[Xeven]

> People in other countries sometimes go out of their
> way to communicate with their English-speaking
> tourists. Here is a list of signs seen around the
> world:
>
> Cocktail lounge, Norway:
> LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.
> ____________________________
> At a Budapest zoo:
> PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY
> SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT TO THE GUARD ON DUTY.
> ____________________________
> Doctors office, Rome:
> SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
> ____________________________
> Hotel, Acapulco:
> THE MANAGER HAS PERSONALLY PASSED ALL THE WATER SERVED
> HERE.
> ____________________________
> Booklet about using a hotel air conditioner, Japan:
> COOLES AND HEATES: IF YOU WANT CONDITION OF WARM AIR
> IN YOUR ROOM, PLEASE CONTROL YOURSELF.
> ____________________________
> Car rental brochure, Tokyo:
> WHEN PASSENGER OF FOOT HEAVE IN SIGHT, TOOTLE THE
> HORN. TRUMPET HIM MELODIOUSLY AT FIRST, BUT IF HE
> STILL OBSTACLES YOUR PASSAGE THEN TOOTLE HIM WITH
> VIGOUR.
> ____________________________
> Sign in men's rest room in Japan:
> TO STOP LEAK TURN COCK TO THE RIGHT
> ____________________________
> In a Nairobi restaurant:
> CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE
> THE MANAGER.
> ____________________________
> On the grounds of a private school:
> NO TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION.
> ____________________________
> On an Athi River highway:
> TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD
> IS IMPASSABLE.
> ____________________________
> On a poster at Kencom:
> ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP.
> ____________________________
> In a City restaurant:
> OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WEEKENDS TOO.
> ____________________________
> One of the Mathare buildings:
> MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION CENTRE.
> ____________________________
> A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer:
> DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS.
> ____________________________
> In a Pumwani maternity ward:
> NO CHILDREN ALLOWED.
> ____________________________
> In a cemetery
> PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY
> BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.
> ____________________________
> Sign in Japanese public bath:
> FOREIGN GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO PULL COCK IN TUB.
> ____________________________
> 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.
> ____________________________
> In a Bangkok temple:
> IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN EVEN A FOREIGNER IF
> DRESSED AS A MAN.
> ____________________________
> Hotel room notice, Chiang-Mai, Thailand:
> PLEASE DO NOT BRING SOLICITORS INTO YOUR ROOM.
> ____________________________
> Hotel brochure, Italy:
> THIS HOTEL IS RENOWNED FOR ITS PEACE AND SOLITUDE.
> IN FACT, CROWDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FLOCK HERE TO
> ENJOY ITS SOLITUDE.
> ____________________________
> Hotel lobby, Bucharest:
> THE LIFT IS BEING FIXED FOR THE NEXT DAY. DURING
> THAT TIME WE REGRET THAT YOU WILL BE UNBEARABLE.
> ____________________________
> Hotel elevator, Paris:
> PLEASE LEAVE YOUR VALUES AT THE FRONT DESK.
> ____________________________
> 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.
> ____________________________
> Hotel catering to skiers, Austria:
> NOT TO PERAMBULATE THE CORRIDORS IN THE
> HOURS OF REPOSE IN THE BOOTS OF ASCENSION.
> ____________________________
> Taken from a menu, Poland:
> SALAD A FIRM'S OWN MAKE; LIMPID RED BEET SOUP
> WITH CHEESY DUMPLINGS IN THE FORMOF A FINGER; ROASTED
> DUCK LET LOOSE; BEEF RASHERS BEATEN IN THE COUNTRY
> PEOPLE'S FASHION.
> ____________________________
> Supermarket, Hong Kong:
> FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE RECOMMEND COURTEOUS,
> EFFICIENT SELF-SERVICE.
> ____________________________
> From the "Soviet Weekly":
> HERE WILL BE A MOSCOW EXHIBITION OF ARTS BY 15,000
> SOVIET REPUBLIC PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS. THESE WERE
> EXECUTED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
> ____________________________
> In an East African newspaper:
> A NEW SWIMMING POOL IS RAPIDLY TAKING SHAPE
> SINCE THE CONTRACTORS HAVE THROWN IN THE BULK OF THEIR
> WORKERS.
> ____________________________
> Hotel, Vienna:
> IN CASE OF FIRE, DO YOUR UTMOST TO ALARM THE HOTEL
> PORTER.
> ____________________________
> 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.
> ____________________________
> An advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist:
> TEETH EXTRACTED BY THE LATEST METHODISTS.
> ____________________________
> A laundry in Rome:
> LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE
> AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.
> ____________________________
> Tourist agency, Czechoslovakia:
> TAKE ONE OF OUR HORSE-DRIVEN CITY TOURS. WE
> GUARANTEE NO MISCARRIAGES.
> ____________________________
> Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
> WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?
> ____________________________
> 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.
> ___________________________
> On the door of a Moscow hotel room:
> IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST VISIT TO THE USSR, YOU ARE
> WELCOME TO IT.

