SIGNS OF THE WORLD |
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People
in different countries sometimes go out of their way to communicate with their
English-speaking tourists. |
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| 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. |
| Information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner, Japan | COOLERS AND HEATERS - 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. |
| In a Nairobi restaurant | CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations | GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED. |
| In a Tokyo bar | SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS. |
| In a Bangkok temple | IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR A WOMAN TO ENTER, EVEN A FOREIGNER IF DRESSED AS A MAN. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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? |
| Airline ticket office, Copenhagen | WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS. |
Thanks Zeynap Ersavci