Chinese Brothel Ad Accidently Ends Up On Cover Of Academic Journal

From The Independent:

A respected research institute wanted Chinese classical texts to adorn its journal, something beautiful and elegant, to illustrate a special report on China. Instead, it got a racy flyer extolling the lusty details of stripping housewives in a brothel.

Chinese characters look dramatic and beautiful, and have a powerful visual impact, but make sure you get the meaning of the characters straight before jumping right in.

There were red faces on the editorial board of one of Germany's top scientific institutions, the Max Planck Institute, after it ran the text of a handbill for a Macau strip club on the front page of its latest journal. Editors had hoped to find an elegant Chinese poem to grace the cover of a special issue, focusing on China, of the MaxPlanckForschung journal, but instead of poetry they ran a text effectively proclaiming "Hot Housewives in action!" on the front of the third-quarter edition. Their "enchanting and coquettish performance" was highly recommended.

The UPenn Language Log offers the following full translation of the text on the cover:

With high salaries, we have cordially invited for an extended series of matinees

KK and Jiamei as directors, who will personally lead jade-like girls in the spring of youth,

Beauties from the north who have a distinguished air of elegance and allure,

Young housewives having figures that will turn you on;

Their enchanting and coquettish performance will begin within the next few days.

Comments

[pointyheadprodigy]

All the girlies say they're pretty fly for some phy guys.

[pointyheadprodigy]

This is absolutely hilarious. Those saucy phycists!

[hilaritee]

and i thought this only happend with ill advised tatoos...

[ineuw]

Accidently??? Never mind the article which is just funny, but look at the Huffington Post's spell check. I find that a lot more embarrassing.

[Bitsko]

What a sad day for the highest circulation magazine in the universe.

[Scurvybro]

Me tenure you long time.

[wonder6789]

Must be a Journal of Freudian Studies.

[HelixScanr]

Oops! that too... I mean't "worm hole" he he

[HelixScanr]

This gives new meaning to "work hole"! X D

[GawdFraud]

I'd bet there are some members of the editorial board who are now members of the unemployed elite.

That was a real "Oopsie!!

[Mangler]

Max Planck Society: Making Science Hot Since 1948

[jwbriones]

Wow, talk about free publicity for them!

[samiam4285]

Considering how stuffy scientific journals tend to be, this is admittedly hilarious. Totally ignorant, but hilarious.

[Zeebob]

What are they talking about?? That sounds like poetry to me! Bravo!

[estevancarlos]

The Journal should've just played it cool and said they did this on purpose.