Stuck in Korea

I've noticed this before (especially on T-shirts). They really like having some sort of English written on their bags, clothes and, well, everything. Problem is they don't have an English speaker to write it, so it often ends up as gibberish.

The whole thing came to the forefront of my mind as I was looking at the kids' notebooks today, all of which had some English phrase designed to inspire and inform the reader. Best examples -

"I see the clods. I see the sky. Everything is clear in our world." Um, clods?

"It's true love we're making and something to test for all time." That's one you want the kids to learn, definitely.

"When the sun slnlcs in the pale shallows Iwillstand at my gate, expectant birds sing in the shade at down the world gllstens calm and white." I think there's something here that speaks to all of us.

"Thin strongs of roy, glances of the eye of day, sing melodies on my luje, lift my notes much higher." I'm not even sure I have a luje, but even if I did then I wouldn't let Roy touch it, that's for certain.

"Bang-bang. I like Hamburg. Let's go pop! Excuse me, how can I go to city hall? It's so funny." Very deep. If we could all live by this philosophy, the world would be a better place.

I love this country sometimes.