Lost in translation

When I was younger, I spent a couple of months travelling around Japan, and I remember a bowling alley in Kyoto had a sign which read, "Let's knock down all the pins and get hot communication!" I'm not sure what it meant, but I'm pretty sure the original meaning was lost in translation.

This week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog takes a look at more signs from around the world where the 'Engrish' version has been lost in translation.

1) Height discrimination

It seems a bit harsh to blame short people as their excuse for closing.

"Bah! Those pesky short people!"

"Sorry we are closed today due to short people."

Things that unintentionally made me laugh (part 4)

I have a weird sense of humour, so from time to time on the Charles Fudgemuffin blog, I like to highlight things that weren't meant to be funny, but which nevertheless appealed to my weird sense of humour.

Here are a few more things that unintentionally made me laugh...

1) Realistic Dinosaurs

First up, here's a video on YouTube which features dinosaur sounds. What made me laugh, was that it asks you to listen to the dinosaur sounds, and then rate how realistic they sound!

"Wow! That triceratops roar sounded just like the triceratops I heard in the park this morning."

Unless there are some extremely old people using YouTube, then I suspect rating dinosaur sounds for realism may prove a little tricky.

Random text conversations

This week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog shines the spotlight on a few random text conversations I found on the internet, which my easily amused sense of humor was entertained by.

1) To start things off, here's a brilliant scientific idea that someone has had...

"What if there were microwaves that made things cold?"
"They call those refrigerators."

To be fair, microwaves heat things up in only a few minutes, whereas fridges take considerably longer to cool things down. Then again, why let facts and logic get in the way of a sarcastic reply?

My favourite things

In the movie The Sound Of Music, some of Judi Garland's favourite things included such mundane items as doorbells, sleigh bells, and bright copper kettles. She also listed a few extravagantly weird items, such as 'wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings'.

If Judi Garland happens to be reading this blog post,
here's a special treat for you...

I personally haven't encountered many wild geese flying with the moon on their wings during my lifetime, so I can't really comment with any real authority on Judi Garland's unusual preference. Nevertheless, it does seem a rather weird choice to include as one of your favourite things.

Anyway, this week I'm going to follow Judi Garland's lead and list a few of my own favourite things...

1) My favourite Scooby Doo episode...

The one where it turned out the ghost was really just a man wearing a mask, but he didn't get away with it because of those meddling kids.