<p>One of the large Chinese markets near me has some signs that make me laugh out loud. A traditional favorite is “ho-ho-peno peppers,” but today brought a new all timer: “sharrots.” Yes, bags of shallots. And they had various produce on sale with notations of expiration dates: December 31, 2010 or, believe it or not, January 31, 2012.</p>
<p>When some letters of neon business signs burn out, some signs look rather silly; here is a sampling of a few local ones :)</p>
<p>Home Inprovement War (ehouse)
S (ch) ucks Auto Supply
Pet’s (M) art</p>
<p>I also like signs written in misspelled English in foreign countries. In Beijing I saw a night club that featured live music and dancing. And the large neon sign outside said “Drance.”</p>
<p>Also in Japan I once saw a young person wearing a UCLA t-shirt. It wasn’t misspelled, but the shirt was in USC colors, which is even worse! Now that’s an example of counterfeit goods if I ever saw one.</p>
<p>Are you all familiar with this site?: [Engrish</a> Funny](<a href=“http://engrishfunny.com/]Engrish”>http://engrishfunny.com/)</p>
<p>I hope I’m not hijacking the thread, but your posts reminded me of a news story on TV several years ago. A newscaster was interviewing a union official, who was complaining about some anonymous charges being made against the union. He said “There have been allegations made against us, bad allegations. And we want to know who the allegator is.” Not a misspelled sign, but enjoyable.</p>
<p>ROFLMAO</p>
<p>It is very funny.</p>
<p>Posts 4 and 5</p>
<p>Thanks for the laughs.</p>
<p>Our town has a “Disco (unt) Liquor Store” (I’d like to see John Travolta on the neon sign).</p>
<p>Once saw an alternative medical practitioner advertising “pain rerief”</p>
<p>A market near us for years had a sign in its window: “bonoless rabbits.” I suppose they didn’t like U2. That sign went with the “rabbi farm” we saw in Ontario. (I think that sign became famous and was in a book - or there was more than one.) </p>
<p>I distinguish between misspellings and odd phrasing. I have a bag of spiced sunflower seeds that reads in a kind of poetry:</p>
<p>“The ChaCha sunflower seeds,
picking the selected large and plump full sunflower seeds
from the natural inner Mongolian environmental-friendly farm,
stuffed with traditional flavor,
after steaming and roasting,
the crispy tasty seeds for sure
bring you the happiness of delicious feeling.”</p>
<p>This one is up the road at a very busy and prominent shopping center:
On Coming Cars Don’t Stop</p>
<p>I have laughed at that sign and thought “someone paid a lot of money to make, then hang, this sign” - I show it to anyone I can. Some get it, some…not so much.</p>
<p>Oh dear! I just killed a few minutes on that Engrish site (and probably added a few hours to my lifespan :)). Someone gave me a can of Barf they brough back from Turkey. Apparently, “barf” means “snow” or something like that in their language. It does do a good job of cleaning my kitchen sink :)</p>
<p>Added: Be careful - my ESET antivirus intercepted a Trojan that was about to download from that Engrish site.</p>
<p>There was a second-hand shop near us that advertised “Baby and Used Furniture” for sale. I always wondered how much they got for the baby.</p>
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<p>Many years ago a favorite Chinese restaurant of ours had an entree named “Black Fungus”. </p>
<p>It was probably a delicious mushroom dish, but the name reminded me of the stuff found on the walls behind the toilets in some of the crappy student apartments we had moved into, so I never gave it a try.</p>
<p>I had friends long ago who had a cocker spaniel named Pupie (pronounced peeu-pee). They bought the dog as a puppy from a house with this sign:
Pupies for sale</p>
<p>This couple were both biology majors and they thought pupies (like pupae, a larval stage, I think) was the most hilarious thing. So Pupie was the dog’s name.</p>
<p>I go to Dr. Pee Pees to take care of my teeth. For real.</p>
<p>^^^except most people thought their dog was named “Poopie”.:D</p>
<p>We had a dry cleaners near us that had a sign in the window that said “Drop your pants here”. No joke. Wish I’d taken a photo. I did take a photo (which I can’t find) of a 24-hr Convenience store- Had a big sign that said “OPEN 24 HOURS” and next to it in the door was a sign that said “closed”.</p>
<p>We saw a sign in front of a restaurant that read, “Now serving legal drinks”. Apparently we weren’t the only people who thought it was funny, because my son informed me that it’s now hanging in a fraternity house on his campus.</p>
<p>Local burned-out sign: id’s Bridal
(Was David’s Bridal. Is now fixed.)</p>