Just couldn't help it ...

[羽之助]

I went to the store to get some ice cream to soothe my sore throat, and also because I like ice cream. So I get to the frozen foods section and what do I see but a young mom wearing a green shirt proclaiming JIZZ in sequins.

I couldn't help it. I started laughing right there in the freezer section and had to briskly walk into another aisle so I wouldn't attract too much attention.

That was even better than the woman in the Tokyo subway wearing a shirt that said "fucking (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanenosuke/163009476/in/set-72157594159595065/)".

[Klilynkun]

you should have taken a picture :rofl:

[I Like Shinny!]

I'm pretty sure that you know by now that the Japanese will wear anything.

[Klilynkun]

I need to visit that country before i die

[h2orowe]

I'm pretty sure that you know by now that the Japanese will wear anything.
Including suits made of tentacles.

[羽之助]

you should have taken a picture :rofl:

Left my phone in my apartment and I didn't think I could get away with snapping a picture ;)

[Klilynkun]

i would have grabbed one of those 1 use cameras snapped the pic and ran to the checkout

[羽之助]

The fact that the daughter who is probably one of my students was with her deterred me from that obviously desired action.

[Klilynkun]

aaargh .

[japanat]

My favorite was a grandma wearing a t-shirt, I shit thee not, which said in VERY large type:
"Looking for SKANK!"

I nearly coughed up a lung on that one.

Also, on the back window of a hopped-up minicar: "High Way Killer"
Rather Monty Python-esque, don't you think (it's just a little rabbit!)

[Osucka]

I saw a girl in USJ last summer, she had to have only been 10 years old or so, and her shirt said "Breasts Natural!". All I could think was "I should hope so!"...

Of course upon telling this story to multiple friends, I realized that I had to actually imagine 10 year old girl breasts in order to think "I should hope so!" which really bums me out... :gloomy:

[羽之助]

Osucka, I fear for your children.

To quote the oft-quoted phrase, "This thread delivers."

I remember when I came to Japan the first time - just 20 years old (oh god! so young) and we went to a high school - and that's the first time I saw girls wearing Playboy clothes. I wrote a note explaining what it meant and passed it to the girl, who promptly turned bright red ...

And now, it's normal. How jaded I have become!

Edit: I just had a horrible thought, if Skank, JIZZ, and Breasts Natural teamed up ... anyone walking by who understood English would explode.

[Kwiz]

There's gotta be some kind of conspiracy behind this.

[I Like Shinny!]

I remember when I came to Japan the first time - just 20 years old (oh god! so young) and we went to a high school - and that's the first time I saw girls wearing Playboy clothes. I wrote a note explaining what it meant and passed it to the girl, who promptly turned bright red ...

And now, it's normal. How jaded I have become!

Edit: I just had a horrible thought, if Skank, JIZZ, and Breasts Natural teamed up ... anyone walking by who understood English would explode.
And that's why Japanese schools need people who's native langauge is English to teach English, or else... Hurrah for ignorence!

[kitsunepixie]

:clap: I see less of those wacky shirts where I live now than when I lived in Tokyo, but there are still a few gems...last week, my friend and her bf spied a guy who was out with his girlfriend, wearing a fashionable pink shirt that said in big, happy letters, "Smile if you're gay!!" If I had been with them, I think I would have gone up and explained his shirt to him, or at least asked if he was aware of what it said. :boggled:

Once, when my mom and friends came to visit me in Utsunomiya back when I was an exchange student, my Japanese friend and her family took us shopping at a Trial (sort of like a Wal-mart). We Americans went crazy laughing at all the Engrish shirts there ("If you get the right answer, you get a platinum joint!" was my brother's favorite), and even bought a few as souvenirs. My friend's family was curious as to what we found so amusing, so when we got back to their house we went through and explained the humor of each and every one to them over tea. They all laughed pretty hard, especially Grandma. :rofl:

[I Like Shinny!]

:clap: I see less of those wacky shirts where I live now than when I lived in Tokyo, but there are still a few gems...last week, my friend and her bf spied a guy who was out with his girlfriend, wearing a fashionable pink shirt that said in big, happy letters, "Smile if you're gay!!" If I had been with them, I think I would have gone up and explained his shirt to him, or at least asked if he was aware of what it said. :boggled:
Lol, best one yet.

[Pierrot le Fou]

It could be 'gay' as in 'happy' you realize? A thesaurus and a machine translator in the hands of a t-shirt maker are a dangerous thing...

