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One day 2 irish men were walking down the street when one of them noticed a sign sayin
"Shirts 4.99"
"Suits 7.99"
the first irish man thouht this was clearly a bargain and told his friend told his friend to go in and by 40 of each but to be careful not to let the the shop no he was irish as the shop would not serve him.
the second irish man went in and asked for 40 shirts and 40 suits, but to his suprise the man behind the counter replied
"your irish we dont serve the irish"
the irish man tried at his best to convince the man he was not irish but kept getting the same respose
"your irish we dont serve the irish"
the irish man gave up trying and began to walk out of the shop but as he reached the door he asked the man if he could at least answer his question and the man saw no harm and listened to his question
"how did you know i was irish" said the irish man
the man behind the counter kindly more...

Bubba didn't know what the sign in the store window meant when he concocted an idea.The sign said "Suits $5.00 each, Shirts $2.00 each, Trousers $2.50 per pair".Bubba says to his pal, "Billy Ray, Look! We could buy a whole lot of those, and when we get back to Arkansas, we could make a fortune. Now when we go into the shop, you be quiet, okay? Just let me do all the talking cause if they hear our accent, they might not be nice to us. I'll speak in my best Texas drawl."They go in and Bubba says, "I'll take 50 suits at $5.00 each, 100 shirts at $2.00 each, and 50 pairs of trousers at $2.50 each. I'll back up my pickup and... "The owner of the shop interrupts, "You're from Arkansas, aren't you?""Well...yes," says a surprised Bubba. "How come you know that?"The owner says, "This is a dry cleaners."

Sven and Ole are visiting a relative in Texas. While walking along the street, they see a sign on a store front which reads:
Suits $5.00 each
Shirts $2.00 each
Trousers $2.50 per pair
Sven says to his pal, "Hey Ole! We could buy a whole lot of dem and ven ve get back to Minnesota, ve could sell them and make a fortune."
"Now ven ve go into the shop, yust let me do all da talkin' cause if dey hear your Minnesota accent dey might tink ve are dumb Norwegians and try ta raise da price. But, I can speak with a perfect Texas drawl."
They go in, and Sven drawls out an order of 50 suits at $5.00 each, 100 shirts at $2.00 each and 50 pair of trousers at $2.50 each.
The owner of the shop says "You're Norwegians from Minnesota, aren't you?"
"Uff Da!" Says a surprised Sven. "How'd you know dat?"
The owner says, "Because this is a dry-cleaners."

Bubba didn't know what the sign in the store window meant when he concocted an idea.
The sign said "Suits $5. 00 each, Shirts $2. 00 each, Trousers $2. 50 per pair".
Bubba says to his pal, "Billy Ray, Look! We could buy a whole lot of those, and when we get back to Arkansas, we could make a fortune. Now when we go into the shop, you be quiet, okay? Just let me do all the talking cause if they hear our accent, they might not be nice to us. I'll speak in my best Texas drawl."
They go in and Bubba says, "I'll take 50 suits at $5. 00 each, 100 shirts at $2. 00 each, and 50 pairs of trousers at $2. 50 each. I'll back up my pickup and. ....."
The owner of the shop interrupts, "You're from Arkansas, aren't you?"
"Well... yes," says a surprised Bubba. "How come you know that?"
The owner says, "This is a dry cleaners."

These are the nominees for the Chevy Nova Award. This is given in honor of the GM's fiasco in trying to market this car in Central and South America. "No va" means, in Spanish, "No go."1. 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. Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious adult magazine.3. 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).4. Pepsi's "Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" in Chinese.5. The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Kekoukela", meaning "Bite the wax tadpole" more...

Santa and Banta are visting London for the first time. They see a sign reading, "Suits Pound 15, Shirts Pound 2, Trousers Pound 3."
"Wow," says Banta. "we should snap up some of these bargains and sell them at a profit when we get home."
Santa agrees and they go into the shop.
"Twenty suits, 50 shirts and 30 pairs of trousers, please," says Santa to the assitant behind the counter.
"You're not from around here, are you?" said the assistant.
"No," answered Banta. "How did you know?"
The assistant replies, "This is a dry cleaners."

International Marketing - Actual Accounts Cracking an international market is a goal of most growing corporations. It shouldn't be that hard, yet even the big multi-nationals run into trouble because of language and cultural differences. For example... The name Coca-Cola in China was first rendered as Ke-kou-ke-la. Unfortunately, the Coke company did not discover until after thousands of signs had been printed that the phrase means "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax" depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, "ko-kou-ko-le," which can be loosely translated as "happiness in the mouth." In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" came out as "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead." Also in Chinese, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan "finger-lickin' good" came out as "eat more...