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« on: 16 Jan, 2005, 11:17:00 »

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.

In a Bangkok temple:
It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.

Hotel room notice, Chiang-mai, Thailand:
Please do not bring solicitors into your room.

Hotel brochure, Italy:
This hotel is renowned for its peace and solitude. In fact, crowds from all over the world flock here to enjoy its solitude.

Hotel lobby, Bucharest:
The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

In a Leipzig lift:
Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.

Hotel elevator, Belgrade:
To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.

Hotel lift, Paris:
Please leave your values at the front desk.

Hotel, Athens:
Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 am daily.

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.

Sign in Japanese public bath:
Foreign guests are requested not to pull knob in tub.

Sign in men's toilet in Japan:
To stop leak turn knob to the right.

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 catering to skiers, Austria:
Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.

Taken from a menu, Poland:
Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.

Supermarket, Hong Kong:
For your convenience, we recommend courteous, efficient self-service.

Dry cleaner's, Bangkok:
Drop your trousers here for the best results.

Outside a dress shop, Paris:
Dresses for street walking.

Outside a dress shop, Hong Kong:
Ladies have fits upstairs.

Tailor shop, Rhodes:
Order your summers suit. Because is big rush, we will execute customers in strict rotation.

In an East African newspaper:
A new swimming pool is rapidly taking
shape since the contractors have thrown in the bulk of their workers.

Hotel, Vienna:
In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.

A sign posted in GermanyΆs 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.

An advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist:
Teeth extracted by the latest methodists.

From a Russian book on chess:
A lot of water has been passed under the bridge since this variation has been played.

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.

Advert for donkey rides, Thailand:
Would you like to ride on your own ass?

In the window on a Swedish furrier:
Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin.

The box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong:
Guaranteed to work throughout its useful life.

Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan:
Stop. Drive sideways.

In a Swiss mountain inn:
Special today - no ice-cream.

Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:
We take your bags and send them in all directions.

On the door of a Moscow hotel room:
If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.

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, Rome:
Specialist in women and other diseases.

Hotel, Acapulco:
The manager has personally passed all the water
served here.

Information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner, Japan:
Cooles and heates: If you want just condition of warm air in your room, please control yourself.

Car rental brochure, Tokyo:
When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.
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« Reply #1 on: 13 Nov, 2006, 23:29:48 »

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 an Athi River highway:
"Τhis is the main road to Mombasa, 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."

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."

Τokyo 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."

 

P.S. Thanks, Tessy! :-)

 

 

 
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« Reply #2 on: 23 Apr, 2007, 18:05:17 »

In a Tokyo Hotel:
Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read notis.

In a Fijian Doctor's reception:
Non genuine sick sheets are not issued here.

In a Bucharest hotel lobby:
The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

In a Leipzig elevator:
Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.

In a Belgrade hotel elevator:
To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.

In a Paris hotel elevator:
Please leave your values at the front desk.

In a hotel in Athens:
Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.

In a Yugoslavian hotel:
The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.

In a Japanese hotel:
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.

In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers:
Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:
Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

On the menu of a Polish hotel:
Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.

Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop:
Ladies may have a fit upstairs.

In a Bangkok dry cleaner's:
Drop your trousers here for best results.

Outside a Paris dress shop:
Dresses for street walking.

In a Rhodes tailor shop:
Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.

Similarly, from the Soviet Weekly:
There will be a Moscow Exhibition of Arts by 15,000 Soviet Republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the past two years.

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 that purpose.

In a 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.

In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist:
Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists.

In a Rome laundry:
Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.

In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency:
Take one of our horse-driven city tours - we guarantee no miscarriages.

Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand:
Would you like to ride on your own ass?

In a Swiss mountain inn:
Special today -- no ice cream.

In a Bangkok temple:
It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.

In a Tokyo bar:
Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.

In a Copenhagen airline ticket office:
We take your bags and send them in all directions.

On the door of a Moscow hotel room:
If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.

In a Norwegian cocktail lounge:
Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

In a Budapest zoo:
Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.

In the office of a Roman doctor:
Specialist in women and other diseases.

In an Acapulco hotel:
The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

In a Tokyo shop:
Our nylons cost more than common, but you'll find they are best in the long run.

From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner:
Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of warm in your room, please control yourself.

From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo:
When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.

Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance:
English well talking.
Here speeching American.

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« Reply #3 on: 23 Apr, 2007, 18:08:23 »

Το καλύτερο μου το είπε ο Diceman εχτές.
Στα ξενοδοχεία της Κύπρου, όταν ζητήσεις αφύπνιση σε παίρνουν τηλέφωνο και σου λένε:

"Ήρθεν η ώρα σας".
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« Reply #4 on: 23 Apr, 2007, 18:23:50 »

Αντίστοιχη περίπτωση: φίλος είχε πάει σε νοσοκομείο στο Long Island να επισκεφθεί ασθενή και όταν ρώτησε στην υποδοχή σε ποιο δωμάτιο βρίσκεται του είπαν... he's gone!
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« Reply #5 on: 23 Apr, 2007, 23:44:04 »

χαχαααααααα!!!

Επίσης, σε μια ταμπέλα στο Κιάτο που έδειχνε το δρόμο για το Ιατρικό Κέντρο:
Health Center of Kiatou

Τώρα την έχουν αλλάξει, νομίζω...
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« Reply #6 on: 27 Oct, 2007, 09:04:12 »

In a chic restaurant of a 5* resort hotel in Biarritz:
"Our experienced chef offers lessons to lovers who wish to improve their skills."
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« Reply #7 on: 27 Oct, 2007, 09:59:28 »

In a chic restaurant of a 5* resort hotel in Biarritz:
"Our experienced chef offers lessons to lovers who wish to improve their skills."
Γιατί ο έρωτας περνάει από το στομάχι...

χαχαααααααα!!!
Επίσης, σε μια ταμπέλα στο Κιάτο που έδειχνε το δρόμο για το Ιατρικό Κέντρο:
Health Center of Kiatou

Η ταμπέλα είναι λάθος για 2 λόγους.
Ο κυριότερος είναι, γιατί θα έπρεπε να γράφει Health Center of Monte Kiato

Αντίστοιχη περίπτωση: φίλος είχε πάει σε νοσοκομείο στο Long Island να επισκεφθεί ασθενή και όταν ρώτησε στην υποδοχή σε ποιο δωμάτιο βρίσκεται του είπαν... he's gone!
Long island εννοούμε τη Μακρόνησο;
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« Reply #8 on: 27 Oct, 2007, 10:18:51 »

Εγώ πάλι βρήκα πολύ απολαυστικό αυτό εδώ

....
Στα ξενοδοχεία της Κύπρου, όταν ζητήσεις αφύπνιση σε παίρνουν τηλέφωνο και σου λένε:

"Ήρθεν η ώρα σας".

Μέσα στον ύπνο...
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