1990, with the name "Dish of Quickie."
Also... here's an advisory for expectant mothers from the Public Health Center in Joetsu City in Niigata Prefecture:
1) Strain yourself or push at the time of contraction and two hours later a baby will come out.
2) A swell will be checked if there is, by pushing shin.
3) If your weight gains rapidly, it is a sign of swell or fatness.
4) If you pick up around your nipple come out 1 cm high, and it'll be alright.
5) You'd better begin your sexual intercourse after the delivery after the one mouth check-up with a doctor.
6) If you want to do a vowel movement don't stop.
7) After you vomit, you rinse your mouse and if you can eat, eat.
8) You can do Üfoo, foo¹ naturally when you open your mouth slightly.
9) Brasure can be for maternity one or nursing bra, so that your breast can't be oppressed.
10) There are many differences of ideas in family but she felt family bondage after delivery as a wife.