1.10.2011

Lost in translation

There's a store here called Metro. It's kind of like a Sam's Club or Costco - bulk-buy discounts with inexpensive membership. This is a favorite of expats for many reasons. First, there's a large imported section with things directly from home like, refried beans, spices, spaghetti sauce, CHEESE, and inexpensive wine. There are also just a lot of good deals. Well, sometimes. But the funnest part of going through a store known to cater even a little to expats is reading the translations on the packages. Tonight's thrill was in the bath stuffs aisle. I was looking at razors and happened to glance down to a giant bag of cotton balls. All the writing was in Chinese except for this:

Tampons.

Well, I guess you could use them for that.

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