so the fish said

This is in very bad taste

I am really torn about this entry. On the one hand, it is very, very funny. On the other hand, it is in exceptionally poor taste. Ordinarily, I would never make this sort of joke and in most circumstances wouldn't laugh at it either. But there's no way around it, it's funny.

So anyway, this is from the take out menu of a local Chinese restaurant. Read carefully.

Some days, I'm really glad I'm vegetarian.

Comments (21)

Me thinks there's a chink in their proof-reading armor...whoops!

Posted by Jaycie | August 29, 2005 6:20 PM

why is it that so many asian restaurants have SO many typos in their menus? we just ate at a new sushi place today, and there were misspelled words, extra spaces, random periods and commas, and more all over the place.

hello? spellcheck?

Posted by Sarcomical | August 29, 2005 6:38 PM

holy cow, dont they prrof read this crap?

Posted by lizabetty | August 29, 2005 7:21 PM

Have you read a newspaper lately? They're even worse then this menu! But yes, the chicken also sounds incredibly bad. And I love chicken.

Posted by Maribeth | August 29, 2005 7:58 PM

Thanks for the laugh out loud funny. Classic!

Posted by Laurie | August 29, 2005 8:47 PM

Funny...I happen to be living in Japan now with my MArine Corps hubby and it is funny to see some of the shirts in English and some other things like these....(tried to post pics but couldn't)
Love Drugs (a pharmacy)
The Pecker ( a small drill)
and my most favorites
Plussy, Human Water, and GOD coffee.....all drinks from the vending machine!

Posted by Rachel | August 29, 2005 9:32 PM

I love a good grammatical error. These kind of things make life that much more fun...imagine how boring it would be if there were only one language, and if everyone spoke it perfectly.

Blah.

Posted by Carmi | August 29, 2005 10:24 PM

Ahh, Chinese restaurants. Entertainment and a meal all in one!

Posted by Eulallia | August 30, 2005 12:04 AM

My Chinese husband just about peed himself laughing....

Posted by anna | August 30, 2005 1:14 AM

One of our local Chinese restaurants posts all the bad checks it gets. Very entertaining!

And, as far as grammatical and spelling errors -- anyone notice all the mistakes that teachers make?Makes one wonder where they got their educashun !

Posted by Brenda | August 30, 2005 5:41 AM

Okay...I admit it....I laughed out loud.

Posted by Nicole | August 30, 2005 7:31 AM

In college, we used to eat at a Chinese restaurant that had the best chicken dish, and the only reason we ever tried it is because the description was simply "chicken in special wonderful sauce." How could you go wrong? And now when my kid asks skeptically about what kind of chicken I'm fixing, guess what I tell him?

Posted by laura | August 30, 2005 9:27 AM

I personally adhere to the "It's funny 'cause it's true" mantra. If you had made that up, it'd be in bad taste. To paraphrase old Eddie Murphy material: they brought that shit on themselves.

Posted by Stacy | August 30, 2005 11:14 AM

its like dinner theater

Posted by shannon | August 30, 2005 11:50 AM

Dear lord..thats hard to read!

Posted by veronica | August 30, 2005 12:08 PM

OOOOOO... that too me a minute or two (see my brain is fried b/c the A/C is out at my work for a 2ND day) and you'e e right... thats in bad taste on multiple levels (not you but their proofreading errors)

Posted by Stephanie | August 30, 2005 12:10 PM

If you find this funny, try www.engrish.com, it's a site dedicated to mistakes like that. You could actually submit it to them....

Posted by Cristina | August 30, 2005 1:23 PM

Yumm...now I'm hungry.

Posted by wendy | August 30, 2005 2:27 PM

I've read it 4 times and I'm still not sure what to expect when you order that.

Posted by Sweety | August 30, 2005 3:27 PM

Ahh it's the little things that make life oh-so-much fun!

Posted by ::c:: | August 30, 2005 3:53 PM

"all your base are belong to us." yikes.

Posted by Paulette | August 31, 2005 2:22 PM