10 January 2005

engrish.com

saturday afternoon when i left the house there was a menu for a new chinese restaurant on my doorstep. i kicked it inside and left, picking it up sometime sunday. after briefly perusing their menu items, i read the print at the bottom of each page which states "Red Color Is Hot and Spicy" in red (of course). i am puzzled by this, "Spicy Wings (8 pcs)" and "Hot and Sour Soup" are going to be hot and spicy? suspicious...

the next line is better - and inspires me to write a dictionary including only verbs. "We Can Spicy to Your Needs." (in black this time) i'm not sure what my needs might be that i would want someone "to spicy" (especially since i'm unsure if this is something they are going to do *for* me or *to* me) but i'm pretty sure i'm glad they provide the service. after all, more is better - and no one else offers to do that.

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