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| Weird t-shirts: (sometimes known as T-SHITs) I was once looking out the window as I was riding the bus and saw a girl with the words "HOT SEX NOW" printed across her chest! On the same road, I passed a clothing store which had a whole series of shirts with the brand name (I guess it was a brand name!) "SEXLESS" printed across the chest... Yikes!
On the other hand...: A visitor to this website wrote that he "was in front of the Shin Gong building the other day, and saw a teenage chick rolling around with a t-shirt that said 'I'M SHY because I have a big dick.'" O-tay! Strange songs in strange places: Taiwan is a place where it's not unusual to hear the song "Short Dick Man" (NOT the "Short Short Man" radio edit) blasting from the speakers in the family-oriented department store. I'm just waiting to see a guy wearing a "Short Dick Man" t-shirt! I once heard something with the lyrics "You got a big dick, I want it deep inside..." (in English) on the bus. (Subsequent revelation: it's called "Asian Boy," and it's by Miss Gigi. Click here to download an MP3 of the song. Make sure you "Save link as..." and rename the file with an "mp3" extension.) The funniest thing about this experience was watching the girl sitting across from me as she stared off blankly into space and tapped her finger to the beat of the music on the seat in front of her. I could only wonder if she understood at all what the song was about. 
Wow! Look what my ISP offered me! You want one, too? |
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One of the most unbelievable things I've ever seen in Taiwan was a 6-year old selling beer to a 5-year old at a corner store ! ! ! A visitor to this website from Australia wrote that he once saw an old guy on a bicycle. "He had a dog with him. Its back paws were on the bar that runs between the seat and the handlebars, and its front paws were on the handlebars." In August of 1999, I saw a similar situation -- this time involving a motorcycle. The dog had its front paws on the handlebars as above, but its back paws were on the driver's chest! Hahahaha! |
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 (Native English speakers know will what else "wang" means!) The first two words in the name of the bakery above, "jin1 ling2," are an old name for Nanking (AKA Nanjing), the former capital of China.  |
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| Play that funky music, big-nosed white man! Oh the shark bites, and so do the companies that put out this crap. "Darlie" (Mandarin name: Black Man Toothpaste) used to be called "Darkie" (TRUE!). It also had a much worse caricature on the label. |
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If you think the average Westerner in Taiwan stands out, can you imagine what it's like to be a dark-skinned foreigner here? Talk about stand out! And what about the little kids whose parents encourage them to yell "Black Man Toothpaste!"? Talk about manners! |
| When Oreos just seem too, well, uh -- monotonous, you can always turn to Miss Julie for help! |
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Stereos are MUCH more interesting anyway. Don't you think so? Besides, the design is SOOOOOO strikingly original! |
Portuguese Egg Tarts: a recent culinary phenomenon which struck Taiwan around 1999. These small (about 2-1/2 inches in diameter) pastries which can be eaten in 2 bites sell for about NT$25 each (about US$0.80). Stores which sell only these pastries have cropped up all over the place, and of course (like the sun cake stores), their names are usually quite similar. (Note: They're still around in 2002, but they're sold in bakeries along with the other cake-like foods instead of in specialty stores dedicated to this product.)
Laundry conundrum: If you're a foreigner with a Taiwanese wife, you might find some washday habits at least slightly amusing. She might not want to wash socks and underwear in the same batch, even if they're all white! I suppose Taiwanese don't have much faith in either the washing machine or the detergent.
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