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  • zippe, on 07/06/2008, -26/+181why would you wear that in russia anyways? its english.
    • d0ct0rzeaus, on 07/06/2008, -20/+5I guess it took 20 years and now Russia finally learned that old meme
    • Duncast, on 07/06/2008, -1/+234Why do westerners wear Chinese or Japanese characters on their clothes?
      • houndeyex, on 07/06/2008, -1/+159...or better yet, get them tattooed. Do you think Asian people get English words? Maybe words like "cheeseburger"? "Milk"? "Soap"?
      • pookkake, on 07/06/2008, -1/+9it would be much less sucky if they got something in latin
      • transfuse, on 07/06/2008, -1/+52@houndeyex: Yes, they do. They love the English language.
        (Kind of related) example: http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/7355/1213556818 ...
      • bxblox, on 07/06/2008, -0/+13@houndeyex: yes they do actually, check the hanzi smatter site, there are a couple.
      • AROZ, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6To them it seems exotic and interesting.
      • TypeEE, on 07/06/2008, -3/+1In a lot of times, they either were written incorrectly, or they have no meaning or written in a kid handwriting font.
      • Tyrghast, on 07/06/2008, -0/+10@ Houndeyex

        I spent three years in Japan, and they have english words splattered everywhere. I saw a child's lunchbox that said "*****" all over it, and my mom actually got in a scooter accident with a male stripper whose body suit said "Ouch" everywhere they could fit it.
      • Iztikeit, on 07/06/2008, -3/+1douchebags? As someone who knows a fair amount of Mandarin Chinese I get a kick out of the stuff some people tattoo on their bodies.

        "It means fire and water bro"
    • zspeed78, on 07/06/2008, -1/+7Because its a trendy thing people do?
    • Godlesswanderer, on 07/06/2008, -4/+61Outside of English speaking countries, English is usually seen as quite a cool language. So it wouldn't be uncommon to see someone wearing something with English on it, even if they don't speak English themselves.
      • Gutterpunk, on 07/06/2008, -49/+3urrrr no, it's not because "English is a cool language", it's because you American produce (or have produce) so much crap that spills all over in all markets that it comes to a point where there isn't anything local, everything comes from Wal-Mart.
      • werries, on 07/06/2008, -3/+17@Gutterpunk.
        Absolutely wrong. Have you ever lived in another country?
        I lived in both Switzerland and Germany, two countries who seem to hate the US, however, they're still excited to say a word or two in english. It IS the "cool language", even if they're mostly swearing.
      • asus2000, on 07/06/2008, -5/+22You're both wrong. Switzerland and Germany do not hate the U.S., they despise the U.S. government and its foreign policy. The people and the language they like a lot. I only had the best experiences in both of those countries, and that goes for France too. Germany speaks English, the Swiss not so much. I've lived there, and traveled through 18 countries. All around the world it's popular to have a t-shirt with some English on it. It's just the popular thing to do. Check out Engrish.com, it's a hilarious site with poorly written English on Japanese t-shirts, which incidentally I took some of the pictures.

        As for Walmart spill-over. The stuff produced for Europe is generally different than the stuff produced for the U.S. Just look on the tags, it's all in non-English. Go into any specialty store and they too have English written on their clothes, it's hard to find anything else sometimes.

        Godlesswanderer had it right the first time.
    • TheSwashbuckler, on 07/06/2008, -2/+22Many Russians learn English from an early age. I have several Russian friends who started learning English in 4th or 5th grade and had a class in English every year through graduation from high school.
      • Iztikeit, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3Many Russians know English.
      • twiztidsinz, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4Many English know Russians.
      • ExMax, on 07/06/2008, -3/+0I can not support this opinion. All big European contries (Germany, France, Italy - and Russia as well) are linguistically self-sufficient societies. Therefore, we don't know English in general. But no doubt, this pair do! That is the trolling only, i am sure...can not support this opinion.
    • pe5t1lence, on 07/06/2008, -8/+11I am pretty sure that was on tshirthell.com a few years ago. And yes it was both for gay men and straight girls. And why does some silly college picture of blond kids have to be in Russia?

