You can't make this stuff up...
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Only in America LOL. We have a chinese restaurant here in Las Vegas, goumet capital of the world, that has a flashing neon sign that says "TAKE OUT IN REAR".
Wife and I were touring California years ago and stopped at a roadside eatery. Hand lettered sign over pass through window from kitchen to counter, "YOU CAN WHIP OUR POTATOES, BUT YOU CAN'T BEAT OUR MEAT" Fair Winds and Full Sails....
Wife and I were touring California years ago and stopped at a roadside eatery. Hand lettered sign over pass through window from kitchen to counter, "YOU CAN WHIP OUR POTATOES, BUT YOU CAN'T BEAT OUR MEAT" Fair Winds and Full Sails....
What's in a name? While sailing in the Bahamas some years ago, we anchored next to an old wooden classic. The name on the stern was "Sexasea." The name on his dinghy was "Sexaland."
Only in America LOL. We have a chinese restaurant here in Las Vegas, goumet capital of the world, that has a flashing neon sign that says "TAKE OUT IN REAR".
NPR ran a story right before the Olympics in Beijing on how the Chinese gov. was sending language specialists around town to correct bad Chinese to English translations. My favorite..
Savory Chicken = Saliva Chicken
Personally if I saw saliva chicken on the menu, I'd order it....
I listen to NPR and can't help giggleing every time I hear that they have guest analyst Hugh Johnson on to talk about national finance issues...
This topic goes right along with "out of the mouths of babes." My wife and son were visiting family in London, and my son, about 5 at the time, went fishing with his cousins. He called me, so exited he had caught fish. I asked what bait he was using, and he said "Magpies." Amid the laughter from his cousins, my wife explained he meant "maggots."
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