Elvis and Britney

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A follow on from yesterday...

June Theme Day - Funny Signs

Translation from top down is as follows:

New appetizing specialty to compliment any meal

HORSE MEAT

Very delicious and highly nutritious

New Horse Meat Here!

You will know the true value…….

WE HAVE IT HERE!

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Asian Monopoly

I was interested to see this Monopoly board in a shop recently. There were no street or station names on the board, which surely must take a fair bit of fun and identity out of the game. Buying "Dark Blue Space #2" rather than Mayfair in the English version and Park Lane in the American version is what I used to enjoy about Monopoly. When I inquired as to why there were no names, I was told that it was the "Asian" version.

Is she inspired?

Replacing a tyre

Glad I was not getting on that plane

New meaning for the term Helmet Hair?

I pity the fool....who would buy this oven

Transplanting overseas adverts into the local media is nothing new, but this is one of the funnier ones. Like George Foreman before him, what is Mr T doing selling kitchenware?

Beer Professors

The translation may read Stelae of Doctors (these are lists of graduate names on stone tablets at the 900 year old Hanoi Temple of Literature), but it also translates nicely as Beer Professors.

Don't be a two-pump chump

The Thanh Nien news can be a great source of information about the oddities of Vietnamese culture. This article goes into the delights of edible remedies for premature ejaculation - the dreaded black chicken. There is a strong belief here in food and drink having medicinal properties, especially in the aid of male sexual performance. Anyone who has had a glass of rice/snake/gecko/fetal pig wine in this country will probably be told that, apart from cleansing the liver or aiding digestion, it will make them "strong" in the sack. Without trying to be a spoilsport, to the best of my knowledge there is little scientific evidence to support these claims.

The Putzmeister

It is a little bit juvenile to laugh at this, but there used to be a guy at more previous employ who was called the Putzmeister - basically because he was a putz. I cannot believe there is a company producing concrete pumps with the same name

Local toys

Translation of crab has always been difficult here. However who would want to miss out on the chance to make crap out of blocks?

Petrol truck

This is one of those classical sights you can find all over Vietnam. A petrol truck with the large "no smoking" sign and the passenger hanging his arm out the window with a cigarette in it. Why the "no smoking" is written in English I do not know

Another classic from the Việt Nam News

The journos in Hanoi like this type of humour, as can be seen from this doozy last year

Jolly Date Beauty Spa

The sign says it all really

Haves as opposed to Have Nots

The writing is supposed to say nhà vệ sinh nam, or male toilet, but with letters falling away it now reads haves. Not sure if the English gag is intentional or not

Shenanigans outside Hotel 69

I did not realise it has been over one year since I first came across the Hotel 69, and for those who queried last time, it gets its name from being located at 69 Hai Bà Trưng st, District 1

Duck butter

Men should hold onto dongs

A classic article from Thanh Nien news - using some word play about the economic crisis and the name of the Vietnamese currency against the recent spate of penis dismemberment. I love the highlighted box on the right which gives a step by step guide to preserving a severed body part, especially the need for 0.9% saline solution. There are also some hilarious quotes in the article. One worth highlighting is from a doctor who undertakes the reattachment surgery - “Now that we’re experienced, the operation takes about two and a half hours. It used to take up to four hours.” Sounds like he is doing them everyday! Plus of course he adds that it is impossible to make the penis longer during the reattachment surgery.

The other doozy is when the jilted slasher does a better job of destroying the penis: "Other cases turn out poorly for the man as the wife continues to vent her anger by throwing out the severed member for some dog to eat, or putting it in boiling water to cook for a while.

Classically painful