NationStates Jolt Archive


City of Jerusalem denies it's own existence.

Drunk commies deleted
21-09-2006, 15:44
Jerusalem printed an English language brochure for tourists. It read "Jerusalem, there is no such city". Now maybe they can quit fighting over it.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-09-20T133207Z_01_B181920_RTRUKOC_0_US-JERUSALEM.xml&archived=False
Templa
21-09-2006, 15:47
Behold! The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away!
Deep Kimchi
21-09-2006, 15:54
See? A miracle every day!
Utracia
21-09-2006, 15:56
They are thinking outside the box. If they say the city isn't there then maybe the terrorists will get confused and go home.
Pax dei
21-09-2006, 15:57
I love mistranslations.
Try to translate this gem..

'Madame Aubergine a pose un papillon sur ma renault, et le poulets m'ont ramene dans un panier a salade.'
Templa
21-09-2006, 15:58
They are thinking outside the box. If they say the city isn't there then maybe the terrorists will get confused and go home.

Hiding in plain sight?
Templa
21-09-2006, 16:01
I love mistranslations.
Try to translate this gem..

'Madame Aubergine a pose un papillon sur ma renault, et le poulets m'ont ramene dans un panier a salade.'

Aagh! French! Isn't Madame Aubergine a brand? Or aubergine a food of some type? Also, I thought Renault was a name and was unaware the French ate ramen.
Drunk commies deleted
21-09-2006, 16:06
I love mistranslations.
Try to translate this gem..

'Madame Aubergine a pose un papillon sur ma renault, et le poulets m'ont ramene dans un panier a salade.'

A female eggplant put a butterfly on my renault, and the chickens (don't understand the rest).

I don't speak french, that's as close as I can come to translating this.
Politeia utopia
21-09-2006, 16:20
yeah it's al-quds (http://www.alquds.co.uk:8080/TodayPages/qds01.pdf)!
:p
Drunk commies deleted
21-09-2006, 16:24
yeah it's al-quds!
:p

Altoids? Al Qaeda? What are you trying to spell?
Pax dei
21-09-2006, 16:27
I love mistranslations.
Try to translate this gem..

'Madame Aubergine a pose un papillon sur ma renault, et le poulets m'ont ramene dans un panier a salade.'


'A parking inspector stuck a ticket on my car, then the cops came and took me away in a paddy wagon.'

Isn't french fun?;)
Drunk commies deleted
21-09-2006, 16:29
'A parking inspector stuck a ticket on my car, then the cops came and took me away in a paddy wagon.'

Isn't french fun?;)

So it's got nothing to do with female eggplants and chickens?
Pax dei
21-09-2006, 16:31
So it's got nothing to do with female eggplants and chickens?
Or a city in isreal. Sorry for hijacking the thread.;)
Templa
21-09-2006, 16:33
Ah, but could the cops have impounded the Jerusalem?

...Okay it was a bit of a stretch, I'm sorry.
Zilam
21-09-2006, 16:46
I love mistranslations.
Try to translate this gem..

'Madame Aubergine a pose un papillon sur ma renault, et le poulets m'ont ramene dans un panier a salade.'

freetranslations says:
Madam Eggplant has puts a butterfly on my renault, and the chickens have me brings back in a basket has salad
Farnhamia
21-09-2006, 16:48
There's a novel by Sheri Tepper (I think) in which aliens arrive on Earth and solve the Middle East conflicts by removing Jerusalem. Sort of like adults taking a toy away from squabbling children.
Pax dei
21-09-2006, 16:49
freetranslations says:
Its paris slang.And a little old at that.
People without names
21-09-2006, 16:51
lol

must of been a muslim contract to print those:p
Politeia utopia
21-09-2006, 17:18
Altoids? Al Qaeda? What are you trying to spell?

al-Quds, is how the arab world calls Jerusalem
Kryozerkia
21-09-2006, 17:20
al-Quds, is how the arab world calls Jerusalem
What do they call America then, al-Armpit? :p
Drunk commies deleted
21-09-2006, 17:25
al-Quds, is how the arab world calls Jerusalem

Who cares how they spell anything. It's all squiggles drawn backwards from right to left.
Politeia utopia
21-09-2006, 17:38
What do they call America then, al-Armpit? :p
ish-Shaitân al-Kabîr الشيطان الكبير

:p

(The Great Satan)
Kryozerkia
21-09-2006, 17:39
ish-Shaitân al-Kabîr الشيطان الكبير

:p

(The Great Satan)

Same thing.
Utracia
21-09-2006, 23:38
Who cares how they spell anything. It's all squiggles drawn backwards from right to left.

Yeah, who can understand such scrawl?

*shakes head sadly*
Drunk commies deleted
21-09-2006, 23:43
Yeah, who can understand such scrawl?

*shakes head sadly*

Why sadly?
Not bad
21-09-2006, 23:51
"Jerusalem, there is no such city".

Worst Tourism Slogan Ever!!!!!

This even beats out "Come on vacation, leave on probation" the unofficial tourism slogan of Oildale!
Utracia
22-09-2006, 00:01
Why sadly?

That such a written language could exist that looks like a toddler went nuts with a pencil. :p
Sheni
22-09-2006, 00:16
Yeah, who can understand such scrawl?

*shakes head sadly*

Well, it might be scrawl, but it's GOOD LOOKING scrawl.
Poliwanacraca
22-09-2006, 00:25
Worst Tourism Slogan Ever!!!!!


I dunno - I'm amused by the current Kansas tourism slogan: "Kansas - It's As Big As You Think!" Even people who love Kansas have agreed with me that this slogan appears to be another way of saying, "Kansas - There Really IS That Much Of It To Drive Through!" :D
Laerod
22-09-2006, 00:45
Jerusalem printed an English language brochure for tourists. It read "Jerusalem, there is no such city". Now maybe they can quit fighting over it.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-09-20T133207Z_01_B181920_RTRUKOC_0_US-JERUSALEM.xml&archived=FalseOh no... That has so much potential for some really crappy jokes...:(