The parade for the Penguins winning the Stanley Cup of course. The parade starts at noon but I’ll be at work. It used to be cool working evenings because I could go to stuff like this. I’m not too upset though because I know it will be a mad house outside.
I prefer to stay inside and gaze at this picture from yesterday’s celebration!
I have one that’s supposed to be a pretty good brand. But it has issues that I don’t like. First the back-light stays on too long which drains the battery. The battery only takes 2 hours to fully charge but then the charge is only good for about 4 hours. If I listen to my player at work all day, it’s dead by the time I go home.
I guess I shouldn’t complain too much since I won it in a contest. You know how those soda companies always have caps to enter codes to win and blah blah blah? Well I wasn’t expecting anything and I actually won. It just showed up on my doorstep one day which was pretty cool.
There’s no need for me to get a memory upgrade for it because don’t really think you can. I think you have to upgrade to the next size which is 16GB. Oh well, as long as it works I’ll be happy.
The Worst Slogan Translations Ever… Part II
6) Frank Perdue’s chicken slogan, “It takes a strong man to make a tender chicken,” was translated into Spanish as “it takes an aroused man to make a chicken affectionate.”
5) When American Airlines wanted to advertise its new leather first class seats in the Mexican market, it translated its “Fly In Leather” campaign literally, which meant “Fly Naked” (vuela en cuero) in Spanish.
4) An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope’s visit. Instead of “I saw the Pope” (el Papa), the shirts read “I Saw the Potato” (la papa).
3) The Dairy Association’s huge success with the campaign “Got Milk?” prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention the Spanish translation read “Are You Lactating?”
2) General Motors had a very famous fiasco in trying to market the Nova car in Central and South America. “No va” in Spanish means, “It Doesn’t Go”.
1) The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as “Kekoukela”, meaning “Bite the Wax Tadpole” or “Female Horse Stuffed with Wax”, depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent “kokoukole”, translating into “Happiness in the Mouth.”
It was expensive as heck too. I had chicken on a stick and a egg roll for $9.00. One friend had a quesadilla that was almost $7.00 that she didn’t like. She said that it was bland with no taste. Two other people had fries that weren’t hot and a lemonade that was bitter. She also asked for no ice, which she always does, and they gave her a half of a glass worth of lemonade.
There was also the smell of compost or something at the park. I think there may have been a plant nursery nearby or maybe it was just in the decor of the park. It is a fairly large park so we were able to move to escape that. I was impressed with the fact that they recycled everything so that’s a definite plus.
I have to say that we were pretty disappointed in the overall quality of the food. It’s ironic because the food is a bigger draw than the art at times. Oh well , live and learn. I know I won’t be going back there for any more food.
There’s a art festival that comes to town every year. The running joke in town is that it rains every day during the festival and today was no different. It was cloudy with the sun peeking out when we left for lunch. We got to the park and it was sunny and hot. It stayed that way during the entire time that we were there.
Once we started heading back to work, it started drizzling. Then all of a sudden it just started pouring down raining. We were lucky because one of my coworkers suggested that we take our umbrellas. However it was raining so hard that my shoes and my pants from the knee down were totally soaked. The back of my shirt was wet too. We almost ran back to work.
Once we got back to the office I changed into my spare shoes and rolled up my pants like capris. I wanted to hang my shirt on the office furniture but I figured I wasn’t at home so I shouldn’t push it. I wound up wearing my jacket that I keep on my chair because it’s so cold in the office. Of course it stopped raining and the sun came back out 15 minutes after we got back to work.
That’s just my luck.
I’m just tired and burned out. I haven’t really had any days off since last year when I went on vacation. All of the days that I’ve taken off since then have been sick days or total exhaustion days. I don’t have anything special that I want to do either. I just want to stay home for a few days and relax. I don’t want to worry about getting up for work or even think about work.
I guess it’s just a dream right now.
Now that’s a yummy holiday if I ever heard of one. Dunkin Donuts is giving away a free donut with the purchase of a beverage. Krispy Kreme (my favorite, yum yum) is giving away a free donut with no strings attached. I actually had a Krispy Kreme today and it was delicious. The weight loss supplement pills that I’m taking are going to be working overtime today. Especially since I had the donut early this morning (around 2am-ish) before I actually went to bed. I’ve been pretty good lately so I’m not too worried about it.
Now you get out there and enjoy this national holiday.
The Worst Slogan Translations Ever… Part I
13) When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, “It won’t leak in your pocket and embarrass you.” The company thought that the word “embarazar” (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: “It won’t leak in your pocket and make you pregnant.”
12) Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: “Nothing Sucks like an Electrolux.”
11) Clairol introduced the “Mist Stick,” a curling iron, into Germany only to find out that “mist” is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the “Manure Stick.”
10) Coors put its slogan, “Turn It Loose,” into Spanish, where it was read as “Suffer From Diarrhea.”
9) Pepsi’s “Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation” translated into “Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave” in Chinese.
When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the labels of what’s inside, since many people can’t read.
7) Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.
It’s another rainy and cold night. I was expecting it to rain as usual but I wasn’t expecting it to be cold. I had to put on a pair of sweats. On a normal day I just wear a t-shirt and shorts around the house but not today.
I don’t want it to be blazing hot but I can’t wait until it’s in the low 70’s everyday. This cold weather is for the birds.
My apartment is a mess. I’ve been looking around and I have a bunch of stuff that I don’t need or use just laying around. In my bedroom I noticed that I have at least 6 pairs of shoes that I don’t wear at all. In addition to that I also have empty shoe boxes in there as well that I need to get rid of.
I have other stuff that I need to put in it’s proper place. I have makeup, acne treatments, and nail polish that I need to put away. None of my jewelry is in it’s jewelry box either. Most of it is just laying on the dresser. Some of it was thrown in the dresser drawers where I don’t ever see it.
It’s going to be a long weekend of cleaning and straightening up.
