When you're illiterate, everything is a caption contest.

As I mentioned before, my inability to read in Japan is hugely frustrating. There are three Japanese alphabets, the Hiragana, the Katakana and then the Kanji. The Hiragana and the Katakana have 47 characters a piece, each representing a syllable. The frustrating part about these two is that they both represent the same sounds which seems like a waste. Katakana is used to spell out foriegn words that are used in Japanese, while Hiragana is used along with the third alphabet, the kanji, to form complete sentences. The Kanji are the reason it will be nearly impossible for me to learn to read. There are something like 8,000 Kanji characters. That's a little daunting. Ok, enough about the mechanics behind my illiteracy, my point is it makes for a fun game: What could that sign possibly say?

This one is just a few yards from my house. I have a pretty good idea of what it actually says, but I like my version better based on the look of horror on the child's face.

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Punish misbehaved children!
Sign them up for Sakura's torturous little league.
Saturday morning directly adjacent to the bee keeping field.

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Dial 110 to summon Inspector Gadget!
Come on, am I wrong? He even has the same car.

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Ladies: Please keep your eyes on the road while driving.
-brought to you by the Japanese ministry of stereotype reduction.

Have to give Cat credit on this one, she joined in on my game earlier this week:
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And now it's your turn to play my dear friends. Leave your ideas for the following sign in the comments section. Also, feel free to come up with new ones for the other signs. (remember you can click on it to see the full sized version) Let's see what you can do.

Here it is:
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