      Buried as inaccurate.
      • rewinn, on 07/06/2008, -11/+41. It's an instance of the joke "In Soviet Russia, Noun Verbs You!" (you pick the noun & verb). It was all through Slashdot last year, prolly all over elsewhere.

        2. Look at the curtain, and the kids' complexions. They look more Russian than anything else, although of course they're post-Soviet Union.
      • KableKiB, on 07/06/2008, -1/+12It's way older than a year...

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Smirnoff
    • MeltingIce, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7When I was in Russia, I saw this one Russian kid wearing a shirt that said ***** THE REVOLUTION in English with a drawing of a hand giving the middle finger. So yeah... I guess English is the cool language over there.
    • blanketfury, on 07/06/2008, -3/+8Because we have waaaay more nukes than they do
      • xboxusr666, on 07/06/2008, -1/+6The Russians actually have more nuclear warheads than us, if memory serves, 50% more in fact.
    • jordn, on 07/06/2008, -1/+17в Советской России, английский учит вас!
    • sudiv10, on 07/07/2008, -0/+0Because you have to choose between nice foreign t-shirts and crappy native wife beaters in Russia.
  • digitaldan87, on 07/06/2008, -20/+115Dugg for failed fail.
  • JlmAWP, on 07/06/2008, -8/+388*Psst*...See the guy who commented above me? He's the boyfriend.
    • KMartSheriff, on 07/06/2008, -3/+12I commented on digitaidan's comment but deleted it after reading yours.
    • passedoutghost, on 07/06/2008, -6/+21He didn't rape me, we had surprise sex.
    • hansk, on 07/06/2008, -7/+4I don't get it. SOMEONE HELP ME FOR GODSSAKE!!!!! OH THE HUMANITY!
      • Tonorific, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2I don't think there's anything to get, it's just a stupid attempt at humor
  • HairyGrapeNuts, on 07/06/2008, -9/+585she's cute.
  • junkieSaysNO, on 07/06/2008, -4/+116no, he meant it. he ***** your boyfriend!
  • Sil369, on 07/06/2008, -2/+120Such nice drapery.
    • belebih, on 07/06/2008, -1/+25I agree. Now the question is, does it match the carpet? I think not.
      • lamiaconfitor, on 07/06/2008, -2/+12Does it have to? I think not.
      • bitterbug, on 07/06/2008, -0/+14Carpet? I like bare floor, but not hardwood.
    • dace86, on 07/06/2008, -2/+2i lol'd
  • buckwilson, on 07/06/2008, -25/+4In Soviet Russia, old jokes tell you?

    I don't know, I got nothin'.
  • Baronvontito1, on 07/06/2008, -9/+97You did what to my boyfriend?!
  • CyberKiL, on 07/06/2008, -23/+4There's nothing to say - that picture is perfect.
    • passedoutghost, on 07/06/2008, -0/+14Then don't comment.
      • Sarevok9, on 07/06/2008, -3/+13Commenting a commentless comment about not commenting....heres my comment about that:
  • damian7, on 07/06/2008, -10/+55Giggity
  • Berkana, on 07/06/2008, -26/+6Soviet Russia doesn't exist anymore.
    • BlueLove775, on 07/06/2008, -0/+17no ***** sherlock.
    • DinX, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3Looking at the drapery it could have been a picture from back then ...
    • Brad324, on 07/06/2008, -1/+21Soviet Russia does indeed exist. Look on your map, it's between soviet France and soviet Zimbabwe.
      • lamiaconfitor, on 07/06/2008, -0/+13Dude, they totally moved it to Pluto after the Eurasian war of soviet disenfranchisement.
    • vault, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5/facepalm
  • naiku, on 07/06/2008, -16/+2shopped =/
  • YodaJones, on 07/06/2008, -2/+219Hmmm. Well, then can I have that girl since you're not using her?
  • omnipotent, on 07/06/2008, -5/+285Dugg for hotlinking to the picture.

