HUMBURGER

Posted on 30. Jul, 2007 @ 9:59 pm by in Humor Views: 790

Well, what have we here off in the distance? Why it looks like a cafe that might have Western food to satisfy my gaijin needs. I’ll hop over and take a closer look.

Wait, what’s this?

C’omon? Humburger? Beef stake? And… Fast food as a menu item? Aren’t all of these fast food items?

The confusion settles in.

Okay, I got it. See, they spelled Hamburger correctly on the window. It was only a temporary mistake. Steak… Stake! Stake is still messed up. Ah well. Can’t get everything right all of the time.

I’ll go inside and have a hamburger anyway.

Okay, now the question. Which came first. The custom sign they had created for their store, or the preprinted sign with hamburger spelled correctly sitting right next to it.

Oh hum.

- Harvey

I didn’t mention “soft cream” as a mistake for “ice cream”, because… I’ve been in Japan too long.

  • http://naruhodojapan.blogspot.com/ Chris

    That sign is priceless! Awesome catch!

  • http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

    I think “soft cream” and “ice cream” are different things. In the States (or at least in Cali) we call it “soft serve”, short for “soft serve ice cream”. (It’s softer than normal ice cream, but I don’t have the credentials to tell you why that is)

    I think Japanese just selected two different words from the same term.

    I like how they sell stakes, too, because I always keep a healthy supply of them around me, just in case there are any vampire attacks.

    And, not only do they sell fast food as some sort of menu item, they also sell plate dishes!

  • http://ikimashokie.nutang.com Jess

    Soft cream sounds tasty… like gelato. not like regular ice cream or soft serve.

  • Tadashi

    Arrgghhh, humbug!

    And a bit later…
    Arrrgghhh, Comic Sans!!!

    Didn’t you notice the extra apostrophe in hamburgers under C’omon?

  • mapmaker

    Don’t forget the “Plate Dish”! Is that a plate served on a plate?

  • Clive

    So we never found out what pic #2 said was Humburger’s?

    Argh the unbearable mystery!

    :P

  • Clive

    Wow, that’s probably the first Japanese eatery I’ve seen without opening times in 24 hour clock.

  • http://www.japannewbie.com harvey

    you guys really love these images don’t ya.

    Hahaha. Plate Dish. That’s hilarious.

    By the way this place is in Shimoda. So quite far away…

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