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February 14, 2006 03:46 PM
Broken: (For fun) Indonesian greeting cards
For Valentine's Day, a set of greeting cards I bought in Indonesia and scanned in today.
They include what's possibly my favorite greeting card of all time:
you.ll leare bad limes
behind nothing bul good limes on uoui mind
I don't know why, but I love these sorts of things. It's always interesting to see in what strange sorts of ways the English language can be utterly torn to shreds. "Tier ai the builhoueis" indeed!
How could it be times? Who would talk about "bad times" on a Valentine's Day card? but then again where would "bad smiles" fit it...
And what's with the "Seasons" on the top of the card??
Are "Seasons" cards for all holidays and occasions?
"Honey, I forgot to buy Chris a birthday card!"
"Don't worry... We'll just give him a 'Seasons' card!"
Chaos, maybe the woman (the recipient of the card, possibly) is going through menopause (a season of change) and her man (the giver of the card) is assuring her that there are better times ahead. But I think the better times ahead are for him, seeing as he is with a younger woman (denoted by the Spring flowers on the front of the card). He is now together forever w/his new younger woman.
Have I overanalyzed this card? Do I make any sense? I'm broken.
"you'll leave bad times behind, nothing but good times on your mind" is a lyric from Steve Winwood's song Roll With It.
Andrew: That's another interesting thing I've noticed about these moments of random Engrish: it seems like it's fairly common for them to come from song lyrics...
I will pay you $20 for these cards! Seriously, you should have picked up a bunch of boxes, and you could have made a fortune selling them on ebay!
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Engrish at its best! My favorite is the, "I do hope that the music of a creek from me will echo in the deep valley of you." What's more romantic than flatulence?
Posted by: Ron Mexico at February 14, 2006 03:59 PM