One Little Letter...

Can change the meaning of a phrase entirely. Case in point: You've seen those little signs that people sometimes have on their cars, that say "Baby on Board"? Today I saw an unfortunate imitation: "Baby on Road". Perhaps an encouragement for drivers to be even more careful than they would have if there was a baby in the car?

China is Anti-Smurf

Apparently, anyway. Spotted today on my way to have noodles with tomatoes and eggs for lunch:

A guy wearing a shirt that says, "I am not blue!"

I am uncertain as to whether this is a protest against Avatar and Smurfs, or if this guy is constantly being asked to buy anti depressants and this is his way of telling everyone he doesn't need them. At least the English is correct!

Sorry!

Sorry for the lack of updates, but today and tomorrow is the grand opening of the UChicago Center in Beijing, so I've been swamped helping with that. Updates on Jinan/the opening will be up this weekend- until then, a delightful anecdote:

A lot of Chinese clothing manufacturers make clothing with English on them, because it's considered hip. However, their English abilities (much like my Chinese abilities) leave much to be desired, and the result is often nonsensical to English speakers. One such result, which is apparently pretty popular, since I've seen several around, is as follows:

Purpose
A B C
D E F
What is the most valuable for