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This really has nothing to do with anything, but it made me laugh. So I figured I'd share it. I was walking through the toy section of our local grocery store (it's our version of Superstor) today, and I noticed a big display of boxes of castles/knights/catapults...that sort of thing. At first glance I thought it was an "Age of Empires" toy display (all the lettering was the same), but then realized it was a knock-off. I was clued in by the "Empire Ages" title on the box. Knock-off's aren't really that unusual here, or normally worth commenting on (although the "Eagle American" t-shirt I saw the other day made me smile...see guys, word order is actually important). Anyhow, what was funnier about this was the caption below the title (in English)...
"A Kind of Exciting Game!"
Wow, guys...seriously, way to aim high and build expectations! "It's not the greatest game out there, but...you know...it's kind of exciting..."
Anyhow...that's all. You can go back to your lives now...
This really has nothing to do with anything, but it made me laugh. So I figured I'd share it. I was walking through the toy section of our local grocery store (it's our version of Superstor) today, and I noticed a big display of boxes of castles/knights/catapults...that sort of thing. At first glance I thought it was an "Age of Empires" toy display (all the lettering was the same), but then realized it was a knock-off. I was clued in by the "Empire Ages" title on the box. Knock-off's aren't really that unusual here, or normally worth commenting on (although the "Eagle American" t-shirt I saw the other day made me smile...see guys, word order is actually important). Anyhow, what was funnier about this was the caption below the title (in English)...
"A Kind of Exciting Game!"
Wow, guys...seriously, way to aim high and build expectations! "It's not the greatest game out there, but...you know...it's kind of exciting..."
Anyhow...that's all. You can go back to your lives now...
3 comments:
i needed this good laugh tonight after the day i had with my crazy grade 8 students!!! i love eagle american!! i guess it would be like that is french too! have you tried this kind of exciting game?! i'll have to tell my grade 6 students tomorrow about this as they are talking about advertising, etc.!! loved your story and pics of camri and jose michel, et al...God truly has worked a miracle in their lives. It must have been very healing for them.
Those things always, ALWAYS make me laugh...
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Karyne...I think with the "Eagle American" t-shirt, it wasn't so much that they were thinking in Spanish...they just didn't know what the words were and didn't think it mattered what order they were in. =) I also say a little girl's t-shirt that say (again in English), "We're all going to..." and then the last word was like "Huygngt". It didn't make any sense. So now we'll never know what we're all going to do...
And Amy...that is AWESOME! I laughed very hard...
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