Why wouldn’t they write that in French then?
November 21st, 2009
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Because then they’d have something written on their car in… French.
Also, regarding redundancy of sign: extant.
As a french, I can understand the guy doesn’t want french people in his cab. But dogs, seriously. Dogs are cool ! What a retard.
French, English, same thing, right?
(Check your headline, why wouldn’t “they”?)
Because the fact that it’s in English is another F you to the French. They are reputed to be the rudest travelers on Earth. Even more so than us ‘mericans.
Wouldn’t this cab make them even ruder?
Actually, Parisians don’t need to travel to be rude.
They are not only reputed to be rudest travelers, THEY ARE THE RUDEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. Kick them out.
The rudest people in the world is american. Go home Buffalo soldier.
Well, according to a recent study, the French are also much more interested in other people’s culture, to their way of life when they travel. Wich is not the cas of the Brits or the Americans (for instance).
This is absolutly racist; it reminds me of dark times of history; “Jews and dogs not allowed” or “blacks and dogs not allowed”
What about Frenchmen without dogs? dogs without Frenchmen?
The sign doesn’t say Frenchmen with dogs. Learn to English.
i kind of see what he’s getting at. saying “frenchmen and dogs” rather than ‘frenchmen and/or dogs’ could be misleading.
i would like to english very much to you too, thank you. David is in the kitchen, yes yes, What time is it.
Anna Rexia, the lack of English language skill here is yours. As CocainCuresAll notes, the sign says “and” rather than “or”. The former at best produces ambiguity; the latter would be correct.
All us white folks look alike to them, and we all speak English, don’t you know. Right?
I believe the reason is that many pro-Tibetan independence frenchmen (most of frenchmen actually) called for a boycott of the 2010 Beijing olympics.
In that regard, it is ironical that he uses a sign from the nazi time (replace “frenchemn” with “jews”) to make fun of an anti-imperialistic movement…
I’ve never met French tourists, and now I’m scared of them.
Hahaha ! Free Tibet
Haha，No way!its freed oready.
you guys know nothing bout china
all you got is from the media
not all true
If Tibet was free, it would be an independent country like most tibetans aspire to.
I guess your opinion is moulded by the “thought unification” policy of the chinese communist party, that apparently is effective.
I am sure this taxi man has been allowed to put his sign because that complies with the govermnent’s policy. But would he be allowed to put up “No communists nor dogs” for instance ?
I doubt it.
That actually does say that without being translated wrong 0_o
I can only understand a little Chinese but I’m Japanese so I can read many of the kanji. It didn’t look like the translation was correct, but after looking it up in the dictionary I can confirm Kara is correct – it does say no French or dogs can ride.
Cue the French Bruce Lee kicking the windshield in…
except that the French don’t have a Bruce Lee… but they do have a Spider-man.
Jean Reno?
What does the driver have against dogs?
Well i dont think the driver would have anything agains dogs if they could give him a destination and some freaking MONEY
Belive me dogs does not like to pay for the ride
please, everyone knows dogs can’t read french
haha, that’s a funny conclusion. sensibility needs to be secured to the poster of the car. but, if it were “dogs and frenchmen” consecutively, it’s more likely that dogs have to engage into the reading.
C’est du n’importe quoi!
Screw the sign, I’m more interested in what’s in the car that would make Chinese passerbys stop and look and take pictures.
I think it safe to assume that it’s not a French poodle.
I’m French and I don’t really understand that.
Well, the boycott is old and French didn’t really know all the story.
It’s just because the motto of French republic is : “Freedom, equality, fraternity”
Well, ok for the French but as it was written above, why dogs ?
COME ON! Stop thinking Parisians are the only people in France, dammit!
THEY suck.
I’ll just open my own cab company and refuse to carry spiders and visigoths.
Good call, spiders suck at tipping.
Cows are good tippers, though.
Because all dogs are not french!!!
“Eaux dear!” exclaimed the Parisian Poodle. “Now how shall I geaux to ze operah? Sacré bleu!”
How many dogs do you know that can read English? There’s no translation for them. This is animal abuse.
As I am French I have sometimes seen how French people behave abroad. Damn I can understand he puts us on the same level as dogs.
If they had just written “Refuse to carry dogs”, it would obviously imply that Frenchmen weren’t allowed as well. Silly redundant Japanese taxi.
Silly you, rather. It’s not a Japanese but a Chinese taxi.. who somehow supports Beijing Olympics.
Hey,
Japanese and Chinese are the same right ? I bet a dime you are American !
Well, you just lost your dime. I’m Singaporean. And precisely why I know that China and Japan are like freaking two different countries. And I’m sick of Americans thinking that Singapore is some part of China by the way.
perhaps it’s a Chinese taxi in Japan? that would explain the unusual fascination it has evoked.