My personal favourite was a 7 year-old girl wearing a shirt in one of my classes that said, "Pop like a cherry."

Who says Japan is a nation of pedophiles?

[six-eight-ten]

Seen in a store:

"Head will give you more excitement!

On my students:

A 10 yr old girl wearing a shirt that said "Available" in rows all the way down the front.

A 9 yr old girl with a sweater like overshirt sort of thing she often wore, it had a small sewn on design on the side, sort of where you'd where a nametag. There was a typo. It just said "HELL" on it instead of "Hello". The kid was actually one of my best students, a cute little sweetheart of a girl, so the incongruity added to the humor level of it.

[ZaichikArky]

Heee :p Not surprising at all

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/MajesticArcanine/IMG023.jpg

[kitsunepixie]

It could be 'gay' as in 'happy' you realize? A thesaurus and a machine translator in the hands of a t-shirt maker are a dangerous thing...


Exactly, though I am sure the shirt was made to be tongue-in-cheek. The dude who wore it, if he even bothered to read what the shirt said, probably thought gay=happy. I've had to explain "gay" far too many times to Japanese people who innocently use it with that meaning in mind. :blank:

[gentlemanandscholar]

Heee :p Not surprising at all

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/MajesticArcanine/IMG023.jpg

I just accidently spit on my computer screen. Thanks.

[Fred]

I was reading a book on the Japanese education system that was published in the 50's. It mentioned two female students who were expelled from school because they were seen holding hands and being gay. It took me a couple of pages to realize that the students were just being jocular.

[TLab3000]

Weird stuff here, too:
Today: Girl and her boyfriend, on her shirt: "One boyfriend isn't enough for me". Yes, her bf looked pissed.
1 week ago: Girl with a tattoo on her neck: "男" instead of "勇". She got it fixed right after we told her what her tattoo really meant.
The rest... needs pictures... but I didn't take any, sorry.

[Osucka]

Osucka, I fear for your children.

To quote the oft-quoted phrase, "This thread delivers."

I remember when I came to Japan the first time - just 20 years old (oh god! so young) and we went to a high school - and that's the first time I saw girls wearing Playboy clothes. I wrote a note explaining what it meant and passed it to the girl, who promptly turned bright red ...

And now, it's normal. How jaded I have become!

Edit: I just had a horrible thought, if Skank, JIZZ, and Breasts Natural teamed up ... anyone walking by who understood English would explode.

:knockout: No! It's not like that! :frypan:

It's just like if I say don't think of dead puppies. Of course you don't want to think of dead puppies but for at least a split second your brain has to understand the words so you know what not to think of.
....
..
.:gloomy: I'm not becoming a salaryman, I swear!

[japanat]

I also love the housewives with the cannabis leaf t-shirts. I've asked before, and almost all have no idea what plant is on their shirt.

[ZaichikArky]

I just accidently spit on my computer screen. Thanks.


hahahaha! You're welcome! I actually didn't take that pic with her just for the purpose of that shirt, she wanted a pic with me and it was one of the best ones ever.

[Lea]

I was in California once at a popular shopping area. There were a lot of Japense tourists there and one lady had a shirt that said, "I would look good on top of you." I had to do a double take... It was so weird! The worst part was she was in an English speaking country... walking around in that. Haha. :P

[japanat]

(on an 8-yr-old girl)

The
Be My Honey
very creamy
fine taste
Lot of the
Girls

[Danistar]

I'm sure you all know about this site already, since it's been out forever, but just in case: http://www.engrish.com/
Make sure to check out the Adult Engrish section if you've never been to the site before.

[kilreli]

Edit: I just had a horrible thought, if Skank, JIZZ, and Breasts Natural teamed up ... anyone walking by who understood English would explode.
i know i woulda exploded...if you know what i mean :P

[gentlemanandscholar]

I want to know if someone is masterminding these engrish t-shirts on purpose. So many of them are just so dirty that they can't be unintentional.

I blame the Illuminati.

edit: Oh GOD kilreli!

[Hira-Kata to Sawa]

First time I came to Japan at 18 (damn, already 5 years ago), I saw a girl wearing a t-shirt that said "fuck cat Jesus". Nothing has topped it yet...

[Masa the Masta]

I want to know if someone is masterminding these engrish t-shirts on purpose. So many of them are just so dirty that they can't be unintentional.

I blame the Illuminati.

Seconded, though I think it's just T-shirt companies wanting to sell something "american" and then having something to laugh at to actually make Japan a much more pleasurable experience.