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Karakul Lake’s Sawut: A Soon-To-Be Global Fast Food Giant

Aug 14, 2013 by Daniel McBane 2 Comments

Muslim fast food at Karakul Lake

Move over McDonald’s—it’s only a matter of time before the Sawut Fast Food Restaurant takes over your spot as the world’s number one franchise. Let’s just hope they don’t forget their humble roots on the shores of Karakul Lake in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China and continue to serve only the freshest horse […]

Filed Under: China, Funny Photos Tagged With: funny image, funny signs, China, Xinjiang, Karakul Lake, food

Hard Truth for Us Good-Looking Slackers

Aug 7, 2013 by Daniel McBane 10 Comments

Saying at Phra Singh temple in Chiang Mai

Don’t I know it……numerous little snippets of wisdom pepper the trees on the Phra Singh temple grounds in Chiang Mai, Thailand, but this one was obviously meant specifically for me…

Filed Under: Thailand, Funny Photos Tagged With: funny signs, Thailand, wisdom, Chiang Mai, funny image

Signs of a Good Beer Garden: a Dedicated Vomit Sink

Jul 24, 2013 by Daniel McBane 10 Comments

Puke sink in polish beer garden

I recently went to a touristy beer garden in Berlin where they apparently charge customers to use the restrooms. That is bad customer service. The Pod Wawelem in Krakow, Poland clearly believes in good customer service and I’m sure some of their heavier-drinking clientele appreciate this. That said, the guy who accidentally uses this sink […]

Filed Under: Funny Photos, Poland Tagged With: funny signs, drinking, Poland, beer garden, Europe, funny image

Funny Photo Shows How to Kill a Dance Craze

Jul 17, 2013 by Daniel McBane 3 Comments

Funny Photo Mocking Monkeys

This funny sign from Gibraltar is warning visitors not to mock the monkeys, because apparently their feelings get hurt. And when their feelings get hurt they bite. I’ve written about the thieving monkeys in Thailand in the past and am fully aware that our simian friends can possess the same annoying traits found in us […]

Filed Under: Spain, Funny Photos Tagged With: Gibraltar, funny image, funny signs, animals, monkeys, Spain

Japanese Smoking Manners Campaign Warns Against Smoke Stalker

Jul 10, 2013 by Daniel McBane Leave a Comment

Japanese Anti-Smoking

Filed Under: Japan, Funny Photos Tagged With: funny image, Japan, funny signs, smoking manners

Funny Sign Teaches Toilet Brush Use

Jun 19, 2013 by Daniel McBane 4 Comments

Funny Sign Toilet Brush

I spent last week in my mother’s hometown, an area of Germany with more pigs than people, for a cousin’s wedding. I found this helpful sign teaching toilet brush use in the bathroom of our bed and breakfast. You might be able to guess this, but ‘falsch‘ means ‘incorrect’, ‘fast richtig‘ means ‘almost correct’ and […]

Filed Under: Funny Photos, Germany Tagged With: funny image, toilet, funny signs, Germany

Did You Know Hello Kitty Has an Evil Twin?

Jun 12, 2013 by Daniel McBane 4 Comments

Funny Sign Ecuador

Japan has to be the world export leader of all things cute and among their cute exports, Hello Kitty is probably the most famous. Everyone knows her, but very few are familiar with her equally cute, but decidedly more evil, twin Hell Kitty. Surprisingly, it’s the good twin who seems to have set her sights […]

Filed Under: Ecuador, Funny Photos Tagged With: Ecuador, funny image, Japan, funny signs, culture

Spring Themed Japanese Smoking Manners Posters

May 1, 2013 by Daniel McBane 10 Comments

Japanese Smoking Manners

I figured it’s time for some spring-themed smoking manners posters. This first one refers to the pollen problem in Japan, which really does get pretty bad, thanks to the Japanese Cedar. Most visitors end up suffering quite a bit, even if they don’t generally get allergies in their home countries. Luckily I never had a […]

Filed Under: Japan, Funny Photos Tagged With: Japan, funny signs, culture, smoking manners, funny image

Winter Themed Japanese Smoking Manners Posters

Apr 10, 2013 by Daniel McBane 8 Comments

Smoking Manners Japan

Fellow blogger Erica Jordan recently brought an article to my attention about a new strategy being adopted by the anti-smoking organization “Legacy”. Rather than focus on the health consequences of smoking as they’ve been doing, they are now attacking cigarettes as litter. My immediate thought was: “That’s not new!” That sign is one of almost […]

Filed Under: Japan, Funny Photos Tagged With: funny image, Japan, funny signs, culture, smoking manners

Japanese “Smoking Manners” Posters Get Philosophical

Mar 20, 2013 by Daniel McBane 10 Comments

Smoking Manners Sign Japan

After the intentionally funny “smoking manners” poster I put up last week, I decided to go with an unintentionally funny—and deeply philosophical—one this week. I’ll post a few more of these in the future, but don’t worry, I won’t go through all 70 or so in the long-running ad campaign by Japan Tobacco.

Filed Under: Japan, Funny Photos Tagged With: funny image, Japan, funny signs, culture, smoking manners

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