    Screw you Failblog, ahaha!
  • thailand1972, on 07/06/2008, -16/+10Damn.....how did he know I had a boyfriend? There's me out of the closet already...
    • blanketfury, on 07/06/2008, -11/+2You need to go back inside the closet
  • Jenadae, on 07/06/2008, -4/+40I think he's serious...
  • ryanonfire, on 07/06/2008, -10/+52I actually find the comments about the photo more disturbing http://failblog.org/2008/07/05/understanding-engli ...
    • RomanThommassen, on 07/06/2008, -17/+3link to blog=autobury
      • Myonosken, on 07/06/2008, -1/+14Except that's where this picture is taken from, notice the logo in the corner?
    • jimmick, on 07/06/2008, -0/+9Reading those comments made me angry
    • NotOptium, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3Wow. Reading this is depressing.
    • ZeroFive1, on 07/06/2008, -1/+20_0
    • J0415, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3Those comments FAIL.
    • Maver1c, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7must be 4chan losers
    • Davoidbot, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5It appears that those comments have come from an alternate dimension where everyone gets their political news from Carlos Mencia and where logical fallacy is now logical fellatio.
  • mwaleed86, on 07/06/2008, -14/+2GAYS!....LOL!
  • Einchy, on 07/06/2008, -7/+17I sure did ***** him.
  • cabdirazzaq, on 07/06/2008, -12/+3All your base are belong to us!
  • j2002, on 07/06/2008, -28/+5
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    • dlllb, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2Over-used uncool ASCII art ftl -_-
    • hansk, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1you're killing akbar! stop overusing it!
    • cutchyacokov, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1How is this, in any way, "a trap?"
  • 801NvizioN, on 07/06/2008, -1/+21It looks like she's actually the one that's getting ***** in this relationship..
  • markwilcox, on 07/06/2008, -14/+9fail blog is the worst website ever. why do people read that *****
  • almondfilter3, on 07/06/2008, -8/+19Yeah, the whole "soviet russia" thing never gets old apparently...
    • Hodor, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1in soviet russia, passive agressives you!
  • fxu1989, on 07/06/2008, -5/+72http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/5898/118711089278 ...

    mirror to ^that image
    http://i29.tinypic.com/14mtf2p.jpg
    • bizkit00, on 07/06/2008, -15/+1does John 1:12 really say "It's only gay if balls are touching"? lol
      • cornflakepirate, on 07/06/2008, -1/+20No.
      • evilesttoast, on 07/06/2008, -0/+13Yes. Tell all your friends.
      • manitoba98xp, on 07/06/2008, -1/+7It's "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God–". You decide.
    • Radica1Faith, on 07/06/2008, -5/+4I want to know what context that was in.
  • Enigmatarius, on 07/06/2008, -17/+11I can't believe I wasted 29KB of precious bandwidth on that.
  • BeachShackBBQ, on 07/06/2008, -4/+11great success!
  • hello_world, on 07/06/2008, -2/+154maybe he's... gay?
    • MikeSetera, on 07/06/2008, -6/+11LOL gays
    • DRFU, on 07/06/2008, -1/+9Not that there's anything wrong with that..
    • middy, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6HEY! What did I tell you about using logic on the internet!
  • dagol, on 07/06/2008, -11/+4don't you wish, you're her boyfriend? i kinda uhmm.. do. :D
  • Fermented, on 07/06/2008, -4/+0That's what he meant to say...
  • slundal, on 07/06/2008, -5/+3Dugg for the title alone!
  • RSS14, on 07/06/2008, -6/+20Ask yourself this: Why would someone in America get Chinese letters tattooed on their bodies? Because it's hip yo.
    • dynelol, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3fuh reelz mang
    • hansk, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2I asked myself it and the answer is they're weetawded.
    • Qumahlin, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2Actually Russians especially teens love the west. In some countries such as Georgia you'll hear more english being spoken then any russian dialects
  • Fubarepublic, on 07/06/2008, -0/+36I'd ***** her, so long as he wasn't there...(It could end up confusing)
  • wraptor347, on 07/06/2008, -0/+48maybe she gave the shirt to him and sent the picture to his girlfriend. kinda looks like she's flipping the camera off and emphasizing the shirt with her left hand.
    maybe i'm reading too much into it. whatever.
    • mattsonster, on 07/06/2008, -0/+9that's probably the case here, you're right/
      it's not that stupid.
    • Turi, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Yeah that was my first thought as well.
  • RomanThommassen, on 07/06/2008, -8/+1that's my girlfriend... OOPS
    • dynelol, on 07/06/2008, -3/+1YEAH THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND, TOO!


