Comments on: Funny Signs: Japanese Edition http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/funny-signs-japanese-edition/ Mon, 21 May 2012 07:01:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vintage Tokyo Subway Posters | You Offend Me You Offend My Family http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/funny-signs-japanese-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-29345 Vintage Tokyo Subway Posters | You Offend Me You Offend My Family Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:03:02 +0000 http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/?p=15614#comment-29345 [...] readers of this blog already know that the Japanese have some strange ideas when it comes to street signs. Along those lines, the good folks at pinktenacle have collected some interesting vintage Tokyo [...] [...] readers of this blog already know that the Japanese have some strange ideas when it comes to street signs. Along those lines, the good folks at pinktenacle have collected some interesting vintage Tokyo [...]

]]> By: Funny Asian Signs | You Offend Me You Offend My Family http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/funny-signs-japanese-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-28154 Funny Asian Signs | You Offend Me You Offend My Family Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:02:55 +0000 http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/?p=15614#comment-28154 [...] Japanese aren’t the only ones whose English-language signs lose something in the translation. Here are signs from all around Asia which obviously [...] [...] Japanese aren’t the only ones whose English-language signs lose something in the translation. Here are signs from all around Asia which obviously [...]

]]> By: filmbeats http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/funny-signs-japanese-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-15171 filmbeats Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:45:52 +0000 http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/?p=15614#comment-15171 hmm there's no japanese in the purple sign. Since it's written in traditonal chinese so I assume it's from taiwan. I am just nitpicking. These engrish signs from asia are some of the most hilarious things ever. hmm there’s no japanese in the purple sign. Since it’s written in traditonal chinese so I assume it’s from taiwan. I am just nitpicking. These engrish signs from asia are some of the most hilarious things ever.

]]> By: Letsu Go! http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/funny-signs-japanese-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14617 Letsu Go! Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:05:21 +0000 http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/?p=15614#comment-14617 ha ha! my favorite is "The only things that should be stuck in the snow are ski gear and your own face." FACE!! ha ha! my favorite is “The only things that should be stuck in the snow are ski gear and your own face.” FACE!!

]]> By: Jessica http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/funny-signs-japanese-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14612 Jessica Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:59:42 +0000 http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/?p=15614#comment-14612 This was my favorite sign in Tokyo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rose-kimknits/3679747115/in/set-72157620743691195/ This was my favorite sign in Tokyo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rose-kimknits/3679747115/in/set-72157620743691195/

]]> By: Roger http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/funny-signs-japanese-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14591 Roger Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:16:36 +0000 http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/?p=15614#comment-14591 how they can see an erect penis metaphor in some of these is beyond me. anatomically, the projected penis would be 1 1/2 feet long by normal human standards. that would be excellent... how they can see an erect penis metaphor in some of these is beyond me. anatomically, the projected penis would be 1 1/2 feet long by normal human standards. that would be excellent…

]]> By: Philip http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/funny-signs-japanese-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14584 Philip Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:25:37 +0000 http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/?p=15614#comment-14584 The second sign is from a train. It's asking riders to give up their seats for: 1. person with injured arm 2. person holding a baby 3. pregnant woman 4. person with injured leg Yup, not what it looks like at all. The second sign is from a train. It’s asking riders to give up their seats for:

1. person with injured arm
2. person holding a baby
3. pregnant woman
4. person with injured leg

Yup, not what it looks like at all.

]]> By: Iris http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/funny-signs-japanese-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14583 Iris Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:16:12 +0000 http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/?p=15614#comment-14583 After 3 years of compulsory English in Jr. High & 3 more years in High School, the only sentence my cousins in Japan were able to say was "This is a pen," which is the first useless sentence they teach you. I agree with Bond, though. We need more PSA writers/illustrators with a sense of humor. I'm also still trying to figure out that 2nd one. After 3 years of compulsory English in Jr. High & 3 more years in High School, the only sentence my cousins in Japan were able to say was “This is a pen,” which is the first useless sentence they teach you.

I agree with Bond, though. We need more PSA writers/illustrators with a sense of humor. I’m also still trying to figure out that 2nd one.

]]> By: Bond http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/funny-signs-japanese-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14576 Bond Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:02:32 +0000 http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/?p=15614#comment-14576 Thanks! :-D Hilarious. I liked the cowboy/cigarette butt/old movie one for telling a story...LOL. We need more PSAs like that here. Thanks! :-D
Hilarious. I liked the cowboy/cigarette butt/old movie one for telling a story…LOL. We need more PSAs like that here.

]]> By: Juliet http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/funny-signs-japanese-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14575 Juliet Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:42:22 +0000 http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/?p=15614#comment-14575 I'm not sure what to make of that second one...I think I saw it as a plot of "Law a& Order: SVU" once. I’m not sure what to make of that second one…I think I saw it as a plot of “Law a& Order: SVU” once.

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