 

[Neojag]

LOL! i especially like the first
some more signs :evil:

 

[Shiori]

Most of the japanese signs are literal translations, thus the funny way of reading them.

btw Xeven, nakauwi ka na ba?

 

[Xeven]

Originally posted by Keiichi
Most of the japanese signs are literal translations, thus the funny way of reading them.

btw Xeven, nakauwi ka na ba?

nope, i'm here stuck in anthrax land..

 

[Betamax]

BTW just to confuse foreigners our road signs have their distances in kilometers and the speed limits in Mile per hour:evil:

 

[Enigma1982]

> In a Bangkok temple:
> IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN EVEN A FOREIGNER IF
> DRESSED AS A MAN.
> ____________________________
Nope,not ture.In correct way is wonmen have to dress polite.
> Hotel room notice, Chiang-Mai, Thailand:
> PLEASE DO NOT BRING SOLICITORS INTO YOUR ROOM.
Ehhh..........what is the point ???

 

[Ryos]

Enigma: Those two signs are not designed for this list to be viewed as is. Look at them with more kairilike thoughts, and you'll see why they're on the list.

 

[Gk1986]

ouch, Ryos. Here's some (think I posted these before...)

 

[Death Metal]

In a Nairobi restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER

This one's one of the bests!

 

[Ryos]

Originally posted by Death Metal
In a Nairobi restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER

This one's one of the bests!

The sad thing is it's true.

 

[Gk1986]

Originally posted by Ryos


The sad thing is it's true.

It's funny how most japanese restaurants here in atlanta are run by white americans who don't even speak a word of japanese...

 

[Death Metal]

Originally posted by Ryos


The sad thing is it's true.

I cannot believe... they must do it on purpose!

 

[Ryos]

Originally posted by Gk1986
It's funny how most japanese restaurants here in atlanta are run by white americans who don't even speak a word of japanese...

And yet no one will open up a Ninja Burger. Someone suggested it to the Ninja Burger site (in jest?), but a real Ninja Burger would ROCK! Think about going up to a counter and getting served by a ninja. Hehe, I can see the advertisement for one now..."Ninja burger, where you get your order in thirty minutes or less, or we commit seppuku."*



* offer only applies if you work for the scandalous dogs of Samurai Burger.

 

[Gk1986]

Originally posted by Ryos
And yet no one will open up a Ninja Burger. Someone suggested it to the Ninja Burger site (in jest?), but a real Ninja Burger would ROCK! Think about going up to a counter and getting served by a ninja. Hehe, I can see the advertisement for one now..."Ninja burger, where you get your order in thirty minutes or less, or we commit seppuku."*



* offer only applies if you work for the scandalous dogs of Samurai Burger.

:rofl:You get shirikins shaped fries.

 

[Ryos]

I'd like eating wasabi burgers. Screw those western "burgers," these would have some real flavor to them.

 

[Death Metal]

Going a bit out of the oriental stuff (but still a burger), I like those kinds of burgers like they do in Philadelphia. If you don't get oil marks on the 'paper bag' which wrapes the burger, it's not an authentic burger.

 

[Ryos]

Death Metal: Carl's Jr. has burgers like that, and they're nowhere near only Philadelphia...

 

[Death Metal]

Originally posted by Ryos
Death Metal: Carl's Jr. has burgers like that, and they're nowhere near only Philadelphia...

I don't know because I don't live there. I heard this on that series called Fresh Prince. Besides, I don't believe only Carl's Jr. will have burgers like that in whole USA... sometimes you can find that in any low-level fast-food out there.

 

[Ryos]

Death Metal: I know they aren't the only ones, but Carl's Jr. consistently has greasy burgers that most likely fill up your weekly fat content in one burger.

 

[Death Metal]

I'd love to see one of those!!!

[edit] UHUUUU!! I became an emulation freak (talking about nonsense)!!!!!!