[BITList] Good ones keep on coming around…

[John Feltham]

Good ones keep on coming around…

 
Some colourful expressions seen around the world:
 
In a Bangkok temple: 
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.
 
Dry cleaners, Bangkok: 
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.
 
Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS? 
 
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. 
 
In a Nairobi restaurant: 
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER. 
 
On the main road to Mombassa, leaving Nairobi: 
TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE. 
 
On a poster at Mombai: 
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO WE CAN HELP. 
 
Cocktail lounge, Norway: 
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR. 
 
In an Oslo restaurant: 
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.
 
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.
 
Hotel, Japan: 
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID. 
 
In a Tokyo bar: 
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS. 
 
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. 
 
Doctors office, Rome: 
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
 
A laundry in Rome: 
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD
TIME. 
 
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant: 
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR. 
 
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.
 
Hotel, Yugoslavia: 
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
 
And not least, 
 
Airline ticket office, Copenhagen: 
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS. 



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