domingo, maio 17, 2009

English signs around the world

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 the main road to Mombassa, 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.

 In a cemetery:
 PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.

 Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:
 GUEST 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.

5 comentários:

Oswaldo Lopes Jr. disse...

A família do conto "Flor, Telefone, Moça", do Drummond, descobriu essa da pior forma possível!!! 8^(

Tem frases ótimas mesmo! :-)

Abraços, Cesar, e bom domingo!

Oswaldo Lopes Jr. disse...

PÔ, esse é o único pavor que eu tenho de viagens aéreas (eu ADORO VOAR!) e os caras assumem abertamente que mandam a bagagem pra todos os lugares!?!?! 8^P

cesar cunha disse...

essa era fácil, so substituir o IN por TO (se meu inglês não enferrujou de vez).

Sonia SantAnna disse...

Hein?

Anna Maria Littledale disse...

WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS. kkkkkkkkk
Eu não tenho a menor dúvida...rs
bjs Cesar