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Robobok
Why do sheeps climb the mountain?
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Mar 8th 2012 16:07
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|Classic translation!

One of my favourite foreign signs is:

"Is forbitten to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such is pleas not to read notis"
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Mar 8th 2012 17:16
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|From engrish.com:
Robobok
Why do sheeps climb the mountain?
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Mar 10th 2012 19:25
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|This one's quite good too:


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Mar 10th 2012 20:25
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Mar 16th 2012 20:28
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Chandrasekar
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"Interested in single mature ewes for friendship, marriage and hot sheep action, not necessarily in that order.  Must have GSOH, BBC4, ASBO and RSPB. No timewasters, will ideally have own teeth.  Please supply utility bill and bank statement on application." : Click for more details

Mar 17th 2012 06:08
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|Ah yes, that's Uncle Brian. He does that a lot, mostly when he forgets to take his medication.

Coming back to the translations, I genuinely hope that in China (and elsewhere) there are people laughing at their computer screens over the translations attempted by stupid English people. I'm sure there are, as we British must be the worst in the world at learning foreign languages.
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Mar 17th 2012 07:44
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|I thought it was a picture of you, Chand, on one of your trips to somewhere far away with long straight roads, like Australia or somewhere.

Regarding the translations, I think most of them are from Japan. The engrish.com site says that that's where the funniest ones are usually from.

The engrish.com site has a great FAQ explaining it:
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Chandrasekar
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"Interested in single mature ewes for friendship, marriage and hot sheep action, not necessarily in that order.  Must have GSOH, BBC4, ASBO and RSPB. No timewasters, will ideally have own teeth.  Please supply utility bill and bank statement on application." : Click for more details

Apr 1st 2012 07:59
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|Happy March 32nd everybody.
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Apr 1st 2012 08:50
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|cool
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