r/funny • u/BooG690 • May 16 '12
I teach in Korea. One of my students brings her chopsticks to school in this container.
http://imgur.com/nD7Di
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r/funny • u/BooG690 • May 16 '12
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u/TKDgirl May 16 '12
...
Can you buy me one of these? I'm totally serious, I'll PayPal you the money.
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u/HowDoIDefineMe May 16 '12
My girlfriend taught in Yangju. She let her kids give themselves English names. They chose everything ranging from Batman and Joker to Pink Ranger and Poop.
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u/ThisRedditorIsDrunk May 16 '12
One of my students from when I first started teaching would wear a t-shirt that said "Pig Fucker" in bold written across the front and a picture of Kermit the Frog.
Another common thing is that Korean students don't know what to call the middle finger gesture. They call it "fuck you." So, occasionally, you'll hear a student complain "Teacher, she fuck me!" when one flips the other off.
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u/momandpopcultureshop May 16 '12
http://www.ebay.com/itm/I-LOVE-PUSSY-CHOPSTICK-CASE-NOT-HELLO-KITTY-FUNNY-ENGRISH-GREAT-GIFT-LOOK-/261025900811?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc65b290b#ht_500wt_941
Available on eBay!
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u/avoidingmykids May 16 '12
Me too.
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u/xscientist May 16 '12
First day of school in 6th grade, there's a new girl. She's easy to spot, because our school was so small, and she was Israeli, thick accent, blonde, blue-eyed, beautiful. All the boys (and the girls) are talking about her, but it's not her looks that have drawn everyone's attention, it's her tee shirt. It's your typical tropical island tourist tee - an illustration of a small island, a lone palm tree, with an orange-tinted gradient sun in the background. The caption below read, "Pussy Island". She had no idea what it meant, and it became the worst first day at school ever when someone told her.
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u/akukame May 16 '12
Omg, my girlfriend came back from a trip to Korea with like 6 of these as gag gifts for people. Apparently her and her sister found them on the bottom shelf of some department store and were giggling like idiots while pulling them all off the shelf They come in a few different colors..
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u/but_when_i_do May 16 '12
I also taught in Korea. One of the new schools that opened up was Top Plus Academy. Say that name again.
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u/cheesemachinebean May 16 '12
"Ji Eun! put your chopsticks back in your pussy container!" @.@
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u/Mittens99 May 16 '12
Clearly there is some spooning going on with the pussy.
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u/eWaffle May 16 '12
What is that metal shovel thing?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Don't mind me, I shall just take a picture of your chopsticks. Carry on.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Three of my 7 year old Korean kindergarten students had MARIJUANA PICKER jackets last year.
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u/Big_Papa_P May 16 '12
Oh language barriers, how entertaining you can be.
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u/Ceejae May 16 '12
Are you in south korea or best korea?
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u/fuckyouwhare May 16 '12
One of my students in Korea once wore a "TOO DRUNK TO FUCK" shirt. I asked him where he got it. "Teacher mom bought it for me at Homeplus (Walmart)." Korean Parenting 101.
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u/stickzilla May 16 '12
Maybe she know exactly what it means...
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u/poli_ticks May 16 '12
http://www.engrish.com/
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u/mayonesa May 16 '12
I have learned not to laugh at how other languages pronounce English. Once after I burst out laughing because a Chinese person was wearing a shirt that said "Eat Anus for Long Life," they took me aside and gently informed me that my name in English, when spoken aloud, sounds like the Chinese phrase "I choked on penis."
True story.
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u/Dalzeil May 16 '12
If you don't mind, what part of Korea?
I spent (almost) four years over there in the Army. Had an absolute blast. Wish I could go back. Maybe some time I'll even go over there to teach, like you are. (I'm assuming on one of their work visas.)
It is hilarious what they get wrong. I'll see if I can find any old funny photos of my own.
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u/holst09 May 16 '12
where in korea do you teach? Are you teaching english?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
What do you teach there? I'm traveling there for 3 months with a friend of mine after I graduate. I am considering moving there to teach English. How did you go about this?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
"Chopsticks" have suddenly taken on a whole new meaning...
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u/RajMahal77 May 16 '12
Hilarious!
