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Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 11:05 • by el jaybird (unregistered)
NOW you tell me. I wondered who was the nutcase who chose bright red carpeting in all our hallways.

Captcha: burned!

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 11:21 • by valerion
You're all idiots, that's for sure...

That 2nd one isn't a WTF. It's barely worthy of mention on Engrish.com

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 11:27 • by chris (unregistered)
#2 is not a WTF. Asus is well known for horrible translations to English.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 11:28 • by eth (unregistered)
^ WTF

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 11:31 • by Raedwald
It's a dessert topping AND a floor cleaner.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 11:40 • by JLR (unregistered)
163655 in reply to 163651
Not just ASUS. I've found that the web sites of computer component manufacturers tend to have the worst English, and the buggiest implementations.

ASUS, Gigabyte, Lite-On, etcetera. The products themselves are all good, but the support software and websites are always buggy and filled with horrible Engrish.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 11:43 • by Raedwald
The DO NOT USE entries must be for QA positions.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 11:49 • by Cowbert (unregistered)
163659 in reply to 163655
JLR:
Not just ASUS. I've found that the web sites of computer component manufacturers tend to have the worst English, and the buggiest implementations.

ASUS, Gigabyte, Lite-On, etcetera. The products themselves are all good, but the support software and websites are always buggy and filled with horrible Engrish.


Exactly. I mean what do you expect? They're all Taiwanese companies. They're lucky if they can hire people who can type in English (secretaries are "traditionally" highly valued in Taiwan because they're often the sole English proxies for the rest of the company).

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 11:50 • by clively
Okay, I didn't get the carpet one...

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 11:50 • by   (unregistered)
You've never used tabasco sauce to clean a carpet? Try it sometime!

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 11:57 • by Troy Mclure (unregistered)
163662 in reply to 163660
clively:
Okay, I didn't get the carpet one...


Seriously? Someone is taking a survey and the question is which product they use to remove stains from Carpet. You'd expect products that actually clean carpets. But you see 2 entries for Tabasco sauce.

Get it?

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:02 • by ParkinT
Just yesterday I received an email from Seagate touting a promotion with a link to Download a Free MP3.
The text right underneath floored me. It read, "while supplies last".

I guess their web-server drive (Seagate) will only tolerate a limited number of downloads!!!

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:06 • by Thomas (unregistered)
Lol, I actually have tried using tobasco sauce as floor cleaner before, only as a preventative. Our dog developed a nasty habit of scooting his behind on a rug inside our door.

We washed a few rugs, replaced a few rugs, and finally turned to tobasco. The dog walked to the rug, smelled the tobasco and sniffed for a moment (we thought he'd leave), then sat down and scooted right across it. He was one uncomfortable doggie for a few minutes.

Unfortunately for him it took a few scoots before he learned to associate the tobasco smell with the burning ass. Now after washing the mat my wife rubs a little tobasco on the under side to keep the smell there. A rubber no-slip pad beneath the mat keeps the tobasco sauce off the floor.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:24 • by rd (unregistered)
163673 in reply to 163662
Troy Mclure:
clively:
Okay, I didn't get the carpet one...


Seriously? Someone is taking a survey and the question is which product they use to remove stains from Carpet. You'd expect products that actually clean carpets. But you see 2 entries for Tabasco sauce.

Get it?

I don't get it either. If the survey is about carpet cleaning products then why are they showing Tabasco sauce?

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:33 • by grrrr (unregistered)
163678 in reply to 163666
Thomas:
Lol, I actually have tried using tobasco sauce as floor cleaner before, only as a preventative. Our dog developed a nasty habit of scooting his behind on a rug inside our door.

We washed a few rugs, replaced a few rugs, and finally turned to tobasco. The dog walked to the rug, smelled the tobasco and sniffed for a moment (we thought he'd leave), then sat down and scooted right across it. He was one uncomfortable doggie for a few minutes.

Unfortunately for him it took a few scoots before he learned to associate the tobasco smell with the burning ass. Now after washing the mat my wife rubs a little tobasco on the under side to keep the smell there. A rubber no-slip pad beneath the mat keeps the tobasco sauce off the floor.



I think that means you should take your dog to the Vet. I can't remember what it is a sign of but I think it is something that can be treated.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:42 • by chikinpotpi (unregistered)
163679 in reply to 163678
my dog scooted for a while, then his butt exploded....
some kind of swolen gland
Now he has two butt holes and we have to milk his ass once a week

Sad times...