      YEAH, BUFFY! BEST PUSSY I EVER HAD!
  • arjie, on 07/06/2008, -5/+29That's what she said! Ha ha!
  • kahrytan, on 07/06/2008, -10/+1EPIC FAIL. BURRIED.
  • hughsie23, on 07/06/2008, -5/+1lmao... hahahahaha
    those dirty soviets!
  • Neurotropic, on 07/06/2008, -1/+16Why do you all assume he can't read english and is straight? Ive seen guys in the gay district wearing these. Probably why she's making the fist. I guess She's a fag hag
    • jholden42, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3Correct! Neurotropic wins the prize.
    • nonymous666, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1We assume, because he's got his arm around a girl, presumably his girlfriend.

      It may be a wrong assumption, but it's such perfectly reasonable and obvious one, that I'm not sure why you had to ask.
  • reportermilan, on 07/06/2008, -9/+2If he is her boyfriend, than he just masturbated.
  • petebert, on 07/06/2008, -2/+60someone find nudes of her
    • teh_spazz, on 07/06/2008, -0/+16If anyone can do it, 4chan can.
    • twiztidsinz, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2Yeah... 4chan can help you.
      Why don't you head over there and not come back, ok?
  • elefmaci, on 07/06/2008, -7/+1i do not have a bf...
  • Macaddict102, on 07/06/2008, -6/+1She looks kinda like Ann from Arrested Development.
    • sjps220, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4Its as Ann as the nose on plain's face.
  • flip2trip, on 07/06/2008, -2/+27это является хромым
    • eigenweasel, on 07/06/2008, -1/+19Добро пожаловать к Digg.com.
    • illustrick, on 07/06/2008, -17/+6hieroglyphics?
      • 4LeggedtriPod, on 07/06/2008, -2/+4You're really ***** retarded aren't you?
      • Tyrghast, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2This is what you get for making a really funny comment illustrick. Damn you, get him bury brigade!
    • asus2000, on 07/06/2008, -1/+5Похоже, фальшивый ко мне.
    • nojingoist, on 07/06/2008, -0/+56Translation of above:

      flip2trip: This is lame.
      eigenweasel: Welcome to digg.com
      asus2000: This looks fake to me.
      • MikeFallopian, on 07/06/2008, -4/+1Translation of above:

        Translation of above:

        flip2trip: This is lame.
        eigenweasel: Welcome to digg.com
        asus2000: This looks fake to me.
      • FleAdnaur, on 07/06/2008, -0/+0In fact, guyz, you wrote smth like that:

        flip2trip: That be limped
        eigenweasel: Welcome on digg.com
        asus2000: Probably, false to me

    • FDisk, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1Во дибилы бля! Чуваки, ваш русский просто FAIL!
      • sap959, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6that's alot of jibberish for 'FAIL' :P
      • FluffyArmada, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Best phonetic alphabet ever.


        -- edit --

        As opposed to a non-phonetic alphabet? :)
      • rixaguy, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2))) это не их русский... это переводчик гугла)))
      • FDisk, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1угу )))
      • autoatsakiklis, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1I guess online translators can't translate FDisk's post, let me help you. He said:
        Stupid! People, our russian is simply FAIL!
      • ed54, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1does nobody here actually understand russian?
    • blanketfury, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Sounds like something NSA/FBI would be interested in
  • tomwhughes, on 07/06/2008, -8/+1dugg for use of popular internet meme in title.
  • hotcod, on 07/06/2008, -0/+8you know, they kind of look the same... so they could just be a brother and sister and the brothers gay in which case the picture can make perfect sense
  • Timston, on 07/06/2008, -11/+5amazingly, i know both these people in person. they are quite nice actually.
  • rootsm3, on 07/06/2008, -2/+13Laaaaaaame
  • nyrol2, on 07/06/2008, -5/+9My ex-girlfriend had a skimpy tank top that said "I ***** your girlfriend." Looking back, I'm glad she didn't wear anything skimpy again.
    • BoneheadFarker, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3Wait...you're glad she *didn't* wear anything skimpy again? Who cares what it says, as long as she's hot and you're taking it off of her later...
    • Texmurphy01, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2Why, was she a fatty?
  • Sashwan, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3I'm ***** Ben Affleck....
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