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Those Funny Foreigners and their Poor english
« on: September 16, 2008, 05:18:48 PM »
ENGLISH (almost as good)

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.'

> Doctor's 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 laceName w:st="on">AthilaceName> laceType w:st="on">RiverlaceType> highway (the main road to Mombassa):
> '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.'
And the  LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as  one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

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Re: Those Funny Foreigners and their Poor english
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2008, 10:28:29 PM »
OMG those are hilarious!

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Hotel, Yugoslavia:
> 'THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE
> CHAMBERMAID.'

WTF? LOL that one almost made me choke on my soda.

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Re: Those Funny Foreigners and their Poor english
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2009, 06:28:45 PM »
ENGLISH (almost as good)





> On an laceName w:st="on">AthilaceName> laceType w:st="on">RiverlaceType> highway (the main road to Mombassa):
> 'TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS
> IMPASSABLE.'



My husband is from Mombassa! This explains so much!
I have gone to find myself.......if I should return before I get back, Keep me here.

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Re: Those Funny Foreigners and their Poor english
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2009, 03:59:46 PM »
i could not help  :'( after reading your posts.....too funny...made my day..thanks

 

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