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:47 • by Tatiano
163680 in reply to 163679
chikinpotpi:
my dog scooted for a while, then his butt exploded....
some kind of swolen gland
Now he has two butt holes and we have to milk his ass once a week

Sad times...


thanks!
you made my day!

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:47 • by ViciousPsicle (unregistered)
163681 in reply to 163673
rd:
Troy Mclure:
clively:
Okay, I didn't get the carpet one...


Seriously? Someone is taking a survey and the question is which product they use to remove stains from Carpet. You'd expect products that actually clean carpets. But you see 2 entries for Tabasco sauce.

Get it?

I don't get it either. If the survey is about carpet cleaning products then why are they showing Tabasco sauce?


They're probably pulling the data for the survey from a database, and either they used the wrong key value, or the values changed after the survey was written.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:47 • by James (unregistered)
163682 in reply to 163678
grrrr:
Thomas:
Lol, I actually have tried using tobasco sauce as floor cleaner before, only as a preventative. Our dog developed a nasty habit of scooting his behind on a rug inside our door.

We washed a few rugs, replaced a few rugs, and finally turned to tobasco. The dog walked to the rug, smelled the tobasco and sniffed for a moment (we thought he'd leave), then sat down and scooted right across it. He was one uncomfortable doggie for a few minutes.

Unfortunately for him it took a few scoots before he learned to associate the tobasco smell with the burning ass. Now after washing the mat my wife rubs a little tobasco on the under side to keep the smell there. A rubber no-slip pad beneath the mat keeps the tobasco sauce off the floor.



I think that means you should take your dog to the Vet. I can't remember what it is a sign of but I think it is something that can be treated.



He might need his anal glands expressed. I thank God every time I see it mentioned on TV or the Internet that we have a breed that doesn't develop that problem.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:47 • by Me (unregistered)
That dog training is hilariously cruel.

I once made the mistake of handling a sensitive area of my body shortly after chopping habaneros; I still laugh through the tears.

The first WTF is likely from a poorly implemented database design. They probably deleted some active positions but had to keep them in the table for older entries. Unfamiliar with logical deletes, they just changed the names. Notice the increasing use of ! to keep the names unique.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:47 • by KattMan
163684 in reply to 163673
rd:
Troy Mclure:
clively:
Okay, I didn't get the carpet one...


Seriously? Someone is taking a survey and the question is which product they use to remove stains from Carpet. You'd expect products that actually clean carpets. But you see 2 entries for Tabasco sauce.

Get it?

I don't get it either. If the survey is about carpet cleaning products then why are they showing Tabasco sauce?


This is the validation question. The answer is always thrown out. If you choose Tabasco your entire test is thrown out. They are making sure you aren't just clicking random questions or a bot selecting random answers to satisfy some survey for cash thing.

CAPTCHA? We ain't got no CAPTCHA. We don't need no CAPTCHA. We don't need no stinking CAPTCHA!

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:52 • by Freddy Bob (unregistered)
163685 in reply to 163666
Thomas:
Lol, I actually have tried using tobasco sauce as floor cleaner before, only as a preventative. Our dog developed a nasty habit of scooting his behind on a rug inside our door.

Maybe you could have used the Tabasco to cure the dog's worms instead. Even without the power of speech, that is a pretty clear way of saying 'Ow, my arse hurts'.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 12:56 • by SomeCoder (unregistered)
163687 in reply to 163682
James:
grrrr:
Thomas:
Lol, I actually have tried using tobasco sauce as floor cleaner before, only as a preventative. Our dog developed a nasty habit of scooting his behind on a rug inside our door.

We washed a few rugs, replaced a few rugs, and finally turned to tobasco. The dog walked to the rug, smelled the tobasco and sniffed for a moment (we thought he'd leave), then sat down and scooted right across it. He was one uncomfortable doggie for a few minutes.

Unfortunately for him it took a few scoots before he learned to associate the tobasco smell with the burning ass. Now after washing the mat my wife rubs a little tobasco on the under side to keep the smell there. A rubber no-slip pad beneath the mat keeps the tobasco sauce off the floor.



I think that means you should take your dog to the Vet. I can't remember what it is a sign of but I think it is something that can be treated.



He might need his anal glands expressed. I thank God every time I see it mentioned on TV or the Internet that we have a breed that doesn't develop that problem.



