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Old 09-11-2008, 08:11 PM
Rhialto Rhialto is offline
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Cocktail lounge in Norway: "LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR."

Doctor's office in Rome: "SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES."

Nairobi restaurant: "CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER."

Mombasa highway: "WHEN THIS SIGN IN UNDERWATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE." From a cemetery: "PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES."

Tokyo hotel rules: "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 Moscow hotel across from Orthodox monastery: "YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSER, ARTISTS, AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY."

Zurich Hotel: "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."

Advertisments for donkey rides in Thailand: "WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS."

Airline ticket office in 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."
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Old 09-12-2008, 08:17 PM
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Funny! Translation can be so amusing, here in the US there is a dairy promotion advertising campaign with the slogan, "Got Milk?" In Spanish the translation is, "Lactating?"
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