Archive for the ‘The Stupidity Photoblog’ Category

And the Lord said, “Let there be beef!”

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

Here’s some beef from the local Food Lion:

[Boneless Beef]

I’d previously thought God worked at the local car wash, thanks to a sign posted here a while back. Maybe He moonlights in the Food Lion butcher shop!

[Creation Date]

I bet creating the beef on-site saves Food Lion a bundle in transportation costs. It’s a good thing they’re passing the savings on to us!

An arm and a leg

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

Here’s a business located conveniently across the highway from our college: “Robert’s Wholesale Body Parts”. I’m sure the biology instructors love to shop here.

[Robert's Wholesale Body Parts]

(There’s nothing particularly stupid about this sign, other than the almost-unreadable color scheme. It’s just amusing.)

The Big Lebowski comes to mind here.

You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don’t wanna know about it, believe me.

Anatomy lesson needed

Monday, January 30th, 2006

A Christmas store in the Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach offers this cute toy for sale.

[Santa toy]

The instructions tell us to:

PRESS MY HAND, TO HEAR ME
SING & SEE MY PERFORMANCE!

You could press his hand all day and nothing would happen. If you press his foot, though, he will start to play his tune.

[Santa toy]

Looks like someone needs an anatomy lesson!

Chop, chop! (Lost in translation, part 2)

Friday, January 27th, 2006

We went to a local Asian restaurant recently. In addition to the traditional American fork, we were also provided with chopsticks.

[Welcome to Chinese Restaurant]

I’m not sure about the glonous history and cultual, but the chopsticks can’t be that hard to use, right?

Here are the directions. Step 1:

[Tuk under tnurnb]

Um, I’m not sure I have a tnurnb, but on to Step 2:

{Chcostick?]

Chcostick? Okay, now I’m thoroughly confused. But I’ll press on to Step 3:

[Now you can pick up anything]

I guess I can pick up anything. With my fork!

(On a later visit to the same restaurant, we found that the supplier of the chopsticks had corrected the hideously mangled English on the chopstick packet. Bravo!)

An impressive storm

Friday, January 27th, 2006

From The Weather Channel’s web site, we get this gem:

[Typhoon Longwang]

So is the next storm going to be Typhoon Well Hung?

[The funniest part about this unfortunate name was listening to the Weather Channel TV hosts trying to talk about it, but I can’t put that up on the blog.]

Lost in translation

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

To complement its horrible voice acting, Sega’s recent Shining Force Neo also features horrible grammar.

[Shining Force Neo]

“Cap … Captain – please don’t rip my guts out with your adamantium claws!”

Books for sell!

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

With writing like this, he should have left his Yahoo Instant Messenger ID, not his phone number. That way, “U” could get in touch with him.

[Books for sell]

If “U” can’t read the text of this flyer, click the image to enlarge!

Two ladies. One purpose. Oh yeah!

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

Here’s a billboard for a local credit firm.

[Two ladies.  One Purpose.  YOU]

… located conveniently next to the cheap motels. Rooms by the hour!

(Did someone think that this was a good slogan?)

God is real

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

God is real.

[God is real]

How do I know? Well, God brings His ride down here to our car wash. And let me tell you, it’s one heavenly machine!

You’re hired! Now you’re fired!

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

When Service Merchandise in a nearby town went out of business, this is what their store looked like.

[Going Out of Business]

But what’s that smaller sign hung below the big “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS” sign?

[Now hiring]

Great! Just don’t expect to make your new job a career!