Agreed. Take him to the vet and have them show you how to do it. Then you can do it yourself. Or you could just pay the vet to do it if you really want to.

Great font

2007-11-30 13:43 • by Hej (unregistered)
Does anybody know what font that is that's used in the "DO NOT USE!!!!" drop down? I'd really like to use it in some WPF applications.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 13:55 • by mightybaldking
I'm willing to bet that the Tabasco Sauce was included when someone dummied up the page. Unfortunately, it made it to production.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 14:10 • by Some Internet Guy (unregistered)
163702 in reply to 163687
SomeCoder:
James:
grrrr:
Thomas:
Lol, I actually have tried using tobasco sauce as floor cleaner before, only as a preventative. Our dog developed a nasty habit of scooting his behind on a rug inside our door.

We washed a few rugs, replaced a few rugs, and finally turned to tobasco. The dog walked to the rug, smelled the tobasco and sniffed for a moment (we thought he'd leave), then sat down and scooted right across it. He was one uncomfortable doggie for a few minutes.

Unfortunately for him it took a few scoots before he learned to associate the tobasco smell with the burning ass. Now after washing the mat my wife rubs a little tobasco on the under side to keep the smell there. A rubber no-slip pad beneath the mat keeps the tobasco sauce off the floor.



I think that means you should take your dog to the Vet. I can't remember what it is a sign of but I think it is something that can be treated.



He might need his anal glands expressed. I thank God every time I see it mentioned on TV or the Internet that we have a breed that doesn't develop that problem.



Agreed. Take him to the vet and have them show you how to do it. Then you can do it yourself. Or you could just pay the vet to do it if you really want to.



Here's a good link about (haha, get it?) the problem:
http://vetmedicine.about.com/cs/behavior/l/aa031104a.htm

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 14:51 • by Steve (unregistered)
I use Tabasco to clean brass. Probably works on carpets as well.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 15:05 • by jkupski (unregistered)
163707 in reply to 163702
Some Internet Guy:
Here's a good link about (haha, get it?) the problem:
http://vetmedicine.about.com/cs/behavior/l/aa031104a.htm


Here's a better one:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/10/22

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 15:21 • by bramster (unregistered)
163712 in reply to 163678
grrrr:
Thomas:
Lol, I actually have tried using tobasco sauce as floor cleaner before, only as a preventative. Our dog developed a nasty habit of scooting his behind on a rug inside our door.

We washed a few rugs, replaced a few rugs, and finally turned to tobasco. The dog walked to the rug, smelled the tobasco and sniffed for a moment (we thought he'd leave), then sat down and scooted right across it. He was one uncomfortable doggie for a few minutes.

Unfortunately for him it took a few scoots before he learned to associate the tobasco smell with the burning ass. Now after washing the mat my wife rubs a little tobasco on the under side to keep the smell there. A rubber no-slip pad beneath the mat keeps the tobasco sauce off the floor.



I think that means you should take your dog to the Vet. I can't remember what it is a sign of but I think it is something that can be treated.



Worms

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 16:40 • by incoherent (unregistered)
wtf?:
Number two isn't a WTF because my sister recently had a bad break up with her bf...


That's the real WTF!
The real WTF is that that comment's been deleted already. Why can't we have nice things?

CAPTCHA: gotcha? as in, grandparent got his sister?

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 16:44 • by tmountjr
163723 in reply to 163679
chikinpotpi:
my dog scooted for a while, then his butt exploded....
some kind of swolen gland
Now he has two butt holes and we have to milk his ass once a week

Sad times...


Reading that this late on a Friday afternoon, I think my best course of action is to close the shop and just go home. Thank you for...that, whatever that was.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 17:36 • by blunden (unregistered)
163725 in reply to 163707
jkupski:

Here's a better one:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/10/22
I thought about the same thing when I read it. :D

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 23:18 • by ! (unregistered)
I love too how the third one asks you to choose only one answer when it uses radio buttons.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-11-30 23:59 • by Jen Larkin (unregistered)
Oh please, God, don't let number three be an Oreck webpage.

/me checks resume. Oreck.com, check. Tabasco.com, check. Company full of weirdos, check.

Apparently some ninjas broke in and made test data. But I CAPTCHAd them. God that was lame.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-01 12:40 • by SenorLapiz
Who doesn't use tabasco when munching carpets?

