Friday, July 19, 2002
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
Sunday, July 14, 2002
This guys says the country has been run like a mafia protection racket the last 10 years. Didn't we all kind of think this what campaign contributions were for anyway?
Saturday, July 13, 2002
Friday, July 12, 2002
ADAM SMITH WRITES:
Finally, the office in which I was working had a set of
English instructions for the phone system that had been typed up by one of
the Japanese in the office. At one point, the instructions were meant to
include the sentence "Hook the phone," meaning (I assume) "hang up the
phone."
The author of the instructions apparently didn't know how to spell "hook",
so I suppose he tried to sound it out. There is no "hoo" sound in
Japanese. The closest is something like "foo", which generally gets
transliterated as "fu". As for the "k" sound, the author apparently
decided that in this case "ck" was more likely to be correct than just
"k".
So the end result of all this was that the instructions contained the
sentence "Fuck the phone." For the Americans in the office, it was good
for about ten minutes of barely-contained laughter.
Japanese Engrish from YOU
Finally, the office in which I was working had a set of
English instructions for the phone system that had been typed up by one of
the Japanese in the office. At one point, the instructions were meant to
include the sentence "Hook the phone," meaning (I assume) "hang up the
phone."
The author of the instructions apparently didn't know how to spell "hook",
so I suppose he tried to sound it out. There is no "hoo" sound in
Japanese. The closest is something like "foo", which generally gets
transliterated as "fu". As for the "k" sound, the author apparently
decided that in this case "ck" was more likely to be correct than just
"k".
So the end result of all this was that the instructions contained the
sentence "Fuck the phone." For the Americans in the office, it was good
for about ten minutes of barely-contained laughter.
Japanese Engrish from YOU
Thursday, July 11, 2002
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
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Thursday, July 04, 2002
Wednesday, July 03, 2002
Monday, July 01, 2002
Sunday, June 30, 2002
Okay, so if it IS the next big thing, how come this article is from November of 2000?
Thing is, I've been reading a lot of stuff about it lately - the hype machine must be running...
CNN.com - Food Central - Tapioca milk tea creating waves as fun coffee alternative - November 27, 2000
Thing is, I've been reading a lot of stuff about it lately - the hype machine must be running...
CNN.com - Food Central - Tapioca milk tea creating waves as fun coffee alternative - November 27, 2000
If you believe that this is the next big thing... Boba Tea... here's how to get started in the biz...
bubble tea, boba drink, tapioca pearl tea, pearl tea products for home use
bubble tea, boba drink, tapioca pearl tea, pearl tea products for home use
LA Magazine - the BEST of LA... They only list the first six things out of 101. Maybe they'll post the rest when the edition is off the newsstands.
Best Burger: Pie n' Burger
Best Pie: Apple Pan
no best pizza!!!
Best Burger: Pie n' Burger
Best Pie: Apple Pan
no best pizza!!!
News: Free Web-mail waning? This article shows that there are still web sites where you can get free email accounts..
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