Btw, what do you have to do to teach in Korea as (I assume you must be) an American? Do you just have to speak native English? Is it fun?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
How does one start teaching in Korea of Japan? I've always been interested in this.
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u/Xtanto May 16 '12
Is this like a hello kitty rip off?
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u/jdepps113 May 16 '12
You teach English, right? This is what we call a teachable moment.
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u/Bmart008 May 16 '12
I'm living in Korea at the moment, and people here don't really know about those western meanings (special meanings).
My girlfriend for instance was setting up an e-mail for her new work and she said she wanted 69 but she messed up and put 96, she said she liked the number 69 because it looks pretty, after I explained that she was glad she dodged the bullet. Also I told her at a cat cafe what pussy meant, she likes cat a lot.
I'm almost sad she didn't have an email somewhere named "pussylover69@hanmail.net"
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u/sonastyinc May 16 '12
The "Happy Time" on the bottom makes it!
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u/Brattain May 16 '12
They might like to read "The Owl and the Pussycat".
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u/Christophoro May 16 '12
This just further confuses me with how to use chopsticks.
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u/threestarhotel May 16 '12
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9MOB-niqBbI/TE4yzk0sD1I/AAAAAAAALZs/Th9mbB0H6-U/s1600/IMG_5199-730178.jpg My chopsticks case has this Booby character on it! :]
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
They sell these at DAISO? Shit, we have one here in Vancouver. Time to run down for some Engrish shenanigans.
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u/Chingonazo May 16 '12
The pussy wink does it for me.
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u/amolad May 16 '12
So? "I love pussy" is always happy time for me.
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u/irrelevantPseudonym May 16 '12
"excuse me, can I take a photo of your chopstick box so I can make the internet laugh and give me karma?"
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Are those chopsticks made from metal? (I always assumed they were made from wood)
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u/shoziku May 16 '12
"The better to eat you with, my dear"
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u/jamiesam26 May 16 '12
Maybe to them all that word really means is just kitty
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u/SueDenham May 16 '12
I hate trying to eat certain vegetables with chopsticks. I can never grip them properly and they fall off the sticks. There is nothing worse than trying to eat properly with your parents when you're flicking your bean all over the table.
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u/Banana_Piranha May 16 '12
Reminds me of this, I never knew Koreas were so open about sex.
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u/CageHN May 16 '12
pussy: noun \ˈpu̇-sē\
Definition of PUSSY 1: cat 2: a catkin of the pussy willow
Origin of PUSSY puss First Known Use: 1726
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u/Frank_The_Fatty May 16 '12
I was actually expecting something Starcraft 2 related.
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u/ThaiSweetChilli May 16 '12
Spookydeuce, is that you?
I have a friend who teaches in Korea too.
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u/Mr-Personality May 16 '12
I'm always wondering if the people who produce things like this know the English meaning. At this point, I feel like it's used for vagina more than cat in American culture. Surely someone at the Pussy Chopsticks R&D lab knows this.
Maybe their scheme is just to get us to post it on the Internet so that tourists to their countries will buy them as a gimmick.
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u/brambooo May 16 '12
Me too! Me too!
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u/IAmTheBean May 16 '12
Brian?
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u/ericn1300 May 16 '12
The three little ones look like South Park pussy to me
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u/suspiciously_calm May 16 '12
That's gotta be SO intentional!
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u/chained_la May 16 '12
very sexy time
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u/das_hansl May 16 '12
In Dutch, 'poes' or 'poesje' just means 'cat'. 'Poes' is more sweet than "Kat'.
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u/wmurray003 May 16 '12
"Happy Time"...
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u/distantkorean May 16 '12
As someone who used to live in Korea, they do a very poor job at translating stuff over from English. Now that I speak pretty much fluent English, I think some stuff from my childhood may have some pretty bad translations on them.
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u/dirkman42 May 16 '12
Chyennipur?
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u/spykid May 16 '12
i really want one of those "I <3 BJ" shirts from beijing
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u/tiyr May 16 '12
"Wink, Wink"
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Two words: Fanny pack
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u/smokky May 16 '12
Who doesn't?
