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."