I bought two more t-shirts this weekend. I was cursing the store even as I walked toward the display of 1000-yen shirts (that's less than $10), especially because it was Aberdeen and they usually have ridiculously cute things. Sure enough....
I showed Captain T the pig shirt today during our video chat (ah, the glamorous world of the long-distance relationship) and he said, "How sad. Poor pig."
I had assumed it was the pig who was in love and was the one talking. I told Captain T that.
"But why would a pig say that?" he asked.
"Exactly," I said.
Because really, the joy that comes from reading of 90% of the Japanese t-shirts and stationery in the world is pondering questions like that. Why WOULD a pig say that? I don't know, but all possible explanations make me smile.
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i'm sorry! it just didn't make any sense to me why the pig would be the one in love. although in this close-up, i can see that the pig's tail is a flower, which i believe supports your theory a little bit more than mine.
it's kinda like a glass is half-full/half-empty question that you can ask people: is the pig in love or not?
Posted by Capt. Tenderheart | June 26, 2006 3:54 AM
hmm...i most definitely think it's the pig that's been in love. the real question is, is the pig being condescending or not towards the unseen person (or animal) that has never been in love?
send me cute t-shirts! (in a slightly bigger size! =D).
and i'm back from thailand...weirded out about being back. shall write to you soon...
Posted by sonya | June 26, 2006 3:31 PM
I don't think the pig is being condescending. I think the pig just broke into song or did a little dance, maybe, and when a passerby looked at him weird, he said, "You've never been in love, have you?"
Maybe I've been thinking about this too much.
Posted by Anjali | June 26, 2006 6:15 PM
I like the Italian in Japan--surprisingly grammatically correct "Today the weather will be beautiful." About to depart from India wearing a ubiquitous "No change money, no rickshaw, no problem" T-shirt. Selection is less-than-exciting if you don't want Om or marijuana leaves. Hope you got the smuggled spices.
Posted by Joanna | June 28, 2006 9:11 PM
Thanks, Jo, I was wondering whether or not the shirt was in the Italian version of Engrish. (Itarian?)
Got the spices. Mom has your face papers.
Posted by Anjali | June 30, 2006 2:42 PM