here in italy too - i was once startled (frankly) to see an illustrated t-shirt on very young girl - 10 or 12 years old maybe - that had the coquettish image of a female dog, tail up, wiggling her rear-end around while disappearing under the right arm and the image of an aroused male dog, thundering after her in hot pursuit from under the left arm, saying "sniff! sniff!"
my favorite was a toddler's baseball hat i saw once with a typical baseball and cross bats motif along with the words (in english) "ball buster!" - bill --- LGS-Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill > > > what's it say on the packet of cheese spread? ... > > In Japan you'll have many close encounters with what > I'd like to call 'mood > poetry'. It doesn't have to make sense, so any > combination of > emotion-evoking words in a foreign language will do. > In advertisements, on > packaging and on clothes, T-shirts as well as > underwear. On the latter > you'll find some philosopically bewildering > statements that will shed a > whole new light on the relation between packaging > and content. Can't think > of any off-hand, but I have been shocked, once or > twice, in rather intimate > situations. > > David > > > > > > > --- LGS-Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Familiar with Dowland's My thoughts are wing'd > with > >> hopes, my hopes with > >> love? > >> > >> This is what's printed on the package of Japanese > >> rice crackers in front of > >> me (spelling and interpunction original): > >> > >> My thoughts is wings of hope, My wish is wings of > >> love, Flying away into the > >> azure sky. Talking to the sun, The sunlight > shining > >> on all over the ground, > >> That is just love ... > >> > >> Food for thought. > >> > >> David > >> > >> > >> **************************** > >> David van Ooijen > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> www.davidvanooijen.nl > >> **************************** > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> To get on or off this list see list information > at > >> > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >> > > > > > > http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Copy addresses and emails from any email account > to Yahoo! Mail - quick, > > easy and free. > http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html > > > > > http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/ ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your free account today http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
