One of the funniest things about living overseas is the translation issue.  While visiting a nearby zoo, we laughed at the donkey exhibit.  An English sign discussed the differences between a donkey and a horse, only halfway through the paragraph horse became house.  Very funny to Americans.

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Japanese wear lots of tshirts with American sayings on them-sometimes the translation is wrong, but we get the jist of it.  In fact, I can say that I've never seen a tshirt with Japanese writing on it-its always in English.  Most of the people can't read or write in English, which makes the following extremely funny.

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I have some wonderful friends with three children, the youngest two are preschool age.  They have put their boys into a Christian Japanese preschool-finding a Christian one is not an easy task.  They are thrilled with their preschool and the wonderful Christian people there.

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So my friend's husband goes the other day to pick up the boys and the woman who greets him has a huge friendly smile on her face.  She's literally beaming with joy.  On her tshirt is says F*CK Housework, only the * isn't there.

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Keith, actually manages to not bust out laughing-I'm sure that I totally would have.  This poor woman had absolutely no idea what her tshirt said and had no idea that is was offensive; not to mention the fact that she was with preschool age children the entire day.  Thankfully, my friends children haven't started reading yet so they didn't realize it either.

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Under normal circumstances, I would find this extremely offensive.  I have to admit however, I do find this quite funny.  Japanese are infatuated with American tshirts.  I could probably print up ABCDEFG123 on a tshirt and they would buy them like hotcakes!! 

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Hope I brought you a little laugh today!