English signs in Foreign countries

[ElsewheresDaughter]

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:

"OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS."



A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer:

"DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS."



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?"



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."



A laundry in Rome:

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

[no name no slogan]

1. www.engrish.com

enjoy

[Maestro]

2. Too funny

:rofl:

[JVS]

3. One of them makes perfect sense

"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."

This is completely logical, even if old-fashioned.

[pitohui]

4. kenya is an english speaking country

i'm just sayin'

yr two examples from nairobi are jokes, & a rather well-known one in the case of the waitress sign, believe i've seen that one in more than one bar in the western usa

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. Real life examples from Japan

1) A shop in Kyoto that sold take-out lunches apparently mean to say "Take out our hot stuff," but they ended up saying, "Take out our hot staff."

2) When I visited Art_from_Ark a couple of years ago, we came across a store called "Wonder Goo." The owner evidently thought that "Goo" was an abbreviation for "good."

3) There's a chain of secondhand electronics stores called "Hard Off." (One translator remarked that this sounded like the antidote to Viagra.)

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. another one........

thanks

[HEyHEY]

7. "Today's special - no ice cream"

That's gold!