Ya, totally. And those Chinese people and Beijing is OBVIOUSLY in Japan! WOW, now why didn’t I think of that?
Yes i too have noticed all that you have pointed out, but chose to ignore them of the grounds of pure amusement. Your literal sarcasm is threatening to kill all the funny.
I can understand keeping the French out of the car, but whats wrong with dogs?
Maybe it’s because it’s hard to be certain that a dog is *not* French.
Shouldn’t Dogs get top billing over Frenchmen?
Wait….what’s the difference?
If you save a dog, it will be grateful.
Where there previous circumstances in which dog’s faeces were troubling? Going against the French is a racialist aspect. But, hinting on racism, the animal species are thrust to non-partial views as well?
hmmm, strange folks.
don’t they eat dogs?
maybe tahts why they don’t write bark bark, wou kai, or stuff.
do they also eat frenchmen?
*Cough*, they’re being redundant… All they had to write was dogs…
They fart in your general direction.
Okay, so a Frenchman gets to China with a dog, a chicken and a cabbage. But he cant’s get to his hotel because he can’t ride in a cab with his dog — the cabs will only take Frenchmen *or* dogs. If he leaves the dog on the curb and takes the chicken, the dog will pee on the cabbage…
I know this one. The Frenchmen DOES take the chicken first, and allows the dog to pee on the cabbage, because everyone knows dirty Frenchmen love urine-soaked cabbage. He goes back to get the cabbage only to find that the dog has been eaten because everyone knows that silly Chinese people eat dogs. He mourns the loss of his dog, eats the urine cabbage, then goes back and has sex with the chicken. Easy. Anymore brain busters?
Damn it, you find the secret ingredient in our French cuisine , we urine-soaked (best result with a diabetic Frenchman) our vegetables and have sex with the animals before slaughtering them. That gives the best ratatouille ever, no wonder the word and especially America is craving for French cuisine ! Now I think the Chinese are jealous of the French because we don’t eat dogs …
I think he should seriously reconsider the dogs part… Dogs are way less stinky than the French.
Frenchmen and dogs… And what, exactly, is the difference?
Its time for you to see a good Optometrist !
When a dog humps your leg, he doesn’t expect anything in return.
alright, guys, i’m chinese, no comment on the pic. just wanna make it clear to those who don’t understand what’s it to do with dogs. in chinese, if someone says that you are a dog, he’s swearing on your personality. it’s nothing to do with animal discrimination, just the traditional saying.
As for the saying of ‘** and dogs are not allowed’, it’s all because dating back to early 20th century, when there were foreign settlements in major cities in china, these foreigners held the dominance and forbade local residents to have their original rights, like making a sign at the park gate saying ‘chinese and dogs are not allowed to come in’
Thank you for the explanation, Ting. Wo ai zhongguo.
Xie xie, Ting! Does the word “Ting” mean other than “stop” in China? I remember that word from Taxi directions when I lived in Taiwan.
Ting means stopped
or maybe its just a name which means nothing
you are not chinese, are you? chinese is not as simple as you think.
one sound can represent lots of characters in chinese, not to mention the same sounds in different tones.
ting only means stop when referred to 停.
婷 is a common girl’s name, BUT, it’s NOT meaningless. every character in chinese has its meangings.
So it’s only fair to do exactly the same 100 years after the boxer’s war. Just because.
Fun how the free Tibet movement (which I’m no supporter) was mostly spearheaded by US celebrities but the glorious democratic republic of China decided to pick on the least threatening one, France. I smell a big fat commie rat
There is no such thing as a democratic republic of China. There is a People’s Republic of China (i.e. China) and a Republic of China (i.e. Taiwan). The PRC may be the people’s republic but the people actually have no say in the matter, as it is really just a dictatorship that calls itself communist. The ROC (Taiwan) on the other hand is a vibrant democracy and people there do enjoy giving the government a good kick come election time.
Why, because frenchmen are all octopi and deserve to be slapped and dogs can’t eat chocolate.
why no dogs, i can understand the no french everybody hates those guys. but no dogs? jeez…
Chinese people eat dogs, right? So I suppose what the driver, who must be nery neat, really means is “It’s not allowed to eat or stink in this car”
Dog is a delicacy in a few areas, but keeping dogs as pets has grown tremendously in China and some other Asian countries. It’s not just Asia, either, though it is outlawed in some countries.
I think you r missing the point…
But thx for the information anyway
I think you r missing the point… But thx for the information, anyway
You stupide Japonese pigue!
