The key to communications is to have people receive the message you intended to send — but here are a few times that the message may have been lost in translation — or worse yet, maybe it wasn’t. Check out what we found around the web.

Where's my bag? Where's my bag? Wheeerrreeeesss mmmmyyyyy baaaagggggg. Credit: Photo: Augapfel on Flickr (creative commons)

What Chinese boy doesn't love a giant goat? And what goat wouldn't love a Chinese boy? Credit: Photo: Augapfel on Flickr (creative commons)

What? No waiting? Please, can I have a seat near the window, no, on second thought, maybe one toward the back might work? Credit: xiaming on Flickr (creative commons)

It's the rice that makes it sticky enough to "paste onto your tummy area." Credit: jj look on Flickr (creative commons)

Learn English and knot tying -- the two skills you need to get a European man. Credit: Augapfel on Flickr(creative commons)





