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This picture has nothing to do with this post.
This is Susan on Jim's back deck. We just had our 40th anniversary. She has been gone for a week and now is home. I am not a single guy and enjoy being married. Proverbs 18:22 is very accurate but I guess it depends on the wife.
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The following has been around for several years. A friend just sent it to me and I thought a re-run would be appropriate. Friends (especially Brothers in Christ type of friends) make life better living.

Doctors vs. Gun Owners

Doctors

(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000

(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000

(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services

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Now think about this:

Guns

(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000 (Yes, that is 80 million)

(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500

(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188 - Statistics courtesy of the FBI

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So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners

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Remember, 'Guns don't kill people, doctors do.'

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FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT almost everyone has at least one doctor. This means you are over 900 times more likely to be killed by a doctor than a gun owner

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Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand !!!

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Out of concern for the public at large,

I withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention

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From me: I had a doctor who asked, during a routine examination, "Do you have any guns in the house? I asked him if he had any knives in his house. He was shocked and asked my why that was any of my business. I shared with him the above statistics and he was always quiet with me after that. Entertainment is where you find it.

HTOITA

Lasha has been my dog for seven years. She has never failed to respond to a command work or request to play. She has an aggressive cancer and I have no choice but to have that taken care of. When I wrote the above I had purposed in my heart to take her and have her put to sleep. She had been in distress for 3 days without eating anything and was unconscious all the time. She could not walk very far and could not use the leg on the side where a swollen glad was. I was carrying her to her place in the lawn, She could not respond to my voice. I was in the kitchen waiting for a return call from the vet to set the time to bring her in when I turned and she was standing behind me. She was walking with a serious limp but looking around and trying to follow me. She drank and has done nothing but improve. Now she is chasing balls (still no running) and playing with us. I believe in praying for everything and lots of people were praying for Lasha (and her owner) and God answered their prayers. We have her for a little while longer. Kipling's poem "The power of a dog" is very accurate. Maybe we should not love animals but God makes them lovable.
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A LITTLE GUN HISTORY

• In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control.

From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

• In 1911, Turkey established gun control.

From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

• Germany established gun control in 1938.

From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

• China established gun control in 1935.

From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated

• Guatemala established gun control in 1964.

From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

• Uganda established gun control in 1970.

From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

• Cambodia established gun control in 1956.

From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

• Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: - 56,000,000
  

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You won’t see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it’s too late! The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.

With guns, we are ‘citizens’. Without them, we are ‘subjects’. During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!

If you value your freedom, please spread this anti gun-control message to all of your friends.

The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain.

All else is supplemental. Switzerland issues every household a gun! Switzerland’s government trains every adult they issue a rifle. Switzerland has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!

It’s a no brainer!

Don’t let our government waste millions of our tax dollars in an effort to make all law abiding citizens an easy target

HTOITA

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This picture has nothing to do with this post. This is David. His mother had made something lickable and he is busy doing that.

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I have noticed that libraries around the country are closing. Firemen are being fired and police are being laid off. In Oakland the police will not respond to crimes that do not involve multiple stab wounds (slight exaggeration). Crimes like burglary, theft, vandalism cannot be policed because of budget cuts.

Illegal aliens are using welfare, food stamps, emergency hospital services, and ambulance services for trips to the hospital for a cold and much more. They are sucking up public funds. There is a solution here for the moderately intelligent. SEND THE ILLEGALS HOME!

This is as obtuse as an overcrowded death row in the prison. The solution just jumps out at you.

I feel better now I have vented.

HTOITA

This post is not related to this picture. Please note the Druids shield on the bottom right. I love my town. The people are basically typical small town folks friendly, fair, smart, helpful, and fun. I have been told by several people that the Druids are a community service type of organization. Knowing history is, sometimes, a burden. The Druids of old were Celtic pagans related to witchcraft. Human sacrifice and anti-Christian principles were common. Modern Druids trace their roots to the Ancient Order of Druids which was founded as a secret society. I believe they get along with many of the churches in town. As a Christian I want them to find the Lord Jesus and have their sins forgiven. We want them to decide to become Christians. That type of evangelism is different from Islam's which is "become one of us or die".

