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Editorial:
I live in California and do my banking with Bank of America. America
right? So why when I put in my ATM card, do I have to choose between
English and Spanish? With that said, here are some funny signs that
people have seen all over the world. Maybe English isn't always a good
thing!
- Mick Orton
- Cocktail lounge, Norway: LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN
IN THE BAR.
- Doctors office, Rome: SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
- Hotel, Acapulco: THE MANAGER HAS PERSONALLY PASSED ALL THE WATER
SERVED HERE.
- 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.
- 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 AS A
FOREIGNER DRESSED AS A MAN.
- Hotel room notice, Chiang-Mai, Thailand: PLEASE DO NOT BRING SOLICITORS
INTO YOUR ROOM.
- 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.
- Supermarket, Hong Kong: FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE RECOMMEND COURTEOUS,
EFFICIENT SELF-SERVICE.
- 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.
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