Aug 24, 2009

Where Bossy Uses This Brand Of Chopstick For Four Decades And Never Noticed The Misspellings

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40 comments

1. 1
   on August 24th, 2009 at 11:08 am
   TheWordWire said:

   This is hilarious even if you don’t add “in bed” to the end of every phrase. I would bet your fortune wasn’t this entertaining.


2. 2
   on August 24th, 2009 at 11:16 am
   Kim @ What's That Smell? said:

   That is hysterical. At least it has illustrations in case you can’t understand the engrish.


3. 3
   on August 24th, 2009 at 11:32 am
   Barb - WillThink4Wine said:

   I can assure you that their English is far better than my Chinese!


4. 4
   on August 24th, 2009 at 11:51 am
   v. said:

   Phunnie!


5. 5
   on August 24th, 2009 at 11:59 am
   David said:

   I brought a pair of chopsticks to the bar last night but they didn’t help me pick up anything!


6. 6
   on August 24th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
   MariaV said:

   Too frunny!


7. 7
   on August 24th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
   Gail K. said:

   I remember the first time I read those instructions on a set of chopsticks- I about died laughing!


8. 8
   on August 24th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
   Melanie @ Mel, A Dramatic Mommy said:

   Where’s the instructions for adding the rubber band so us uncoordinated folks can still use them?

   (PS- I WAS misspelling my name!)


9. 9
   on August 24th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
   NaysWay said:

   Those aren’t misspellings. Those are abominations!


10. 10
    on August 24th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
    ranchgirl said:

    I waitressed for a Vietnamese restaurant when I was high school, and I remember giggling over those SAME MISSPELLINGS in 1984. Apparently the packaging never gets updated, but you know, why change a good thing?!

    The more immature of us on the staff used to really press our luck with the “Now you can pick up anything” bit. Yeah, um…not so much.


11. 11
    on August 24th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
    junebug said:

    Thanks for the instructions. I went and got my chopsticks and now I too can pick up anything.


12. 12
    on August 24th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
    Half Assed Kitchen said:

    Even with those fine instructions, I have to use the kids’ chopsticks.


13. 13
    on August 24th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
    GreatAunt said:

    Dear Half Assed Kitchen: Even with those fine instructions, I have to use a fork. Seriously.


14. 14
    on August 24th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
    monnik said:

    My eyes! That hurts to look at!

    Do you think they know the mistakes are there by now and think the misuse of English is a charming bit of the Chinese food experience on the wrapper?


15. 15
    on August 24th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
    Meg at the Members Lounge said:

    That’s even funnier than the part of the menu that says:
    “Because the 7 rums make it so”….


16. 16
    on August 24th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
    Cactus Petunia said:

    It just keeps getting better and better as you read on down, doesn’t it!


17. 17
    on August 24th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
    Meg said:

    Oh good, NOW I know exactly what to do. I was wondering. Thanks, Bossy!


18. 18
    on August 24th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
    Tiaras & Tantrums said:

    hee he e- go over to China and you will see this everywhere!!


19. 19
    on August 24th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
    William said:

    The originai position is in the Kama Sutra


20. 20
    on August 24th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
    Lovelyn said:

    I lived in China briefly and things like that were everywhere. I had a friend who was hired to go around Beijing and make note of all the misspellings on the English signs so they could be corrected before the Beijing Olympics.


21. 21
    on August 24th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
    Adria said:

    Yikes! I just don’t understand how atrocities such as this occur. As a Spanish major at school I have never had an issue with spelling; the same goes for many of my classmates.


22. 22
    on August 24th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
    jeanne Greenwald said:

    like #20, i was in china and took so many photos of the funny interpretations and spelling of english. just hilarious.


23. 23
    on August 24th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
    Kimi said:

    While visiting Japan, I saw on the back on a toilet stall door a sign that read “Please do not flash the paper towel at the toilet”. funny stuff……


24. 24
    on August 24th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
    Happily Employed Susan said:

    That Chinese chopstick wrapper’s English is better than most of what I read on Facebook, and there’s no LOLs or exclamation points!!!!!! LOL!!!


25. 25
    on August 24th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
    Tracy said:

    My husband just got back from a week in China and the handicap bathrooms said “For Deformed Man” on them!!


26. 26
    on August 24th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
    Cupcake Murphy said:

    Thank god I read this. I totally need something to help me move my 98 ton stove so I can clean behind it.


27. 27
    on August 24th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
    Leah said:

    Pick up anything, like a social disease? Pick up anything, like a loser looking for an available woman with opposable thumbs? Pick up anything, like– stop me– even I think I’ve gone too far…
    I’ve always said, “We ARE here to judge, but if the food’s good, I’ll forgive the wrappings.” Words to live by…


28. 28
    on August 24th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
    Chesapeake Bay Woman said:

    Oh good. Since I now can pick up anything, how about Kevin Bacon? I’ll have him firmly under my thurnb in no time flat.


29. 29
    on August 24th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
    heyjoe said:

    I am sorry for my absence as of late. I am soon to be laid off. All time spent reading blogs is now spent looking for work. It really blows.

    I’ll be back.


30. 30
    on August 24th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
    The Great Getzby said:

    The best part is that this was a THAI place — it wasn’t even Chinese! “Welcome to Chinese restaurant.”


31. 31
    on August 25th, 2009 at 12:27 am
    amy said:

    Apparently warped in translation. Or Lost?


32. 32
    on August 25th, 2009 at 12:35 am
    naomi said:

    by coincidence i have a pair of disposable chop sticks right here from when i was brought take out sushi. though the instructions say the same thing (except for the bit about the chinese restaurant) everything is spelled correctly.

    must be a canadian thing.


33. 33
    on August 25th, 2009 at 12:56 am
    kate said:

    i’m a little bit disappoined that it didn’t say somethig dirty by accident.


34. 34
    on August 25th, 2009 at 5:08 am
    meera said:

    I kid Bossy not….this is the page I was reading before I typed “iambossy.com” into the address bar…..*goosebumps*….

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8219427.stm


35. 35
    on August 25th, 2009 at 6:02 am
    operagal said:

    heyjoe – sorry to hear that – what do you do in the real world?

    someone needs to explain how to eat rice w/these damn things – I notice the photo shows something the size of dim sum.


36. 36
    on August 25th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
    Reeb said:

    Once in a Very Odd Country (not the USA) I bought some bottled water with its label in English-they-thought, and mulled over what exactly the label’s statement “SUFFLED AS SHE GUSH” might mean.

    (Finally decided it might indicate the water was bottled at the source?)


37. 37
    on August 25th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
    Mack said:

    I like that – “Now you can pick up ANYTHING”

    I am going to go down to my local hardware store and buy me some chopsticks.


38. 38
    on August 26th, 2009 at 8:41 am
    Me Thinks said:

    Hmmm… I have those same exact chopsticks sitting on my desk and looked at them as I read this.

    You will be happy to know: They FIXED the mis-spellings!!!

    Capitalization and punctuation errors still there though…


39. 39
    on August 26th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
    Texas Susan said:

    Totally hilarious!! We always like seeing that “shrimps” are on the menu!


40. 40
    on August 27th, 2009 at 9:15 am
    Ungirdled Passion said:

    Shoot! Was hoping to be the tirst to comment!