Alien language on Taxi in opening scene (5x01)

Well, maybe everyone has known about this and maybe its been many, if not all, episodes. I know there are a couple alien language references in the opening part of each episode. Today, I was slowly playing through this season's first episode, and I noticed that in the beginnig of the opening scene (as the Planet Express ship enters New New York), a Taxi passes by and there is some FAL1 on the sign on top of the taxi. Even on the SVCD copy, its a bit blurry.

In any case, its too blurry for me to be able to tell for sure what it says. It looks like two words, 3-4 letters in length each. The first word I am prtty sure ends in I, leading to TAXI CAB as a possibility, but I think the sign is an ad, and I think the second word has four letters and first looks more like D than C. Has this been addressed before? What does it say? Does anyone have a better quality image?

ok, I guess this is in every episode, I just never noticed (or read about it) before ;-)) Anyone know what it says?

"Lex3001" wrote in message news:gLOD9.50441$[email]...

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says.

the

looks

I went thru all my episodes in there different quality. But none of them was sharpen enough so that I could see more. Maybe somebody who owns the DVD can tell us what it says.

"Lex3001" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:108E9.50598$[email]...

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"Lex3001" wrote:

I checked on the DVDs and it doesn't look like FAL1 (or 2) to me. Was too packed for that.

mArc

if u got the dvds could u plz do a screenshot so that we can translate it? thx

.hsm

I wish but I only got a stand alone player. Taking screen shots from that using the video-in my cheap TV card has looks worse than any mpeg or divx out there.

mArc

using

there.

well than i got an other idea. could u just enter the sign u see in this decoder (http://mitglied.lycos.de/hwclub/FAA-Decoder.exe) and tell us what the translation is?

i think that shouldnt be that much work so plz do it for us ;) thx.

.hsm

Hmmm...looks like english to me. I think the second word is "Wisdom"....

Although it moves so fast the compression on the disc blurs the picture so much you can't really tell...I actually got a better picture by converting it to DiVX first, and deinterlacing it..........

Take a look. I've slowed the frame rate down to 2 frames per second.....

http://www.pacifist.co.uk/intro.avi

"The Pacifist" wrote in message news:vXwE9.982795$[email]...

DAMN YOU!!! Now I really really really really really want Futurama on DVD in Region 1!

Argh, the jealousy, the rage.

"Fen Phen" wrote in message news:arueff$g03$[email]...

so

converting

Region free PAL converting DVD players are your friend. I know that my player is my friend. :)

Aaron

Plain english. It says, "Liquid Wisdom".

Thx. Now finally we do know what it says. ;)

.hsm

"Leandro Pardini" wrote in message news:[email]...

That known for a fact or just what you make it out to be? Either way ... what's it about? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

I don't think its that many characters... I'll have to look more. Does anyone have a DVD who can get a really high-res freeze frame of this? The SVCD is not good enough to make it out well.

"Blues Punk" wrote in message news:BgSF9.10122$dz2.1384407@stones...

what's it about? Anyone?

Errr.yes.. www.pacifist.co.uk/intro.avi

I posted this in an earlier message

now what could a sign on top of a taxi cab possibly have written on it...

Zeverken wrote:

I agree to Lex3001, Liquid Wisdom, probably an ad

I can't help but think that's an alcohol beverage of some sort.