Comments on: I Hope Watermelon Isn’t On The Menu

By: laconejita

laconejita — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:23:32 +0000

Now we know where the movie “American Pie” got that Idea

By: hahaha

hahaha — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:31:33 +0000

It must refer to bananas! LOL!

By: GJay

GJay — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:56:42 +0000

sign = bore.. conversation FOLLOWING sign.. FUNNY ENGRISH!

By: mockingpenguin

mockingpenguin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:24:55 +0000

and a big holepuncher

By: Mr. Terrible

Mr. Terrible — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:59:59 +0000

language expert + bad grammar = EPIC FAIL

By: Mr. Terrible

Mr. Terrible — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:55:07 +0000

your life
FAIL

By: Mr.the Girlhunter

Mr.the Girlhunter — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:07:36 +0000

I actually a language expert and this is correctly translated.

By: bob

bob — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:33:56 +0000

well it is pronounced as GAN…different tones have different meanings…..

the phrase “GAN NI”…means rape you, or fuck you

“GAN GUO”…in the sign means dried fruit

i’m not going to go into tone and those details….

By: Tim Hampton

Tim Hampton — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:06:23 +0000

Fruit Fuckerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:33:36 +0000

it was meant to be peace out but i spelled it wrong and it happened to be a pun =D

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:32:38 +0000

well ” love” as in “making love” is also a term for fuck…
so maybe they are just trying to say love fruit.
they should really consult an eenleesh person

meh, i dont know.. its half three am

and alot of beer has been involved tonight

peach out =p (gettit?)

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:52:17 +0000

Thank you

By: pavlov

pavlov — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:48:57 +0000

Yea, baby! Fuck them all!

By: sam

sam — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:34:43 +0000

thank you!

By: miao

miao — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:31:47 +0000

Thanks, Mr J! I’ve been wondering about this and have been too embarrassed to ask any Chinese friends. I was discussing with a close friend last week how so many words in both Chinese (multiple dialects) and English have different meanings and simple intonation can change the meaning drastically.

Now I understand why there is such a problematic translation with the word “gan.” It’s part of one of the first naughty words/phrases I learned after moving to Taiwan. The regional subtleties of pronunciation of “gan” there are so close that facial expression and body language often has to be considered in certain phrases using the word.

By: Shinobi

Shinobi — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:27:04 +0000

WIN!

By: Shinobi

Shinobi — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:26:14 +0000

ow yeah

By: Mr. J

Mr. J — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:43:08 +0000

Here you’ll find an explanation of why this translation problem occurs. Enjoy. http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005195.html

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:51:04 +0000

I might take some fresh fruit out to ride the old bone roller coaster but dried fruit?? That would leave a mark!

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:45:11 +0000

If you have to ask I’m not going to tell you…

By: Ninjaman

Ninjaman — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:15:28 +0000

Spread what, exactly?

By: KC

KC — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:07:49 +0000

Did anyone tell the Penny Arcade folks about this?

By: jinx

jinx — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:35:13 +0000

They use the f-bomb in reference to produce alot… maybe they just REALLY like produce.

By: Charly

Charly — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:29:53 +0000

Warm apple pie, anyone?

By: Catbroad

Catbroad — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:11:30 +0000

How is dried mistakenly translated as fuck??? Maybe the past participle of fuck….

By: Shinobi

Shinobi — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:34:25 +0000

“spread to dry the fruit” would make sense if you were in a factory that sold dried fruit.

By: Kit

Kit — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:10:08 +0000

“Spread to dry the fruit?” It still makes no sense, and now it’s not as funny. And I’d really like the context of this sign. I’m kinda disturbed about the fruit.

By: marlo

marlo — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:49:11 +0000

The word “干” (gan), which means “dry” or “dried”, is often mistakenly translated as “fuck” – I guess it also means fuck.

By: Kelzy

Kelzy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:30:40 +0000

Yes, will somebody please pop Katie’s cherry joke?
But, once you fuck the cherries, they’re all gone, aren’t they?
Unless they’d rather have the bananas…

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:30:25 +0000

I guess pineapples are out of the question.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:23:39 +0000

Oh my, no cherry references yet? Quick! Someone with a sharper wit than mine, make a cherry joke!

By: Arbiter

Arbiter — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:15:48 +0000

Priceless…

By: Seth

Seth — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:11:39 +0000

Seriously, someone needs to show this to Tycho and Gabe.

By: hugoprev

hugoprev — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:42:20 +0000

Where is the Penny Arcade Fruit Fucker when you need it ?

By: Sorsha

Sorsha — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:31:21 +0000

Haha.

Looks like Penny Arcade’s FF has spread to Asia.

By: ThomasT

ThomasT — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:30:46 +0000

That headline needs to be copied over to Fail Blog. Spelling FAIL!

By: Une polyglotte

Une polyglotte — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:21:56 +0000

Yeah, um. . .
W-A-T-E-R-M-E-L-O-N.
Just throwing that out there.

By: ridley1000

ridley1000 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:01:12 +0000

awesome!

By: FeetBurger

FeetBurger — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:30:55 +0000

umm… WHAT?

By: anon-e-mouse

anon-e-mouse — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:18:05 +0000

[insert reference to cornholing cornbrator]

Wryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy…

By: Az

Az — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:13:05 +0000

we’re going to need ALOT of lube here.