This stylish goat in Jodhpur, India’s blue city, is a true fashion icon. She wears this sexy sweater despite the heat, knowing discomfort is a small price to pay to look this good.
Bad English Sign for Fat Food in Shenzhen
If this bad English sign near the Shenzhen Railway Station at the Luohu border crossing with Hong Kong is any indication, it seems China finally passed some truth-in-advertising laws. Get info on Shenzhen here and China in general here.
Billboard for Anti-Pollution Lotion
Sunscreen? Let the smog handle the sun’s rays and just get yourself some anti-pollution lotion instead.
Darlie (formerly Darkie): The Racist Toothpaste
The original Darkie toothpaste packaging on the left was changed to the current Darlie toothpaste on the right in 1985. I can’t imagine why they would change it, but I’m guessing the green just looks nicer. The Chinese name remains the same: “Black Person Toothpaste.” The Wikipedia page has a little more information on the Darlie brand, […]
Japanese Built Road Through Building
What do you do when you’re constructing a highway and there’s an office tower in the way? In Japan, you run the road through the building. This is the Gate Tower Building in Osaka as seen from the rooftop observation deck of the nearby Umeda Sky building, which is hard to miss as it looks […]
Y shits? Why not? — Another Bad English Sign
Holy Cows on the Beaches of Goa
Without a doubt, the happiest cows on earth live in Goa, India. They live a charmed life, spending their days sunning themselves on some of the most beautiful beaches around and, as holy animals, they face little danger of becoming a steak or a burger. While other Indian cows wake up and begin foraging through […]
Japanese Car Elevator
Japanese car elevator in Fukuoka in 2003—way before everyone’s favorite Mormon™ robot got one.
Traditional Burmese Happy Meal
I took this over a year ago, but despite the picture, until this week, Myanmar was one of only three countries to not have coke. Thankfully, Coca Cola has decided to change this now that sanctions have been eased, providing the Burmese people with all the luxuries of the West, such as hyperactive kids and […]
How to use a toilet
Finally a hotel considerate enough to inform me how to use a toilet—all these years I’ve been doing it wrong. When I think of all the slips and falls and wet shoes and bruised butt-cheeks that could have been avoided…….. But, seriously—why is this in English? Are western tourists really the problem?
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