Gained in Translation

[Opsa]

No lie- My kid just got a little puzzle in a gumball dispenser that included the following instructions:

"PUZZLE BALL
Let's decompose & enjoy assembling

HOW TO DECOMPOSE
Easily though it into the floor have fun"

Wow, I'm glad I got to see these before I actually had the occasion to decompose! I would've done it all wrong.

[pieces o nine]

Hmmm, perhaps some technical help from "Be careful of the mental parts when dissemble the yo yo" is in order.

Is decomposing more or less hi-tech than dissembling...

[Aggie]

I still regard "Peanuts Smelling in Cream" as one of the greatest product names ever.  Tasty, too...

[anthrobabe]

here are a couple of links for your enjoyment

overclockers

New Viagra  note this one might be a photo shop- but it is probably one of the real ones they have

[Darlica]

here are a couple of links for your enjoyment

overclockers

New Viagra  note this one might be a photo shop- but it is probably one of the real ones they have

Yep, it's real. It's glue.

[Opsa]

This is a pretty funny site, if you can get around the name, which makes me a bit uncomfortable:
http://www.engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=hang.jpg&category=Engrish%20from%20Other%20Countries&date=2007-09-20

[anthrobabe]

Two years ago for Christmas my niece(age 3 at the time) kept asking for Rack a Mo game-- and we were racking our brains, and finally we were at a store one day and here she comes carrying a box and it was exactly what she wanted
Whack-A-Mole! she's played it at pizza places and then saw a comercial for the home version and well she got it.

[Pachyderm]

I don't have digital pictures of them, but in Uganda there is a Joke Investments Company, able to help with your finances, a Sham Supermarket, Cock Rice and Cock Paints, as well as the Snow White Pharmaceutical Company.

[Aphos]

When I was in Puerto Vallarte, we saw a bread truck with the company logo, "BIMBO".

We had great fun with Bimbo Bread.  Someone finally came up with the ad phrase...

Bimbo Bread Builds Better Bodies

[anthrobabe]

When I was in Puerto Vallarte, we saw a bread truck with the company logo, "BIMBO".

We had great fun with Bimbo Bread.  Someone finally came up with the ad phrase...

Bimbo Bread Builds Better Bodies

BIMBO!!!!!! Bimbo bread is the bomb! Oh they have the best stuff-- they sell Pan Tostado (toasted bread) it's sort of like a giant melba toast- it comes in a package with 8 slices- so good with cream cheese. yes the first time I saw the name in Tucson I was like  -- now they even sell their limited line in LR, and the number of super mercados (aka mini-mexi-marts) is growing and they carry it as well. They also have a Pina pastry-- sort of a pineapple jelly roll----- mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[goat starer]

Woo Hoo!!!!!

i got one of these for christmas in a cracker. I spent AN HOUR trying to get into the thing before in frustration chucking it across the room. it broke open on the floor and a small slip of paper floated out from inside. written on it.......

to open throw on the floor

[Sibling Chatty]

Bimbo has bought out one of the major bakeries here in Texas. Lots of good products and the Pan Manteca (a buttery pound cake) is wonderful.

They're also very good at the standard bread products, and more truthful about 'whole wheat' and 'stone ground wheat' products...they TELL you what percentage of the flour is what it's titled, unlike most bread manufacturers, who don't care to mention that their whole wheat is mostly white flour with a tiny bit of whole wheat and a lot of molasses for coloring.

It's pronounced Beem-bo, by the way.

[anthrobabe]

Bimbo has bought out one of the major bakeries here in Texas. Lots of good products and the Pan Manteca (a buttery pound cake) is wonderful.

They're also very good at the standard bread products, and more truthful about 'whole wheat' and 'stone ground wheat' products...they TELL you what percentage of the flour is what it's titled, unlike most bread manufacturers, who don't care to mention that their whole wheat is mostly white flour with a tiny bit of whole wheat and a lot of molasses for coloring.

It's pronounced Beem-bo, by the way.

shhhhhhh- you are not supposed to mention their pound cake to me---- I can eat the whole thing. Have you ever sliced it and then put it in the toaster oven for a couple of minutes and then slathered it with your favorite jam/jelly---Oh Help---- Ok I'm going to El Jarocho to shop at lunch time.

and yes if you ask for Bimbo you get a look but if you ask for Beem-bo then you get good stuff.

[Sibling Chatty]

Split the pound cake (the big one) lengthwise into 3 layers. Toaster oven it to nicely warm, mildly crispy. Sprinkle with chocolate chips, chopped pecans and a little brown sugar, dot with butter. Put back, toast until the chips are all meltedy and the pecans have crusted nicely with brown sugar.

Restack, top with either whipped cream or Cool Whip (You can  completely cover it with Cool Whip) and serve immediately.

People will offer you many strange things for a second serving. (I turned down a future firstborn and two proposals of marriage over this.)

[Opsa]

I will offer you all my camels for just one slice.