I thought both of these example sentences were funny.  These came from a China-based company.  My questions for the creators of these sentences:

Do department stores in China really give credit to elementary students?!

I'm also interested in knowing what constitutes a "special shaped" toy ;)

lol.I thought you'd made that up at first Calkins.You should try that first sentence out next time you're in China [as an emphatic statement;not as a question].Elementary student of course referring to Elementary CPod student.

Hi calkins,

"小卖部" is not a department store, but a small shop. I also doubt if they really give credit to students. As you know, in China, people love cash business.

I guess the right word should be "异形 (yi4 xing2) 玩具", where "异形" usually means "Alien", a horrible extraterrestrial creature in that famous movie.

http://images.google.cn/images?hl=zh-CN&newwindow=1&q=%E5%BC%82%E5%BD%A2%E7%8E%A9%E5%85%B7&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

P/S Do western children really like "Alien" toys?

Yes,the mind boggles at what is being got at sometimes;hehe.Here are some special shaped toys I'd like [bigger the boy,bigger the toy]:

Ahhh, now alien toys would make sense.  We do like our freaky toys.

About the credit, I was thinking the same thing changye.  The US is about credit, China is about the cash.  Probably one of the big reasons that America is in its current state, and why the US is in debt to China to the tune of half a trillion dollars!!!  Hmmm, I wonder what country will be the next world power!

bababarwan, do you fly balloons?

I wish.Not even been on one yet [except a brief tethered flight ],but one can dream hey? I bought a voucher for 2 balloon flights for my then nupengyou's 21st years ago.It is a somewhat weather dependant undertaking and every time we booked they cancelled due to weather.Then there were 2 or 3 balloon flight crashes in Oz that made the news.My nupengyou got cold feet then and by the time I'd talked her into getting into the saddle so to speak,the company had gone bust like several did at that time.It's not a cheap undertaking ,and am still waiting for that big special occasion when I can justify it.I'd like to do it when I travel as a way of seeing a new place for the first time.Over the great wall or something would be awesome.I've heard of people doing it in Africa in some awesome locations there too .Imagine doing it over the Serengeti during the annual wildebeest migration.You could get some great photos there Calkins.