“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 a poster at Kenya :
“ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP.”
On an Athi River highway: this is the main road to Mombassa, leaving Nairobi .
“TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.”
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 , 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, 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.”
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 : ” LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.”