Driveee fastor!
who dosent
haha, lovely guys~
真好玩的一群人。
I really hope this guy never sees a Poodle on hkis way
Tsc… If you can’t french kiss or do it doggy style, what’s the point in having a back seat?
everyone knows that silly Chinese people eat dogs
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how silly you are. who told you chinese people eat dogs, a lot ppl dont eat dogs because of the religional reasons.
not many people in china eat dogs, i dont know why you would think so.
maybe he supposed Chinese “is Korean”…–!
take easy, most westerner even don’t know what’s the difference between Asia and Africa, they know themselves only. To be honest, it’s a good news ^0^
Actually, there is a famous photo of a sign in Shanghai from the time of the foreign settlement in a park that says “no Chinese or Dogs.” This is trying to spoof that. The ironic thing is the photograph of the sign was cooked up by the Communist government after to revolution to increase anti foreigner sentiment.
I commonly have Chinese taxis refuse to pick me up because I am white, esp. if I am with a Chinese girl. And that is in Shanghai, the most cosmopolitan mainland Chinese city. It is much worse in Beijing.
Since Beijing is the capital of Qing Dynasty and People’s Republic of China, most people there are conservative. I am in Guangdong and People here are much better. We trade with western people and accept much western culture since 1960s. Note that the most founders of Republic of China are Cantonese
Maybe I misunderstand you but please define “conservative”.
If it means after getting rich, buying million dollar dogs, having a BMW or two and one or two extra ‘wives’, going out to KTV with some other females besides your wife and sending you kid off to some middle school to live so that you don’t have to bother with them. Then you are right Chinese are very conservative. Money is the ONLY standard for most mainlanders.
But this driver is showing he is willing to lose money by not picking up Englsih reading Frenchies. Bravo!
The sad thing is I’ll bet most Chinese thought this kind of tit for tat was so powerful and cool. Look how they are smiling after showing off the freedom of speech they so clearly have!
I believe it’s play on what the British used to post on signs in certain areas they controlled in China. It would basically read “no Chinese or dogs allowed”. If you recall there was a wave of anti-French sentiment in China in the run up to the Beijing Olympics due to some protests in Paris during the torch run. You put the 2 together and you get this picture.
What’s wrong with dogs? Ugh those Chinese
No, no, no! You’re reading it wrong! It’s not saying that it’s refusing to carry Frenchmen and dogs; it’s declaring that it IS refuse and its purpose is to carry Frenchmen and dogs. DUH.
Some Chinese are not self-confidence,and now they are very Self-expansion.
wrong,it is should be most Chinese are not self-confidence…
我认识lz…
It isn’t real confident but ultra-nationalism
LOL. If you are going to write your racist rant in English at least learn a little more about English grammar you lazy piece of shiat.
What’s the difference?
Take this cab to Paris, wait overnight, and find it in an alley somewhere with the tires flat, windows smashed, and all sorts of French swear words spray painted all over it.
They were being polite. . .It’s supposed to read “refuse to carry frenchmen and their bitches”
In fact, as a Frenchmen, this image can be easily explained.
There are a lot of diplomatics tensions between French government and Chinese one because of difficult questions like Tibet or Dalaï Lama.
Like Chinese don’t make a difference between people and politics, this one of the response they made.
And it’s true. The most part of French are horrible tourists.
ouch, that’s pretty harsh. lol.
it means “frenchmen are bitches just like a dog” in chinese.
To hell with racism. It’s amusing how ignorant people are on this board though. People actually think this is Japanese. People don’t understand why China is boycotting France. People actually still believe the “Chinese and dogs” sign was real.
The whole “No chinese and Dogs allowed” sign myth has been well proven NOT to be true and all you dumb f*** wits on the net keep repeating the nonsense. It was in the Bruce Lee movie and that is all… Dumbasses. If someone told you the sky was falling or to go jump of a cliff you would all do it.
Fuck, are your average people stupid.
I think the sign is great though. They should encourage a ban against the French. France should be banned period.
This sign rocks, at least some people are honest about their beliefs and political stance.
HAHA …… pooor chinese taxi drivers =(
but i do understand them, french tourists are so Fckn rude, they don’t spend money, they’re just jewbags haha !
i understanf the guy, what would you do in his place ??!! if almost all frenchmen you’ve caried make troubles ? for sure i wont carry people alike
honestly, chinese tourists are rude too ……..so fuck this world wanna go live in the sun !
Chineeses are stupid Twerps,they still blind due to there eyes half closed.
Why?
Because the two had tendency to pee on the car seat…
Woah, that’s racist.
This taxi driver has just watched “vita e bella” by Roberto Begnigni….
Nuke Paris, nuke Beijing. Problem solved. Boo-yeah!