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Thread started 03/06/03 1:46am

REDFEATHERS

The joys of English!!!!!

Signs seen around the world, feel free to add anyome that you know of... big grin


Doctors office, Rome:

"SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES. stab


Dry cleaners, Bangkok:

"DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS. nod


On an Athi River highway:

"TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE." disbelief


On a poster at Kencom:

"ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP." confuse


In a City restaurant:

"OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS. err


A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer:

"DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS." shocked


In a Pumwani maternity ward:

"NO CHILDREN ALLOWED." no no no!


In a cemetery:

"PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES." lol


Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:

"GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED." omg


In a Tokyo bar:

"SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS." lol


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." nuts


Hotel elevator, Paris:

"PLEASE LEAVE YOUR VALUES AT THE FRONT DESK." confuse 'What values?' lol


Hotel, Yugoslavia:

"THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID." nod


Hotel, Japan:

"YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID." horny



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." omfg



Taken from a menu, Poland:

"SALAD A FIRM'S OWN MAKE; LIMPID RED BEET SOUP WITH CHEESY DUMPLINGS IN THE FORM OF A FINGER; ROASTED DUCK LET LOOSE; BEEF RASHERS BEATEN IN THE COUNTRY PEOPLE'S FASHION." ill


In an East African newspaper:

"A NEW SWIMMING POOL IS RAPIDLY TAKING SHAPE SINCE THE CONTRACTORS HAVE THROWN IN THE BULK OF THEIR WORKERS." omfg



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." innocent


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." nod yay!


An advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist:

"TEETH EXTRACTED BY THE LATEST METHODISTS." omg


Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:

"WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?" mr.green


In the window on a Swedish furrier:

"FUR COATS MADE FOR LADIES FROM THEIR OWN SKIN." barf


In a Swiss mountain inn:

"SPECIAL TODAY - NO ICE-CREAM." lol



Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:

"WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS." nod


On the door of a Moscow hotel room:

"IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST VISIT TO THE USSR, YOU ARE WELCOME TO IT." lol


A laundry in Rome:

"LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME." woot!


In a Bangkok temple:

"IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN." omfg



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Reply #1 posted 03/06/03 1:48am

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I wish you made these up, but I know you didn't!

But come on, if you had to make a sign in japanese, you'd make some mistakes! But hopefully you would let someone correct it...
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Reply #2 posted 03/06/03 1:51am

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ChocolateInvasion said:

I wish you made these up, but I know you didn't!

But come on, if you had to make a sign in japanese, you'd make some mistakes! But hopefully you would let someone correct it...


Course I didnt make them up - they are true!!! lol

Correct it? Why? It makes life more fun so people like me can post such shit, and Orgers can read it! mr.green
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Reply #3 posted 03/06/03 1:55am

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This sign is on highway 5 in San Diego. confuse
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Reply #4 posted 03/06/03 1:59am

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The language in South-Africa is a lot like dutch, but it is used very different. So there are a lot of signs that are funny for people from holland
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Reply #5 posted 03/06/03 2:00am

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This sign is on highway 5 in San Diego. confuse



omfg
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Reply #6 posted 03/06/03 5:09am

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An American Ad. I saw on tarrant on Tv ages ago or something (disbelief oh the shame of it boxed)

"Trust Strawberry condoms...

you supply the cream"
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JaneyPoos used to be it... then they changed what it was. Now what I am isn't it and what is it is strange and frightening to me...


I survived the Org Depression Spring 2003
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Reply #7 posted 03/06/03 5:15am

REDFEATHERS

JaneyPoos said:

An American Ad. I saw on tarrant on Tv ages ago or something (disbelief oh the shame of it boxed)

"Trust Strawberry condoms...

you supply the cream"
wink




omfg Strawberry Condoms! ill I only like the taste of fresh strawberries...can I have chocolate or lager flavoured please? wink
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