Laugh A While - English Language Goof-Ups
Non-English speaking countries sometimes go out of their way to
communicate
with their English-speaking tourists. Here are some typical examples:
Cocktail
lounge, Norway: 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.
Doctor's office in Rome: Specialist in women and other diseases.
Information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner from Japan:
Cooles and heates: if you want
condition of warm air in your room, please control yourself.
In a Nairobi restaurant: Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see
the manager.
On the grounds of a Nairobi private school: No trespassing without
permission.
In Aamchi Mumbai restaurant: Open seven days a week, and weekends too.
The best!!!
In a Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.
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.
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 by a Hong Kong dentist: Teeth extracted by the latest
Methodists.
A laundry in Rome: Ladies, leave
your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.
Tourist agency, Czechoslovakia: Take one of our
horse-driven city tours. We guarantee no miscarriages.
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.
Airline ticket office, Copenhagen: We take your bags and send them in all
directions.
In a Japanese cemetery: Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any
but their own graves