From my "Funny English Notebook"


On a sign at the entrance to a Tokyo clothing store:

"State Regulation

NOT@STEAL

It is forbidden to shop listing"


Posted on a huge sign recently outside the Tokyo Gymnasium

"21th Handball League"


From a bar of Japanese candy: (formatting intact)

"CIGAR FARM MILK PIE

Ten yards away, a
dandruff of snow sp
rinkling onto their u-
ncovered heads, a d-
ozen or more football
players clasp hands
and kneel in prayee
r not for themselv
es, but for the safety
of brother and siste
rs overseas who have"


On a coffee mug:


The English translation appearing on a Japanese sign for a crosswalk light button:


On a pencil case:


Over the entrance to the auto shop at a local gas station:


On the business card of a colleague at a computer company:


Last updated February, 1996