Silly Pictures

You can buy all kinds of hilarious things in Taiwan. For example, I spotted a product called "F-cup Cookies" at a local drugstore...as far as I know, the US is relatively free of such bust-enhancing snacks. Night markets are also a good bet for ridiculous purchases, such as my beloved bagmonster:

It even says my name on it!

Dressing small animals in clothing is unfortunately but amusingly common in Taiwan.


Found this in a random clothing display on my way home from work. Jiggawhat, Taiwan???


You know it's an awesome place to stay when the floor numbers are just written on the wall in permanent marker


Hotel slippers are generally one-size-fits-all. Obviously they did not take my father into account.




We were on a ferry, and there were rocking waves and a motor providing nice white noise...


This is pretty cute but looks decidedly less comfortable


My favorite item on this menu is "true relative." (although let's be honest, pigeon belly and lumbar tendon look pretty good too) Better than that other restaurant we went to in Beijing that offered "slightly over-cooked balls"!


Sign next to a low doorway


Older women in Asia tend to wear a lot more sequins and rhinestones than American women of the same age. Apparently they also promote dairy products more, too.


Creative sleeping options on the subway


The Great Mosque of Xi'an apparently has a "Complainer"


Creating jobs in a Communist country: Why have a pole to hold up the end of the tape when you can have a person?


Sometimes in China there is no Western-style tolit, so you have to use the pedestal tolit


We felt an instinctive urge to gather at this place...can't say why, it must be something innate


Fact 1: Ghosts do not have knees, so if you make the threshold really high, they won't be able to get in your doorway.
Fact 2: Westerners do not have knees either - this was the rationale given to an emperor by a Western diplomat who wouldn't kowtow to him, and the reason for the phrase "foreign devils." Although as we can see, certain foreign devils are crafty enough to get through the door kneelessly.


Meets the soft love in the snow white world - light dependence this instantaneous eterna!


A group of Asian tourists gave us really funny looks while we were doing this at Taipei 101


Annnnnnd last but not least, this particular moment of ridiculous is brought to you by English Village:

p.s. - Gered does not really punch children, he is very nice and the kid wanted to stage a silly photo
p.p.s. - doesn't he look adorable in a suit? (slash holding a giant teddy bear)