Thinking about crossing the street? Think again…

Thinking about crossing the street? Think again…

posted on 17 Apr 2013 in Chinglish, Signs

Photo courtesy of Karl.
Found in Shanghai, China. 

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Algernon
Algernon
11 years ago

We’ll build where ever we like.

Algernon
Algernon
11 years ago

We don’t really build houses just these pictures on frames

Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat
11 years ago

so those bicycle racks will be the garage

Salome
Salome
11 years ago

Excuse me, Mr Construction Man, could I please use your inconvenience?

DrLex
DrLex
11 years ago

It is nice that the squatters notify us of their presence.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
11 years ago

…. and just down the road we’re building an inconvenience store.

DrLex
DrLex
11 years ago

We don’t build houses for people to live in, we only build them to annoy you.

jjhitt
jjhitt
11 years ago

Housing starts are up. So are housing shocks, startles and surprises.

jjhitt
jjhitt
11 years ago

They just don’t make inconveniences like they used to.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
11 years ago

Oh, you want doors? That will cost extra.

Ageless
Ageless
11 years ago

Sorry, we don’t like it either.

Ben
Ben
11 years ago

I don’t know about houses, but that’s certainly how road construction works around here: no improvement, just inconvenience.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
11 years ago

If this house is rockin’, you can’t say we didn’t warn you.

A Non-Y Mouse
A Non-Y Mouse
11 years ago

Some people go into a profession for the challenge. We’re just a bit different.

Sparky
Sparky
11 years ago

Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
11 years ago

I don’t understand but I can feel it

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
11 years ago

Sorry, but as an Engrish person I prefer the incontinence. Cheers!

Nonsuch Ned
Nonsuch Ned
11 years ago

If you lived here, you’d be annoyed by now

Classic Steve
11 years ago

The company’s name means “For the Evulz.”

Lora
Lora
11 years ago

I understand that you’re inconvenient . You’re welcome!

Lora
Lora
11 years ago

@Droll not Troll – Inconvenience Stores: where it’s always crowded, the line-ups are ridiculously long and move like molasses, the staff are never around when you need them, and the clerks would rather put you on hold instead of whoever just phoned them when you’re ready to pay. Better known as Wal-Mart. 😛

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
11 years ago

It’s called ”House on Inconvenient Hill”

Biff the Understudy
Biff the Understudy
11 years ago

They may be in it for the inconvenience, but I’m in it for the money.

Biff the Understudy
Biff the Understudy
11 years ago

@Lora: a true inconvenience store would have all the products superglued to the ceiling so you have to climb the teetering shelves and pry them loose. Only to have a lighting fixture fall on you.

Biff the Understudy
Biff the Understudy
11 years ago

“We’ll leave the lights off for you.”

(In fact, we won’t even connect up the breaker box.)

Biff the Understudy
Biff the Understudy
11 years ago

“Listen, and please understand. That contractor is out there. It can’t be bargained with, it can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are inconvenienced!”

Biff the Understudy
Biff the Understudy
11 years ago

And to the left of the sign: what I like to refer to as the “Construction Dalek”. The don’t exterminate, they merely inconvenience.

(OK I’ll stop now.)

Lollerskate
Lollerskate
11 years ago

And you thought collectors were the only ones with that job requirement…

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
11 years ago

I think you’re hidden behind the picture

Marum
Marum
11 years ago

Strange. I’m in it for the money.

Marum
Marum
11 years ago

@BtU Solly mate. I posted before I read.

Biff the Understudy
Biff the Understudy
11 years ago

@Marum: Happens to the best of us 🙂

Frank Burns
Frank Burns
11 years ago

“So when will it be done?” “Two weeks.”

jjhitt
jjhitt
11 years ago

If this was a Roadrunner cartoon, a freight train would be coming though that canvas right about now.

Marum
Marum
11 years ago

We build our houses out of cards,
We find it all the quicker,
And when it all comes tumbling down,
We giggle laugh and snigger.

田剛
田剛
11 years ago

Nah, they’re just in it for the rude and unreasonable.

iLock
iLock
11 years ago

Go away. It’s not your house…yet.

Peter Chan
Peter Chan
11 years ago

A nation of pure, unmitigated inconvenience, I sure understand.

EffEff
EffEff
11 years ago

Actual house located in micro-universe inside sign, accessible only to Road Runner travelling more than 88 MPH.

deco2gogo
deco2gogo
11 years ago

I’m really trying, and even though they said thanks, I still don’t think I quite understand.

Jan
Jan
10 years ago

Masochism Construction Co. We’ll be done in a year or two.

zerima
zerima
9 years ago

what are all those shoe racks for? Do they remove shoes before entering even if the house is not built yet? Sooo inconvenient

sirpaulfan
sirpaulfan
8 years ago

I’ve suspected this of road construction crews for years.

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