[Chat] Fw: Signs in English in foreign countries

[jdy]

little humor    jdy
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> Subject: SIGNS IN ENGLISH - IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
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> Cocktail lounge, Norway:
> "LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR."
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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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> In a Bangkok temple:
> "IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN."
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> On an Athi River highway:
> "TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE."
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> On a poster at Kencom:
> "ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP."
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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 and regulations:
> "GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN
> BED."
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> On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:
> "OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR."
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> In a Tokyo bar:
> "SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS."
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> Hotel, Yugoslavia:
> "THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID."
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> Hotel, Japan:
> "YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID."
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> 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."
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> 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."
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> 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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> The box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong:
> "GUARANTEED TO WORK THROUGHOUT ITS USEFUL LIFE."
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> In a Swiss mountain inn:
> "SPECIAL TODAY - NO ICE-CREAM."
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> Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:
> "WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS."
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> A laundry in Rome:
> "LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD
> TIME."
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