Only in Northern Cyprus..... watch out for giant killer toads!!
So Mum, Loopy and I were out doing a spot of shopping this morning in Lemar, after a very nice coffee and lunch in Dukkan. As well as refamiliarizing myself with all the new variants of Cadburys that seem to have sprouted up whilst I wasnt looking, Louise and I were also amusing ourselves greatly with looking at all the crap English labelling on the kids toys. You would think that in the whole of the island, they could afford to employ just ONE person who spoke fluent English! Or maybe they do, and that person has a whale of a time coming up with such classics as
"A Pleasant Welcome Gift for Children" and "Best Manufactured Contents For Stimulation".
However, the one that really did have us both in danger of wetting ourselves, was the deluxe Police and Traffic cop set - there, in the midst of the fierce looking plastic policeman, cop cars and traffic lights, proudly sat 2 barriers that defiantly proclaimed "TOAD BLOCK"!!! Absolutely bloody priceless. Cue plenty of mental images of Turkish Cyp policeman nervously manning road barricades, gripping the barrels of their automatic rifles whilst they strain to hear for the sound of giant killer toads approaching....
If, however, you hear on the news that I have, indeed, been devoured by a hungry amphibian, Ill guess it wasnt an entertaining typo after all and the Northern Cyps will have got the last laugh!!!
So Mum, Loopy and I were out doing a spot of shopping this morning in Lemar, after a very nice coffee and lunch in Dukkan. As well as refamiliarizing myself with all the new variants of Cadburys that seem to have sprouted up whilst I wasnt looking, Louise and I were also amusing ourselves greatly with looking at all the crap English labelling on the kids toys. You would think that in the whole of the island, they could afford to employ just ONE person who spoke fluent English! Or maybe they do, and that person has a whale of a time coming up with such classics as
"A Pleasant Welcome Gift for Children" and "Best Manufactured Contents For Stimulation".
However, the one that really did have us both in danger of wetting ourselves, was the deluxe Police and Traffic cop set - there, in the midst of the fierce looking plastic policeman, cop cars and traffic lights, proudly sat 2 barriers that defiantly proclaimed "TOAD BLOCK"!!! Absolutely bloody priceless. Cue plenty of mental images of Turkish Cyp policeman nervously manning road barricades, gripping the barrels of their automatic rifles whilst they strain to hear for the sound of giant killer toads approaching....
If, however, you hear on the news that I have, indeed, been devoured by a hungry amphibian, Ill guess it wasnt an entertaining typo after all and the Northern Cyps will have got the last laugh!!!
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