Bill says he’s lived in the same building in Shenzhen, China for four years, “and the place still cracks me up, daily.” The latest from his building’s noticeboard:
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No Killer Littering
January 7th, 2013 · 51 comments
FILED UNDER: China · Clearly a non-native English speaker · landlords and property managers · neighbors
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#1
TKD
Bad Killer Litter You!
Jan 7, 2013 at 6:52 am rating: 16
#2
nurgleth
I love how they casually threw in that someone dropped a fucking turtle.
Jan 7, 2013 at 6:56 am rating: 118
#3
Eileen
But did the littering actually kill someone? I don’t see that mentioned anywhere.
Jan 7, 2013 at 8:34 am rating: 4
#4
Phinister T. Nerdlee
Nature’s suction cups.
Jan 7, 2013 at 9:05 am rating: 2
#5
KittenPlaysTheViolin
For all we know the turtle was already dead. Perhaps his dying wish was to be dropped to the street and ran over by a thousand cars.
Jan 7, 2013 at 9:46 am rating: 17
#6
shwo!
It seems the lower inhabitants don’t understand how trickle-down economics works.
Jan 7, 2013 at 9:54 am rating: 30
#7
Fireseeker
On a serious note, I can’t imagine how the word “killer” got interjected into that sentence.
Jan 7, 2013 at 10:14 am rating: 4
#8
t-rex
Drop turtles in sewer. Then drop radioactive material into sewer.
Poof.
You have turtles ninja.
Oh and beware of the rats.
Jan 7, 2013 at 10:33 am rating: 18
#9
pooham
I’m just liking the word inhabitants.
Jan 7, 2013 at 11:21 am rating: 7
#10
thrall
“Lower inhabitants.” Is that like lower life forms? Or are they from a lower circle of hell? Maybe Gluttony. Take that turtle for punishment.
Jan 7, 2013 at 12:14 pm rating: 18
#11
JN
The turtle has to be an accident. You can’t let something like that go to waste when you can cook it for dinner later!
Jan 7, 2013 at 12:58 pm rating: 3
#12
orogomait
I’m not really seeing the passive or aggressive part to this note – unless it’s here to say “haha look at the cute foreigner try to speak English.”
Jan 7, 2013 at 2:54 pm rating: 1
#13
Who passed out the Haterade?
Airborne turtles? Now I’m imagining Bill living in Super Mario World.
Jan 7, 2013 at 3:43 pm rating: 10
#14
The Elf
Littering that only maims is okay.
Jan 7, 2013 at 3:49 pm rating: 13
#15
Ace of Space
I want to see what kind of security issue a napkin causes. That must be one killer napkin.
Jan 7, 2013 at 4:37 pm rating: 3
#16
Stu
Passive Aggressive-Engrish Twofer!
Jan 7, 2013 at 9:59 pm rating: 3
#17
flaschard
(From Bill, original poster)
They drop all sorts from the balconies over here (I nearly got nailed by a mini rc car a few months ago) and there are signs all over the place referring to killer littering. There is a whole poster about how badly an egg will f someone up if dropped from various heights. Will get a selection of the funnier ones sent in.
Jan 7, 2013 at 11:32 pm rating: 19
#18
???
The final paragraph of the Chinese text just says “A civilized community, neighborly and harmonious, depends on your support and participation.” No idea where the “no killer littering” comes from.
Jan 9, 2013 at 1:26 pm rating: 0
#19
???
The final paragraph of the Chinese text just says “A civilized community, neighborly and harmonious, depends on your support and participation.” No idea where the “no killer littering” comes from.
Jan 9, 2013 at 1:27 pm rating: 0
#20
Kira
“Even turtle” heh hehehehehehehehe ehehehehehehehehe… I can’t stop laughing.
Jan 18, 2013 at 2:41 pm rating: 2
#21
Ree
Not a native speaker? They seem to have a pretty great command of the language.
Jan 28, 2013 at 6:03 pm rating: 0
#22
Krandall
My parents lived in China for a few years. Some amazing notes were posted in their lifts. But the best ‘Killer Litter’ they saw was what we assume was human poop on one of the balconies beside them (22nd floor of a 30 story apartment block).
Jan 31, 2013 at 7:27 pm rating: 0
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