marți, octombrie 03, 2006

English signs in foreign countries

English signs in foreign countries

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  Cocktail lounge, Norway:


"LADIES

ARE REQUESTED

NOT TO HAVE

CHILDREN IN THE BAR."



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 At a Budapest zoo:


"PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS.


IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD,

GIVE IT TO
THE GUARD ON DUTY."



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Doctors' office, Rome:

 "SPECIALIST

IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES."




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Dry cleaners, Bangkok:

 "DROP

YOUR TROUSERS HERE

FOR THE BEST RESULTS."




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In a Nairobi restaurant:


"CUSTOMERS

 WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES

 RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER."



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On an Indian river highway:


 "TAKE NOTICE -

WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER,

 THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE."





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In a City restaurant:


"OPEN

SEVEN DAYS A WEEK


AND WEEKENDS."




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A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer:


"DO NOT

ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS."




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In a cemetery:

"PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED

FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY,

 BUT THEIR OWN,GRAVES."




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Tokyo hotel's rules ad regulations:


"GUESTS ARE REQUESTED

NOT TO SMOKE


OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIORS IN BED."



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 On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:


"OUR WINES

LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR."









 In a Tokyo bar:


"SPECIAL COCKTAILS

FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS."









Hotel, Yugoslavia:


"THE FLATTENING OF


UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE

IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID."








 Hotel, Japan:

 "YOU ARE INVITED

TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID."





In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery:


"YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT

THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET
COMPOSERS,

ARTISTS, AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY."









A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:


"IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN

ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE

THAT PEOPLE OF
DIFFERENT SEX,


FOR INSTANCE MEN AND WOMEN,

LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT
UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER

FOR THIS PURPOSE."









Hotel, Zurich:


"BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY

OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX

IN
THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT


THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE."








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"WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?"

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ttp://www.nidokidos.org">In the window on a Swedish furrier:


"FUR COATS MADE FOR LADIES FROM THEIR OWN SKIN."



The box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong:


"GUARANTEED TO WORK THROUGHOUT ITS USEFUL LIFE."





In a Swiss mountain inn:

 "SPECIAL TODAY - NO ICE-CREAM."





Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:

 "WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS."






A laundry in Rome:


"LADIES,

LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE

AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME."