Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:47:00 +0000
Reply-To: tonyd <tonyd@CANDESA.COM>
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From: tonyd <tonyd@CANDESA.COM>
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Subject: Friday Fun II
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I hope I'm not overposting my welcome.
The sign in a Norwegian lounge reads:
> > LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR
> >
> > Tacked on the door of a Moscow hotel room:
> > IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST VISIT TO THE U.S.S.R.,
> > YOU ARE WELCOME TO IT.
> >
> > An airline ticket office in Copenhagen reminds you:
> > WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
> >
> > In a certain African hotel you may choose between:
> > A ROOM WITH A VIEW ON THE SEA OR THE BACKSIDE
> > OF THE COUNTRY
> >
> > A sign on a clothing store in Brussels read:
> > COME INSIDE AND HAVE A FIT
> >
> > A hotel notice in Madrid informs:
> > IF YOU WISH DISINFECTION ENACTED IN YOUR
> > PRESENCE, PLEASE CRY OUT FOR THE CHAMBERMAID.
> >
> > In the window of a Swedish furrier the message reads:
> > FUR COATS MADE FOR LADIES FROM THEIR OWN SKIN.
> >
> > A Polish hotel informs prospective visitors in a flyer:
> > AS FOR THE TROUT SERVED YOU AT THE HOTEL MONOPOL,
> > YOU WILL BE SINGING ITS PRAISES TO YOUR GRANDCHILDREN
> > AS YOU LIE ON YOUR DEATHBED.
> >
> > A Seville tailor makes clear how he will handle commissions:
> > ORDER NOW YOUR SUMMER SUIT. BECAUSE IS BIG
> > RUSH WE WILL EXECUTE CUSTOMERS IN STRICT ROTATION
> >
> > A dentist's doorway in Istanbul proclaims:
> > AMERICAN DENTIST, 2TH FLOOR. TEETH EXTRACTED BY
> > LATEST METHODISTS.
> >
> > Some German hospitals now display the sign:
> > NO CHILDREN ALLOWED IN THE MATERNITY WARDS.
> >
> > A Roman medical doctor proclaims himself a:
> > SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES
> >
> > The sign at the concierge's desk in an Athens hotel reads:
> > IF YOU CONSIDER OUR HELP IMPOLITE, YOU SHOULD
> > SEE THE MANAGER
> >
> > A sign in a Kowloon hotel warns:
> > IS FORBIDDEN TO STEAL HOTEL TOWELS. PLEASE IF
> > YOU ARE NOT PERSON TO DO SUCH IS PLEASE NOT
> > TO READ NOTICE.
> >
> > Visitors in Czechoslovakia were invited by the tourist agency
to:
>
> > TAKE ONE OF OUR HORSE-DRIVEN CITY TOURS - WE
> > GUARANTEE NO MISCARRIAGES.
> >
> > A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest reads:
> > 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.
> >
> > A London eaterie advertised for help this way:
> > WANTED : MAN TO WASH DISHES AND TWO WAITRESSES
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