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  1. 20-10-2011, 05:56 PM #1
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    Man orders size 14.5 slipper and gets size 1,450 after 'mistranslation in China'

    Bagnaj97 sent me this link,which makes for funny reading:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-in-China.html
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    Re: Man orders size 14.5 slipper and gets size 1,450 after 'mistranslation in China'

    Marketing scam.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/r...?newsfeed=true
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    Re: Man orders size 14.5 slipper and gets size 1,450 after 'mistranslation in China'

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  5. 21-10-2011, 09:21 AM #4
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    Re: Man orders size 14.5 slipper and gets size 1,450 after 'mistranslation in China'

    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    Bagnaj97 sent me this link,which makes for funny reading:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-in-China.html
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    CAT-THE-FIFTH sent me this link, which you may find entertaining *link to goatse*. When my revenge comes it shall sweet
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    Re: Man orders size 14.5 slipper and gets size 1,450 after 'mistranslation in China'

    Quote Originally Posted by Bagnaj97 View Post
    CAT-THE-FIFTH sent me this link, which you may find entertaining *link to goatse*. When my revenge comes it shall sweet
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    If I had not said it was you would have probably said it anyway. Its only because the link ended up dodgy the accusations now flow!
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    Re: Man orders size 14.5 slipper and gets size 1,450 after 'mistranslation in China'

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    Re: Man orders size 14.5 slipper and gets size 1,450 after 'mistranslation in China'

    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    Marketing scam.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/r...?newsfeed=true

    A damn good one at that!
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