Images: September 2006 Archives

This was given to me as a birthday present a few years ago. It is a marvel of mangled English. Behold, the product of Chinese translation, design, and engineering:

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Yes, in case you were wondering what class of vehicle this was, it is the ever-so desirable "Advanced Grade of Contest Model."

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This bold illustration entices English-speaking youth everywhere to feel the power and luxury that is an Awning Car.

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One of my life goals was finally fulfilled on Wednesday night when my friend Alex and I met Chris Elliot. In this photo, the king of absurd comedy is pointing to his cadre of Alsatian bodyguards, each of which, he described, would kick my ass if I didn't leave at that very moment. I counted twenty-four of the the brutes, but there may have been a few little ones hiding in the stovepipe-leg pants of the big guys.

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Alex was so scared by the impending doom that he wet himself.

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The following is the English translation provided on the box that my ornamental cat with the swinging paw came with. I purchased it down in Chinatown in Philadelphia.

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Do you think there are sweatshops that are filled with nothing but ten year olds copy writing? (And now my brilliant pun in the title is understood!)

On a side note: I hope to get my creative juices flowing and produce a story soon. I have ideas floating in the ethereal void that is my noggin but nothing has manifested itself into the written word. Probably soon as I am back in the city of Brotherly Love and Philadelphia seems to be my muse. To be more exact, my muse and my mugger.

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