I’m blatantly stealing these pictures from my husband’s collection from his recent trip to China because he’ll never get around to blogging them (he averages a post every six months) and they are too funny to keep hidden on our hard drive.  It’s funny how much our cultural upbringing affects our interpretation of pictures.

For example…

When pursued by flames don’t forget to look at the floor.

Press button for flames.

Caution! Radioactive children at play.

(If you can’t read it, the sign says “Beijing First Experimental Primary School”)
Where every time the bell rings some children receive an electric shock while others are thrown a treat.  Scientists observe through one way glass.  Findings are reported to scientific journals around the world.

A sign that you and your roommate are going to be getting to know each other much better tonight. This is supposed to be a room with two single beds. Apparently someone forgot to inform the queen-sized bed!


The captions read: 1) Place hands under vent  2) Collect bacon.
This one is actually from North America. In a bathroom on the Western Campus. Because my husband is the kind of man who isn’t afraid to whip out his camera phone in a bathroom.   But it fits with the theme here.