Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Lost in Translation!

DIFFICULTIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!:

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." Doctors office, Rome:


"SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES". Dry cleaners, Bangkok:


"DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS". In a Nairobi restaurant: "


CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER." On a
poster at Kenya:


"ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP." On an Athi
River highway: this is the main road to Mombassa, leaving Nairobi.


"TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE."
In a City restaurant:


"OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS." A sign seen on an automatic
restroom hand dryer:


"DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS." 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, 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, 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."
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: " LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD
TIME."