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POLITICS

In Scripture during the time of the Kings of Israel four times sodomites are mentioned. Each good king removed the sodomites from the land. (1Ki 14:24; 1Ki 15:12; 1Ki 22:46; 2Ki 23:7) Today Sodomite perversion is being taught to children as a good thing and sodomites are encouraged to recruit in public schools and youth organizations.

Twenty-one times Scripture condemns the taking of "innocent blood". Can anything be more innocent than an unborn baby? Multiple Millions of innocent babies have been killed by abortionist since abortion became legal. This cannot go unpunished!

GOD blessed and protected the USA because of strong Christian roots. Only the uninformed and ignorant would say otherwise. Scripture is on most monuments and references to the GOD of the Bible are in many of our government documents.

GOD has slowly removed HIS hand of protection from our country and I believe it is because of those two issues, sodomy and abortion. I will not vote for or give money to someone supporting either one. Period.

GOD is still on the THRONE and has allowed the first muslim president to be elected. HE has punished our country and the only hope the USA has is a return to GOD. There are enough Christians in this land to make a difference. DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
HTOITA

After working hard for a while a quiet break is welcome. Sometimes hiding out of the reach of little ones is also welcome. This is Chris, taking a quiet break. This family reads. Killing your television may not be a bad idea.

THE FOLLOWING IS A CLIP AND PASTE: GOOD MESSAGE.

Refutations of Popular Gun Myths
Please reproduce and distribute. Use this information in Letters to the Editor, conversations with anti-gun friends, and anywhere else you can. You are one election away from having your right of self-defense seen as a threat to society. It is on you to get the voters to see the truth, because the press is supporting the other side.

• MYTH: “The police can protect you.”

Police write great reports, but an officer can only protect you if he/she happens to be there when the crime starts. Remember when the Christmas-tree lot worker was beaten with a bat? This happened on TV Highway, the major road between Beaverton and Hillsboro. The victims phoned 911 twice while being assaulted by eighteen youths, but the operator didn’t believe them and refused to send the police. Ten minutes later, the young man was struck with the bat and permanently disabled. His uncle had to beg a passerby to phone 911, this time for an ambulance.
Are you a baby-boomer? When you are 70 years old, will you be able to fight off a mugger with your fists? What if it isn’t just your money he wants? If you do not stop the anti-gun trend, guns will be registered, then confiscated, by the time you and your generation need them the most. The only gun-owners will be people who disobey the law.

• MYTH: “A handgun in a home is 43 times more likely to kill one of the residents than a criminal.”

This is a bogus statistic from an MD named Arthur Kellerman. If you remove the suicides from his sampling, his statistic is now “6 times more likely”. Most of his remaining “victims” were multiple criminals living together, where one shot the other in a fight. He lets you assume they were families just like yours, by counting gun-death statistics for criminal households together with those of traditional families. (Polsby and Brennen, “Taking Aim At Gun Control” 1995). He has repeatedly refused the opportunity to debate speakers on the other side of the issue.

• MYTH: “More children die of gunfire in America that the next 25 industrial nations combined”

Former President Clinton made those claims because he knew the press wouldn’t investigate them. He counted Hong Kong and China separately, although they had been together for years. He counted Kuwait as a top industrial nation, but left Russia and Brazil off the list. Russia and Brazil banned guns long ago, but have murder rates four times higher than what we have in the US. If you look at murders involving juveniles they’re off the scales. Both of those countries have significantly smaller populations than the U. S., yet either one of them by itself has a juvenile death total much higher than ours. (Prof J. Lott, Nat. Review.)

