August 29, 2005
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.
Posted by Beth at August 29, 2005 06:05 PMMe thinks there's a chink in their proof-reading armor...whoops!
Posted by: Jaycie at August 29, 2005 06:20 PMwhy 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 at August 29, 2005 06:38 PMholy cow, dont they prrof read this crap?
Posted by: lizabetty at August 29, 2005 07:21 PMHave 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 at August 29, 2005 07:58 PMThanks for the laugh out loud funny. Classic!
Posted by: Laurie at August 29, 2005 08:47 PMFunny...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!
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 at August 29, 2005 10:24 PMAhh, Chinese restaurants. Entertainment and a meal all in one!
Posted by: Eulallia at August 30, 2005 12:04 AMMy Chinese husband just about peed himself laughing....
Posted by: anna at August 30, 2005 01:14 AMOne 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 at August 30, 2005 05:41 AMOkay...I admit it....I laughed out loud.
Posted by: Nicole at August 30, 2005 07:31 AMIn 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 at August 30, 2005 09:27 AMI 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 at August 30, 2005 11:14 AMits like dinner theater
Posted by: shannon at August 30, 2005 11:50 AMDear lord..thats hard to read!
Posted by: veronica at August 30, 2005 12:08 PMOOOOOO... 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 at August 30, 2005 12:10 PMIf 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 at August 30, 2005 01:23 PMYumm...now I'm hungry.
Posted by: wendy at August 30, 2005 02:27 PMI've read it 4 times and I'm still not sure what to expect when you order that.
Posted by: Sweety at August 30, 2005 03:27 PMAhh it's the little things that make life oh-so-much fun!
Posted by: ::c:: at August 30, 2005 03:53 PM"all your base are belong to us." yikes.
Posted by: Paulette at August 31, 2005 02:22 PM
