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NYC Transit Says "Keep Your Hands to Yourself Perv"

TresSugar — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:00:23 PDT

The wording of this very official-looking, yet unofficial, poster created by an artist for the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York is killing me. It starts off validating - "it's only natural to bump into each other" - and ends in all-out name-calling - "perv"!

Why not just slap on one of those passive-aggressive-but-very-effective signs that say, "Smile, you're on camera."

Sign Language: That's What Friends Are For!

TresSugar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:00:00 PDT

The Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas' new ads promise that Toronto businesses know how to treat their neighbors. These ads also show that the agency for the TABIA knows how to construct a good ad.

Fire the Translator: 10 Crazy Bad Translations

TresSugar — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:20:00 PDT

I've traveled to foreign countries, making locals scratch their heads when I try to speak their language, and I've also failed translation exams in college. So although I can't exactly say I have a command of foreign languages, I know a so-awful-it's-awesome translation when I see one. So without further ado, let's end International Translation Day with a bang!

Sign Language: "PhD in Waxing"

TresSugar — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:00:00 PDT

Some skills, like brain surgery and kidney transplantation, require doctors with years of training behind them. And although I know having your nether regions waxed within an inch of ~~its~~ your life should only be handled by a professional, I'm doubting this professional needs to have a PhD in waxing. Perhaps the Brazilian has gotten more complicated since the first - and last - time I got one.

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Sign Language: Nothing Gets by Her, Except Apostrophes

TresSugar — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:30:00 PDT

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Sign Language: No Psychotic Ragamuffins!

TresSugar — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:30:00 PDT

The Oriental Pearl TV tower has a list of forbidden acts. Ummm, OK. I won't do any of these, I promise, but mostly because I have no idea what any of these acts really is. (Authorities in Shanghai are fed up with hearing that signs in English make no sense, so they're looking to redo many of them.) I hope they don't touch this masterpiece of gobbledygook! I particularly like the parts about no psychotic ragamuffins and no carrying articles that emit a "peculiar smell of effluvium." Does Paris Hilton's Heiress perfume count?

Photo: Peter Hill

You Don't Want to Do This

TresSugar — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:30:00 PDT

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That's One Hearty Soup

TresSugar — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:06:41 PDT

I guess this is what they mean by "liquid lunch."

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The Words of the Prophets Are Written on the Bathroom Walls

TresSugar — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:00:00 PDT

Ha! It's a clever twist on, "Your mama."

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Sign Language

TresSugar — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:00:00 PDT

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