• MYTH: "Countries with strict gun laws have less crime"

Russia, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil have very strict gun laws and much higher crime than we do. Switzerland has almost 100% handgun ownership. They even have shooting competitions for teenagers. Their murder rate is lower than England, where handgun ownership is banned. Violent crime in England has risen since the ban. If guns caused crime, Switzerland would be the most dangerous nation on earth, rather than one of the safest. Finland has higher per-capita gun ownership than America, and they also have lower crime rates. Israel has 40% higher gun ownership, and near zero murder, except for terrorists. New York, California, Chicago, and Washington DC have the strictest gun laws in America, and the highest crime rates. Virginia borders Washington DC, yet it has few gun laws and far fewer violent crimes. Vermont has the least restrictive gun laws in America, and their gun crime rate is 48th out of 50 states. Every state that started allowing average citizens to carry concealed weapons saw a decrease in violent crime over the ensuing years. Gun laws have been proven to make things worse, not better. (Prof. J. Lott, More Guns, Less Crime, 1998)
Think about it - if you were going to go on a shooting rampage or robbery spree, would you do it where the people are armed, or where the laws forbid your intended victims from having guns? If you doubt this, you can do your own experiment: Post a sign in front of your residence:

THIS HOME IS PROUD TO BE GUN FREE
Let me know how it went for you.

• MYTH: “Incidents like Columbine demand gun control”

Deaths from incidents like Columbine are extremely rare, even now. For the first 190 years of American history, guns could be bought by mail, or in any gun store with no questions asked. No school shootings. The perversity that brought Columbine and similar incidents has nothing to do with gun laws, and will not change because of them. In two of those incidents, the shooting stopped when armed civilians intervened with their own guns, but those people weren’t invited to the White House for photo-ops, so you didn’t hear about them. (More on this below)

• MYTH: "Guns should be registered like cars”

Compliance only comes from law-abiding citizens. Confiscation then becomes easy, and the “logical next step” after the next gun crime is in the news. The most recent examples of this are Australia and Britain. All it took was one person in each place to do something stupid, and the both countries paid with their rights to own firearms. Politicians made themselves look tough on crime, by punishing the gun owners who obeyed the law and registered. The law-abiding gun owners lost their ability to defend themselves against violence. But did confiscation improve things? British gun crimes rose 40% since their 1996 handgun ban. Australian armed robberies rose by 51%, unarmed robberies by 37%, assaults by 24% and kidnappings by 43%. The only people who lost their weapons were those who registered them. The criminals and the IRA still have theirs. In Germany, registration preceded confiscation of weapons from Jews, homosexuals, opponents of Hitler, and any other “undesirables”. Once disarmed, they were easy prey. The same happened in Rwanda, Uganda, Yugoslavia, Cambodia, Turkey, and the Soviet Union. It is too easy a step from registration to confiscation. Since criminals won’t register their guns, they won’t be turning them in if the government decides to ban them. The Supreme Court (Haynes v. US, 390 US 85, 1968) has ruled that criminals cannot be prosecuted for failing to register guns (self incrimination). So gun registration will affect you, but not them.

• MYTH: “Guns are already registered, I see that on the television cop shows”

Other than a few extremely repressive states, gun registration does not exist. But on the TV cop shows, we see the hero cop say, “The murder weapon is registered to you, how do you explain that?” Perhaps some Hollywood screenwriters would like to condition you to believe that gun registration is a fact, so you won’t complain when their favorite politicians try to push it through. Don’t believe it, and don’t accept it. Gun registration is the only way confiscation can happen, short of house to house searches.

• MYTH: “Thirteen children a day die of gun violence.”

You really have to work the numbers around to get to this. The Clinton administration announced this using a backdrop of elementary school children. They didn’t say that 84% of the "13 children" are gangsters between the ages of 15 and 20, killing each other over drugs and turf (Prof. J. Lott, LA Times article). Clinton promised that this would be fixed by his 1994 gun laws, remember? Of the remaining 16% of non-adult gunshot victims, there are accidents, suicides, murders, and justifiable self-defense. Only 2.9% of all deaths under the age of 14 are from accidental shootings, an all time low (Johns Hopkins University). More children are killed by each of poisoning, drowning, fires, and bicycles.

• MYTH: “More gun control will help stop hate crimes"

How will disarming likely victims protect them? People who are willing to violate murder laws are willing to violate gun laws, but they are not willing to risk being killed if their victim is armed. If 50% of all gay men in an area were known to carry handguns, people who now assault them would look elsewhere for entertainment.