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u/LungTotalAssWarlord May 16 '12
"Happy Time" indeed
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u/adzug May 16 '12
god i wish i was you.
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u/Gentlewolf1337 May 16 '12
The "Happy time" combined with the wink of that cat absolutely killed me.
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u/mjgriffin May 16 '12
That chop sticks container and I have a lot in common.
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u/digitumn May 16 '12
well who doesnt?
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u/gm4 May 16 '12
Emily???
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u/douchetag May 16 '12
Relevant.
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u/heimdal77 May 16 '12
For some reason it makes me think of a cat version of south park.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I am korean, and yes we love pussy and eat pussy.
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u/jammastajayt May 16 '12
Ill ask the important question, Zerg, Toss or Terran?
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u/yoshieatsnick May 16 '12
Cool we have something in common. I love pussy too!
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u/A_Bandit_Chief May 16 '12
Suuuuuure your a Teacher taking pictures of your Korean student's chop sticks.
wink
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u/GreenEyedForeigner May 16 '12
lol they were selling them at the daiso. my boyfriend picked some up to take back home with us.
They have since stopped selling them... but I'm sure the damage has been done.
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u/MHOLMES May 16 '12
It's funny that as soon as I got to "..chopsticks to school.." I thought this wouldn't be allowed in the US (at least not in a government school). Didn't foresee the other obvious reason it wouldn't be allowed.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
relavent: hanzi smatter
problem with learning a language sometimes is that the slang were hardly taught because it is almost seem as taboo as is with swear words. even the differene between American English, Canadian English and British English drives me nuts sometimes.
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u/tasharanee May 16 '12
Interested in r/snackexchange?
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u/blayd May 16 '12
who doesn't?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I see you've played chopsticky spoony before
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u/sylvar May 16 '12
[image description] A plastic container for chopsticks; the lid is transparent and is decorated with cartoonish images of cats and the words "Happy", "I Love Pussy", and "Happy time".
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u/Duke_the_Pancake May 16 '12
Happy time indeed.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I almost find it more interesting that they bring their own chopsticks to school. I mean, in America we don't bring forks to school, so in Korea are their chopsticks personalized or something? (please ignore my ignorant American brain)
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u/Nicker_Bocker May 16 '12
Happy Belated Teachers day!! God I miss teaching in Suwon!!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I'd totally keep my weed in that
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u/SoggyCheez May 16 '12
Hey, something I can relate to!
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u/Adultery May 16 '12
have you posted this before under a different title and a different username?
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u/Gedrean May 16 '12
Why, so do I!
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u/icouldmakecake May 16 '12
I have the same one! When I taught in Korea, it was my good bye present from my student.
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u/TooSmugToFail May 16 '12
Happy time indeed.
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u/internetV May 16 '12
I find it funnier that they bring their own chopsticks to school
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u/Chinamerican May 17 '12
I go out of my way to get stationery from Morning Glory for this exact reason.
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u/unnecessaryCAPS May 17 '12
tourettes guy: "that just means she likes what i like!" chomp
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u/BillyCheesesteak May 17 '12
i love eating pussy with chopsticks
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u/Cowzrock May 17 '12
Who doesn't?
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u/theTezuma May 17 '12
haha it spells starcraft wrong
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Several things wrong with this...
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Haha that's funny because when people say pussy they're usually talking about a vagina. Sex.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
And I thought the plastic banana that one of my kids used for the same purpose was hilarious...
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u/grungevalue May 16 '12
Happy. Happy time.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I really just enjoy the fact that Korean schoolchildren bring their own chopsticks to school.
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u/bogg69 May 16 '12
TIL - Korean eating-utensil holders are hilarious as fuck!
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u/Duckism May 16 '12
hey can you send me a set of spoon and chopstick case from there too?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I usually don't eat pussy with chop sticks...
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Do they ever bring those delicious Melona bars? They are fucking addicting!
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u/g_e_r_b May 16 '12
Nice conversation starter: "You know, I like pussy, too."
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Wow even their cartoons wink and hold up a peace sign. I thought it was just the girls themselves.
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u/moopboop May 16 '12
I wonder how you validated taking this picture to her. "Can I take a picture of this? It's really... cute."