Tampon Hockey, Ook Leuk

I took this photo at a youth hostel two summers ago while on vacation in Enschede. I have to say, it's one of those things that strikes ya kinda funny for about 0.5 seconds and then you move on.

By chance I posted it to my Flickr feed (which I stopped using after they started asking me for money _ I'm open to suggestions for a better free service).

Anyhow, now it's on a website called Engrishfunny.com that's a ripoff of Engrish.com.

I would never have known, except somebody took the trouble to send a message to me that Engrishfunny had posted it.

I don't really care whether anybody uses that photo; a few other photos have been lifted from my Flickr stream for commercial purposes, but I'm not interested in trying to make any money off them (reasons: can't be bothered / not worth that much anyway / let people be creative / etc. ). But people do usually tell me when they use one.

Well, as far as I know.

Follow all that?

Now, a side issue is that some of the posters at Engrishfunny are bashing the photo as not being true Engrish since "Tampon Hockey" is correct Dutch.

I just thought it was kinda funny, you know?

But what's REALLY got my curiosity is, why did some guy bother to tell me my photo was being used w/o permission?

Theory 1 (rose colored glasses): Guy was just being altruistic and concerned.
Theory 2 (battle-hardened cynic reporter): Guy is affiliated with Engrish.com and annoyed that Engrishfunny is getting a free ride off my photo.

Ha, what a world!

I have posted another mildly amusing photo to this blog, it awaits those who click "more" below.

Engrish or Engrishfunny: whoever is quickest gets to use it free!



Sorry for the blur ... I couldn't use my flash. Maybe it's funnier if you crop the photo...
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Bad Medicine & Bad English

I found this pharmacy while walking around in The Hague recently.



Kind of an inside joke, I guess.





Also, just for fun, this quality clothing store:



They named their store Zilch. Inconceivable!

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"

-Inigo Montoya, "The Princess Bride."

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Mexx love me some Dunglish also

"Black is more than a Colour."

But less than a number?


(from the Mexx website. No such thing as bad publicity, right guys?).

Okay, maybe it's a little mean to pick on poor Mexx, but it is a subsidiary of Liz Claiborne, and you'd think either they or their ad agency would have thought twice about this slogan.

Or worse, maybe they did think about it.

Apologies for the poor photo quality. Taken at night in front of the Rijksmuseum. MORE