On a Japanese hotel’s
website:
Beautiful green, seasonal flowers, and carps in the pond are waiting for you.
Is the public bath hot spring?
Tofu is made of soybeans, water, and magnesium chloride.
Is it really?
Here is tasteful Kyoto that you have been thinking of!
The link is free and there is not getting in touch on the occasion of the link
in this page, being necessary.
Is there a laundry machine? Yes. It is on the roof top of our hotel.
Dry cleaners in Bangkok: DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR BEST RESULTS.
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 Arctic River highway: TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS
ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.
On a sign in Japan: Do not lean on gate for it occurs you Trouble.
On a poster at Fight Illiteracy: ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE
CAN HELP.
In a City restaurant: OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.
A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer: DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS.
In a 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.
Hotel room notice in Chiang-Mai, Thailand: PLEASE DO NOT BRING SOLICITORS INTO
YOUR ROOM.
Hotel brochure in Italy: THIS HOTEL IS RENOWNED FOR ITS PEACE AND SOLITUDE. IN
FACT, CROWDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FLOCK HERE TO ENJOY ITS SOLITUDE.
In a Tokyo Hotel: IS FORBITTEN TO STEAL HOTEL TOWELS PLEASE. IF YOU ARE NOT
PERSON TO DO SUCH THING IS PLEASE NOT TO READ NOTIS.
In another Japanese hotel room: PLEASE TO BATHE INSIDE THE TUB.
In a Bucharest hotel lobby: THE LIFT IS BEING FIXED FOR THE NEXT DAY. DURING
THAT TIME WE REGRET THAT YOU WILL BE UNBEARABLE.
In a Leipzig elevator: DO NOT ENTER THE LIFT BACKWARDS, AND ONLY WHEN LIT UP.
In a Belgrade hotel elevator: TO MOVE THE CABIN, PUSH BUTTON FOR WISHING FLOOR.
IF THE CABIN SHOULD ENTER MORE PERSONS, EACH ONE SHOULD PRESS A NUMBER OF
WISHING FLOOR. DRIVING IS THEN GOING ALPHABETICALLY BY NATIONAL ORDER.
In a Paris hotel elevator: PLEASE LEAVE YOUR VALUES AT THE FRONT DESK.
In a hotel in Athens: VISITORS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLAIN AT THE OFFICE BETWEEN
THE HOURS OF 9 AND 11 A.M. DAILY.
In a Yugoslavian hotel: THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF
THE CHAMBERMAID.
In a Japanese hotel: 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.
In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers: NOT TO PERAMBULATE THE CORRIDORS IN THE
HOURS OF REPOSE IN THE BOOTS OF ASCENSION.
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant: OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.
On the menu of a Polish hotel: 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 UP IN THE COUNTRY PEOPLE’S FASHION.
In a Hong Kong supermarket: FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE RECOMMEND COURTEOUS,
EFFICIENT SELF-SERVICE.
Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop: LADIES MAY HAVE A FIT UPSTAIRS.
In a Rhodes tailor shop: ORDER YOUR SUMMERS SUIT. BECAUSE IS BIG RUSH WE WILL
EXECUTE CUSTOMERS IN STRICT ROTATION.
From the Soviet Weekly: THERE 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.
In a Vienna hotel: 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 THAT
PURPOSE.
In a Zurich hotel: 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.
In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist: TEETH EXTRACTED BY THE LATEST
METHODISTS.
A translated sentence from a Russian chess book: A LOT OF WATER HAS BEEN PASSED
UNDER THE BRIDGE SINCE THIS VARIATION HAS BEEN PLAYED.
In a Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon
having a good time.
In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency: TAKE ONE OF OUR HORSE-DRIVEN CITY TOURS -
WE GUARANTEE NO MISCARRIAGES.
Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand: WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN
ASS?
On the faucet in a Finnish washroom: TO STOP THE DRIP, TURN COCK TO RIGHT.
In the window of a Swedish furrier: FUR COATS MADE FOR LADIES FROM THEIR OWN
SKIN.
On the box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong: GUARANTEED TO WORK THROUGHOUT
ITS USEFUL LIFE.
Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan: STOP: DRIVE SIDEWAYS.
In a Swiss mountain inn: SPECIAL TODAY - NO ICE CREAM.
In a Bangkok temple: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN EVEN A FOREIGNER IF
DRESSED AS A MAN.
In a Tokyo bar: SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.
In a Copenhagen airline ticket office: 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.
In a Norwegian cocktail lounge: 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.
In the office of a Romanian doctor: SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
In an Acapulco hotel: THE MANAGER HAS PERSONALLY PASSED ALL THE WATER SERVED
HERE.
In a Tokyo shop: OUR NYLONS COST MORE THAN COMMON, BUT YOU’LL FIND THEY ARE BEST
IN THE LONG RUN.
From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner: COOLES
AND HEATES: IF YOU WANT JUST CONDITION OF WARM IN YOUR ROOM, PLEASE CONTROL
YOURSELF.
From a brochure of a car rental firm in 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 VIGOR.
Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance: ENGLISH WELL TALKING. HERE SPEECHING
AMERICAN.
Outside a Paris dress shop: DRESSES FOR STREET WALKING.
One of the Mathare buildings: MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION CENTER.
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