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-01 16:35 • by Xepol
HOw is the do not use a wtf? Who wouldn't want a job position that didn't leave them feeling used and abused.

I mean, shesh, really... (walking away muttering and swinging arms in the air wildly)

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-01 22:52 • by Kuba (unregistered)
163750 in reply to 163723
tmountjr:
chikinpotpi:
my dog scooted for a while, then his butt exploded....
some kind of swolen gland
Now he has two butt holes and we have to milk his ass once a week

Sad times...


Reading that this late on a Friday afternoon, I think my best course of action is to close the shop and just go home. Thank you for...that, whatever that was.


Well, the OP actually meant what he said:



To the left of the rectum is what you milk, to the right is the second butt hole. LOL.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-02 07:58 • by FredSaw
At least they knew to use McIlhenny's. Anything else is just a pale wannabee.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-02 14:12 • by Anonymouse (unregistered)
163763 in reply to 163656
Raedwald:
The DO NOT USE entries must be for QA positions.

++, best comment amongst all this dog gland... stuff....

Re: Great font

2007-12-02 18:35 • by Zemm
163768 in reply to 163696
Hej:
I'd really like to use it in some WPF applications.


WPF or WTF application? :)

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-03 02:31 • by George Nacht (unregistered)
Cleaning carpets with tabasco?
Personally, I do not keep my pets in my car. Tabasco does not agree with chrome...

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-03 05:11 • by Tekkaman (unregistered)
You no visit dis page!

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-03 06:34 • by billswift (unregistered)
163780 in reply to 163645
"It's barely worthy of mention on Engrish.com"

I've seen weird language like this before and have been curious. It's one thing to buy cheap junk with poor docs, but who in their right mind would buy a computer with sloppy translations/copyediting like this?

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-03 07:59 • by El_Heffe
163782 in reply to 163659
Cowbert:
JLR:
ASUS, Gigabyte, Lite-On, etcetera. The products themselves are all good, but the support software and websites are always buggy and filled with horrible Engrish.


Exactly. I mean what do you expect? They're all Taiwanese companies.

And they all have offices in the U.S. because the U.S. is their biggest market. There's really no excuse for the horrible Engrish.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-03 08:49 • by Nero (unregistered)
Tabasco (unspecified) / Tabasco Pepper Sauce / None / Don't know / FILE_NOT_FOUND

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-03 08:52 • by Al (unregistered)
The real WTF on the Do not use entries is that they did not prefix them with ZZ so they appear at the bottom of the list. ;)

captca : dubya

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-03 09:23 • by KenW
163795 in reply to 163645
valerion:
You're all idiots, that's for sure...

That 2nd one isn't a WTF. It's barely worthy of mention on Engrish.com


You're the idiot. It's not supposed to be a WTF. It's an Error'd post, not a WTF post.

Learn to read before posting, will you?

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-03 09:24 • by KenW
163796 in reply to 163651
chris:
#2 is not a WTF. Asus is well known for horrible translations to English.


Not you too. Again, it's not supposed to be a WTF; it's an Error'd post.

Apparently Asus is as good at English translations as you are at reading comprehension.

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-03 09:27 • by KenW
163797 in reply to 163673
rd:
Troy Mclure:
clively:
Okay, I didn't get the carpet one...


Seriously? Someone is taking a survey and the question is which product they use to remove stains from Carpet. You'd expect products that actually clean carpets. But you see 2 entries for Tabasco sauce.

Get it?

I don't get it either. If the survey is about carpet cleaning products then why are they showing Tabasco sauce?


Ok, you two brainiacs. The survey is about carpet cleaning products, but instead shows Tabasco sauce. Since Tabasco sauce isn't a carpet cleaning product at all, that makes it an Error'd item and therefore suitable for posting here.

Simple enough for you?

Re: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?

2007-12-03 11:36 • by anonymous_coder() (unregistered)
163838 in reply to 163683
Me:
That dog training is hilariously cruel.

I once made the mistake of handling a sensitive area of my body shortly after chopping habaneros; I still laugh through the tears.

The first WTF is likely from a poorly implemented database design. They probably deleted some active positions but had to keep them in the table for older entries. Unfamiliar with logical deletes, they just changed the names. Notice the increasing use of ! to keep the names unique.



Reminds me of working fast food during high school. Guy working the drive-through got a call that some friends were coming by to moon him, so he went out to the car to get a can of mace.

Ever seen a teenager drag his butt in the grass like a dog?
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