Archive | May, 2009

16 May 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Super name (超级名字)

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Some people think I’m a prick for mocking translations all the time…so I think it’s time to acknowledge a brilliant shop name. A shop that sells gadgets, called…Gismo! 有些人觉得我是个老喜欢玩文字游戏的笨蛋…那么现在是时候让你们承认一个很棒的店名了.一个卖小器具的店…叫小玩意! Wait…shouldn’t that be Gizmo? (Just kidding!) 等等….难道不应该是Gizmo吗? (开玩笑!)

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13 May 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Don’t do brugs (不要吸毒)

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I’ve been trying to photo this sign out of the bus for a while…I actually saw them putting the sign up. 我试着在车厢外面拍了一会这个牌子…我确实看到他们把这个牌子挂在那里了. Brugs don’t kill people, people kill people. 毒品不会杀人,可是人可以杀人.

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11 May 2009 ~ 2 Comments

I don’t know why I think this is funny (我不知道为什么我觉得这个很有意思)

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Ok, actually, it’s two 50+ year old people, on a moped, with an umbrella, wearing formal clothes, in 90 degree heat…what’s not to like? 好,事实上这是2个大概50多岁的人,在一辆助动车上,还撑着伞,穿着很正式的衣服,在90度的高温天气…这样有感觉凉快吗?

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04 May 2009 ~ 5 Comments

Fake roadsign in Wujiaochang (五角场的山寨路标)

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The shanzhai pirates (who fake anything from LV bags to mobile phones) have moved their business onto the streets! I found this FAKE roadsign in Wujiaochang (near Bailian Mall). What will they think of next?! 山寨盗版者(那些可以做从LV包包到手机任何假货的人)已经把生意做到了马路上!我在五角场发现了一个假冒的路标(在市贸百联旁边).下次他们还会想出什么东西?!

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02 May 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Shanghai openly encourages drug taking in shopping mall (上海在购物中心公开鼓励’吸毒’)

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This is my mall! Well, not really my mall… 这是我的商场!恩~~不真是我的商场… …and at the top of every escalator they have put a useful floor chart to describe how to travel using this extremely confusing piece of equipment. …在每个自动扶梯的最上面会有一个很有用的楼面图,来描述怎么用这个极其困扰人的东西在商场展开旅行. Although my memory is not as good as it used to be, I was sure I’d seen their [...]

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