This funny sign is part of a brilliant ad campaign by Japan Tobacco to encourage “smoking manners.” You’ll see these things all over the place in Japan.
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This funny sign is part of a brilliant ad campaign by Japan Tobacco to encourage “smoking manners.” You’ll see these things all over the place in Japan.
Is this for real. Who does the reading in English?
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I always wondered that myself. Maybe the ads are meant to double as mini English lessons. The translations are actually pretty good for the most part, which is unusual for Japan. Or Asia in general, really. Usually everything just gets translated word for word and ends up making no sense.
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I don’t understand what the sign means. 🙂 But anyway, I think smoking manners sign should really be posted everywhere. I’m really always irritated with smokers… If they want to smoke, they can inhale all the smoke themselves… 🙂
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It’s just advising people to be more aware of where their smoke is going.
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Doss this mean it’s okay to fart when you smoke in japan?
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I think it’s encouraged….
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I’ve seen my fair share of these signs, but somehow missed this beauty. Amazing.
I hope to one day meet the person who comes up with these.
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I know what you mean. That person could have done anything–cure cancer, develop a clean and renewable energy source, etc–but they chose to use their genius to create these posters for Japan Tobacco instead.
It’s so hilarious, but I don’t really get the meaning. 😛
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It’s just asking people to be as considerate with their cigarette smoke as they are with their farts. That said, I don’t remember the Japanese being all that considerate with their gaseous emissions; not any more so than people elsewhere, anyway.