• MYTH: "What if only one life is saved by more gun laws, isn't is worth it?”

How many lives will be lost because of gun laws? 2.5 Million crimes per year are stopped by armed citizens. What are their lives worth? (G. Kleck, Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America). In the case of the school shooting in Mississippi, the vice-principal (who stopped the shooter) had to run 1000 feet each way to get his gun from his car, because it was illegal for him to have it any closer to the school. How many children were shot during those minutes? What if it had been legal for New Yorkers to carry guns when Colin Ferguson shot up the subway car? Did strict New York gun laws stop his racist rampage? No, but they did guarantee him unarmed victims. What about the hundreds of women who had to wait the Brady period when they took notice of a stalker and were subsequently raped or worse before they could pick up their weapon. Don’t these people count for anything?

• MYTH: "The Second Amendment was written when muskets were the primary military arms. The Founding Fathers never would have considered allowing citizens to own assault rifles.”

The First Amendment was written when the hand-operated printing press was the primary publishing tool. Shall we also ban free speech on television, radio, and the Internet because they weren’t invented in 1791? Technology may have changed, but human nature has not. Honest people still need means of defense against dishonest ones.
 
Is the Second Amendment a Personal or Group Right?

• MYTH: “The Second Amendment was about state militias like the National Guard”

If this were true it not needed. Having an amendment to give the army the right to have guns is silly. If that were true, we would see it in the writings of the Founding Fathers. Instead, we see dozens of statements that the right to keep and bear arms is a personal right and none that say otherwise. I have attached a few for your reference.

Words of the framers of the Constitution, expressing their views on gun rights:

• "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson, proposed Virginia constitution, June 1776. Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 (C. J. Boyd, Ed., 1950)
• Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." Thomas Jefferson, quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria in "On Crimes and Punishment", 1764, pp 87-88.
• When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny, Thomas Jefferson
• "The Constitution of most of our states, and the United States, assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves: that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of the press." Thomas Jefferson, Proposed Virginia Constitution, 1776
• "Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can." Samuel Adams
• "The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." Samuel Adams, During the Massachusetts U.S. Constitution ratification convention, 1788
• "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the governor, November 11, 1755
• "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States." Noah Webster, An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution (1787) in Pamphlets to the Constitution of the United States (P. Ford, 1888).
• "Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at the individual discretion, in private self-defense." John Adams, A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, 1787-88
• "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers at 184-8
• "A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." Richard Henry Lee, Initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights. Additional Letters From the Federal Farmer 53, 1788
• "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Every man who is able may have a gun." Patrick Henry, During Virginia's ratification convention, 1788
• "The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." James Madison, The Federalist No. 46
• "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of people, trained in arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country." James Madison, I Annuals of Congress 434 (June 8, 1789)
• "I ask sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them." George Mason, during Virginia's ratification convention, June 4, 1788 (From J. Elliott, Debates in the General State Conventions 425 (3rd ed. 1937).
• "Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived the use of them." ...Thomas Paine, Thoughts on Defensive War, 1775
• "A free people ought to be armed. When firearms go, all goes, we need them by the hour. Firearms stand next to importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence." George Washington, Boston Independence Chronicle, January 14, 1790
• "To ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that is good." George Washington

Keeping the first amendment may require the 2nd amendment - HTOITA

These are my grandkids. This post has nothing to do with them but with their parents.
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The song HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW written by Civilla D. Martin has been a blessing for countless Christians. The tune written by Charles Gabriel is easily sung and fits the song perfectly. You should learn it, sing it, and enjoy it.

My two youngest kids, Sarah and Jim rewrote the song and created the following words. If it is sung to the Gabriel tune it works. Many PKs will understand and relate to my kid's dilemma. Becky, Joshua, Daniel, Sarah, and to a lesser degree James were often used as special music producers. They knew it might happen and (hanging my head here) sometimes I did not give them enough notice.


Why should I feel discouraged,
Why should the shadows come,
Why should my Dad be ornery and make me sing at all.

