« Previous What a way to end a meal! | Contest happy time reminds you!! Next »
NOTICE
No washing hair or clothes in the toilet please.
Can’t get enough of strange signs? Check out Oddly Specific!
I’ll add that to my list of places I can’t wash
Submitted by: dunno source via Engrish Funny Submissions
 | Sarge on Wise Cat Is Wise |
 | Pectolatra on They Have Some Funny Ideas Abo… |
 | FRomJP on They Have Some Funny Ideas Abo… |
 | otaku on Look Into Crystal Boll! You Se… |
 | Stephanie Stewart a.… on Wise Cat Is Wise |
 | coyoteman on They Have Some Funny Ideas Abo… |
 | And Baby Makes Three… on That’s Not Considered a … |
 | Will on They Have Some Funny Ideas Abo… |
 | bluejade on They Have Some Funny Ideas Abo… |
 | Droll not Troll on They Have Some Funny Ideas Abo… |
Cheezburger Company Blog
What about dishes?
Not on the list, so go ahead.
With all the crap you will be putting those dishes through, I think you should reconsider washing your dishes in the toilet. *scans around for DPH fairy*
If I’m going to be clonked, I’m mine as well do it my self. *CLONK!*
You’re yours? How odd…
what?
You said, “I’m mine (as well do it my self). I was being sardonic. It’s good to know that no one else owns you.
I C what you mean, johnB
or ur body
洗面台: “washbasin or washstand”. Not “toilet”.
Thanks, I saw this and thought “Where’s the engrish?”
Because if you don’t tell us not to, we will!
Well, this may be difficult to understand, but … we don’t all speak Japanese. So, we have to rely on the English used in the picture. It says toilet. It tells us not to wash things in that toilet. If you have no idea as to why that would be funny, I feel sadness for you.
Thank you for explaining. (although I think pganton was being sarcastic I’m sure Micah Cowan was serious.
Maybe it should go like this “No washing of hair or clothes”
Me too. Had to read it twice (and look up 洗面台)
There isn’t any(surprise, surprise)
Its translation fail!
Actually, as pretty much all the native English speakers are saying, it’s a classic double entendre, which is every bit as much Engrish as mangled spelling or grammar.
Wash basin or toilet – either way, it’s FAIL all right.
btw, I’ve actually seen some homeless people in Shinjuku using the basins in public rest rooms to wash their hair or do their laundry.
That’s harsh. Trying to stay clean when you’re homeless is an awful challenge.
Yeah, unfortunately in (American) English, “toilet” does not equal “bathroom”, but the Japanese understanding is that “toilet” is the room where bodily wastes are dealt with, and “bathroom” is where the tub is. Different rooms, historically.
“Washroom” would have solved the ambiguity, right?
A washroom in which you are prohibited to wash things?
I just watched the video in your name, and wow is all I have to say. When was the video made? I don’t remember starring in the video. Did this occur during my not-to-recent nor not-to-distant LSD trips?
and… *looks in the mirror* am I really that buff?
And since when was I black ?!?!
Also, thanks to lexan D, JohnB, Droll not Troll, and KinkyTom for, uh, preforming in the show…
I gave the explanation about the video back on the post of “That explains the yellow jumpsuit.” Everyone else watched it there and since some had trouble getting access, I added it to a link on my name and said I would carry it around for a while.
You’re not black. The video is in black and white.
You’re green.
With envy?
Why would I be? I was in the video. And how did I end up in DPH with la conejeita,lexan D, JohnB, Droll, and KinkyTom to begin with?
(yes I noticed I misspelled la conejita)
I mean, I suppose it’s likely I might have been helping out dr. handle with the Dreadful Pun’ers, but I don’t think that conejita, lexan, John, Droll, and Kinky could all manage to get themselves into DPH all at once.
Oh we do. We meet there all the time. You were probably too drunk to remember.
I can guarantee we’ve all been there at the same time! We elevate the level of the place while we’re there. I guess you could call us hell-raisers!
Alright, back to DPH for you. Has any one seen dr. handle recently?
Sadly, no. I think she’s been on briefly, and said she’d been ill.
You know, I’m tired of these signs. They tell you what you CAN’T do, but they never offer any alternatives!
I think it’s ok to clean up in the urinal.
Brushing your teeth in the bidet is acceptable, but attempting to send dead goldfish to their final rest down it is not.
Does eating fish give toilet sharks digestive issues?
Well, it depends on what the fish is, and how it’s prepared. I don’t like anchovies, and pilchards don’t agree with me, but any oily fish done in a nice soy & wasabi marinade is always welcome (so long as it’s not overcooked).
Before or after Bruce Pee?
Oh damn, and I just used my favourite shampoo. Sorry.
Apparently, you are free to wash your hands and face, or even to take a sponge bath in the toilet. So enjoy!
As other have pointed out that as long as you are not washing hair or clothes it’s ok to wash other stuff. And there so, so many things to wash; other body parts, cats, dogs, chickens, a co-worker’s coffee cup, greasy auto parts…
Damnit, I was soaking my dentures, and now they’re gone!!
Mind you, what you do and what you don’t do in the bathroom may be something you have to compromise on once you are in a relationship; for example, now that I am married I can no longer clean motorcycle parts in the bath with impugnity.
So Impugnity is good for removing grease? Must be that special ingredient.
ACTUALLY, WITH NEW IMPUGNITY, ONCE YOU’VE CLEANED YOUR MOTORCYCLE PARTS, THEY WILL NEVER NEED CLEANING AGAIN! NOW, YOUR BATH IS ANOTHER MATTER…
LOLROFHHS! This has got to be the first time I’ve ever seen a woman say “now that I am married I can no longer clean motorcycle parts in the bath with impugnity.”!!
::takes the sign down::
::washes it in the toliet::
::used the hand-dryer to try the sign::
::puts the sign back up::
::leaves::
Actually, this is just an observation about clinical depression. When you feel like your life is in the toilet, things like grooming and bathing often just come to a halt.
Do swirlys count as hair washing?
I’d say so. If you’re in hurry, why not?
That depends on whether your hair is cleaner or dirty after the swirly than it was before.
I’m feeling kind of dumb about this. What is a swirlys? Or how do you do that?
Swirlys(alt swirlies) – plural form of swirly. Exact meaning can vary with context, but normally means rinsing something, in this case hair, by swishing it around in a container of plain water.
Actually, swirlys were popular with bullies when I was in school. That’s when someone sticks your head in the toilet, then flushes the toilet.
I had a resident at another facility I worked at who tried to flush his own head down the toilet. (No, I’m not making this up. After 32 years at my job, I don’t have to make stuff up!) We had trouble coming up with a name for the behavior. I suggested we call it an auto-swirly. He figured out it wouldn’t work and quit doing it before we settled on a name.
How about the toilet shark syndrome? As they are known for swirling around the toilet.
I’d vote on that if it wasn’t too late.
Regional dialect confusion; I’d have called that flushing someone.
A swirly isn’t something you want to be associated with in any way, shape or form.
hahahahaha!!!! i’m “Dunno” hahaha i cannot believe they published it!!! i took this photo when i saw the sign in a japanese business hotel in tokyo.. my friends and i were all standing around brushing our teeth in the bathroom when we saw the sign… just couldn’t stop laughing.. oh plus i understand there is no engrish in the sign.. however, i felt that i had to post it because of its sheer absurdity..
thanks for the comments on my wacky picture
Great fun. Thanks for posting it.
I just noticed that they apparently have no objection to your cleaning the toilet with your hair or clothes.
OMG LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what if a tolit shark eatz your clothes