Quizzes
For Some, English is not Easy 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 an Athi River highway: this is the main road to
Mombasa, leaving Nairobi. "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: & gt; "OPEN SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK AND WEEKENDS."
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,
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."
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."
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."
A laundry in Rome: "LADIES, LEAVE YOUR
CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD
TIME"
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