No time to work the tune out,
No time to make it rhyme,
Just try keep from shaking, his asking is a crime.

I sing because I’m made to, I sing because I’m forced;
Dad’s eye is on the singer and I know he watches me.

When I am unsuspecting,
I don’t even know the song;
Dad says this goes with my message,
Work it up don’t be long.

No pleading will dissuade him,
I plead, I cry I pout;
No mercy from the Father,
Sounds Great! Just sing it out.

I sing because I’m made to, I sing because I’m forced;
But God’s eye is on the singer and that’s what it’s all about


It did not hurt them at all.

HTOITA

I need to stop reading. Having just read a liberal's (David Corn) defense of Obama's skipping Arlington's ceremony, "So what the hell do these conservatives want out of Obama? And does it matter if Obama throws some leaves on a tomb?" I have decided to stay indoors today. I'll not go into the public arena where I may see someone with an Obama or Che tee shirt. The many faces I can place to names on a wall in DC are in my mind today. I do not want a jail ministry at this time of my life.

HTOITA

This truck was seen at a NASCAR rally. I like the sentiment. Actually there is much more a person needs to know about Islam. Islam is the most evil religion on the planet. You may note the Confederate battle flag in the window. That is just what it is and has nothing to do with racism.

Note also that the truck is parked in the handicap space. It would not surprise me to find this is a veteran wounded in the service.

If someone is bothered by this you can tell by their response, “But what about the Crusades?” If this is your response please keep to the last 500 years. Besides the Crusades had nothing to do with Christianity. It had to do with the Roman Catholic Church and trade routes. Neither of which has been affected by Christ.

HTOITA

I cannot look at this without getting upset. I am not upset with the kids who did this. They are enemies of the USA and are ignorant and are just doing what their masters wish. I am upset with the cowardly, evil, unintelligent, shallow, selfish, egotistical, arrogant, ignorant people that do not respond with force. Remove that Mexican flag and burn it. Expel all the illegal teenagers and their families across the border somewhere near Tijuana. Fire the principle and teachers that allowed this and impeach the … (well maybe that is going too far). Americans had better wake up and smell the cordite or it will be too late

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Some of the following are edgy. They are not something I would use from the pulpit only because they could be misunderstood. This venue is not so restricted. While making money is currently anathema for the current leftist administration (at least for others), there is really nothing wrong with making a profit. Businesses have made and sold some marvelous items. They have at times made some really funny things and advertising has been equally funny.

Going from one language to another can be a challenge. That said some Companies have not been up to the trial. Enjoy

13. When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, “It won’t leak in your pocket and embarrass you.” The company thought that the word “embarazar” (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: “It won’t leak in your pocket and make you pregnant.”

12. Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: “Nothing Sucks like an Electrolux.”

11. Clairol introduced the “Mist Stick,” a curling iron, into Germany only to find out that “mist” is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the “Manure Stick.”

10. Coors put its slogan, “Turn It Loose,” into Spanish, where it was read as “Suffer From Diarrhea.”

9. Pepsi’s “Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation” translated into “Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave” in Chinese.

8. When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the labels of what’s inside, since many people can’t read.

7. Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.

6. Frank Perdue’s chicken slogan, “It takes a strong man to make a tender chicken,” was translated into Spanish as “it takes an aroused man to make a chicken affectionate.”

5. When American Airlines wanted to advertise its new leather first class seats in the Mexican market, it translated its “Fly In leather” campaign literally, which meant “Fly Naked” (vuela en cuero) in Spanish.

4. An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope’s visit. Instead of “I saw the Pope” (el Papa), the shirts read “I Saw the Potato” (la papa).

3. The Dairy Association’s huge success with the campaign “Got Milk?” prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention the Spanish translation read “Are You Lactating?”

2. General Motors had a very famous fiasco in trying to market the Nova car in Central and South America. “No va” in Spanish means, “It Doesn’t Go”.

1. The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as “Kekoukela”, meaning “Bite the Wax Tadpole” or “Female Horse Stuffed with Wax”, depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent “kokoukole”, translating into “Happiness in the Mouth.”

HTOITA