English From Around The World

In a Bangkok
Temple : IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A
MAN.
Cocktail Lounge, Norway : LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE
CHILDREN IN THE BAR.
Doctor's Office, Rome : SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND
OTHER DISEASES.
Dry Cleaners, Bangkok : DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR
THE BEST RESULTS.
A Nairobi Restaurant : CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR
WAITRESSES RUDE, OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.
On the main road to Mombasa,
leaving Nairobi : TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS
IMPASSABLE.
On a poster in Cancun : ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT
READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP.
In a City restaurant : OPEN SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK AND WEEKENDS.
In a Cemetery : PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM
PICKING FLOWERS, FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.
Tokyo hotel's rules and
regulations : GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE, OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING
BEHAVIOURS, IN BED.
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.
Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand : WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON
YOUR OWN ASS?
Airline ticket office, Copenhagen : WE TAKE YOUR BAGS
AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
A Laundry in Rome : LADIES,
LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND THEN SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD
TIME.
And finally, the all time classic, Seen in an Abu Dhabi Souk shop
window : IF THE FRONT IS CLOSED, PLEASE ENTER THROUGH MY BACKSIDE.
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