More smiles with this list that my goddaughter sent me yesterday. I might have posted it before as it sounds vaguely familiar but it is worth another read for the humor. Take care and have a lovely day!
Spotted in a toilet of a London office: TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW.
In a London Laundromat: AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT
Outside a London second-hand shop: WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC.WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?
Spotted in a safari park:ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR
Seen during a London conference: FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN’T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR
Notice in a field: THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES
On a repair shop door: WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR, THE BELL DOESN’T WORK)
People in other countries sometimes go out of their way to communicate with their English-speaking tourists. Here is a list of signs seen around the world :
At a Budapest zoo: PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT TO THE GUARD ON DUTY.
Doctors Clinic, Rome : SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
Hotel, Acapulco : THE MANAGER HAS PERSONALLY PASSED ALL THE WATER SERVED HERE.
In a Nairobi restaurant: CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE SHOULD WAIT AND SEE THE MANAGER.
In a City restaurant: OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS TOO.
In a Calcutta Coffee House: PEOPLE DISCARDING CIGARETTE STUBS IN CUPS WILL BE SERVED
COFFEE IN ASH TRAYS
8 comments to WAYS WITH WORDS
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Anonymous PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT TO THE GUARD ON DUTY.
At the end of the day, the guard will be well-fed, hehe!
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Unknown Dear ahoo
Thanks for the link to the article. The comment that you wrote is actually more meaningful!
Thanks for sharing your experience. I had a similar experience in Madrid when I was travelling in Europe in the early 1990's. Then, I was dressed in a hooded top, cut-off jeans, walking boots and was also wearing a cap. I could pass off as a guy anytime. When I went to the public toilet, the lady refused to let me go to the ladies and directed me to the gents!!!. Quite outraged, I straightened my top and then she realized my actual gender and I could go to the ladies! Haha!
So it is not only words but also looks that can be deceiving :-).
Take care and have a blessed day!
Shalom
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Unknown Dear Anon @ 8.16am
Haha! That's a witty response. Thanks!
Have a great day.
Cheers
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Unknown Dear Apa Nama
Very true! Many practise selection retention and selection perception/exposure....
Take care and have a blessed day!
Cheers
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Anonymous OK. my turn to share a funny tale...:-)
I was with three angmo fine dining in a posh chinese restaurant at a 5-star hotel in Shanghai. While we were dining, one of my angmo buddies politely asked the female attendant, who had been patiently waiting at our table, that he needed to go to the washroom.
The girl, all dolled up in an expensive looking cheongsum, coyly said, "Thank you, I'll take it for you"!! My friend was like, "Excuse me?" And she repeated it!!
For several seconds that seemed a lifetime, we sat there speechless, and then everyone burst into hysterical laughter!!! Man! We almost had a heart attack!!
The girl was blushing like a red chilli after I eventually told her what he intention was!
StraightTalking
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Unknown Hi dear StraightTalking
LOL! Thanks for sharing that joke. Gosh - with all the madness - I needed to laugh so badly!!!!
Take care and have a lovely evening with Lucy and yours!
Cheers
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Yes, words are real funny if you fully understand it or else it mayjust be mere words. I'd a funny encounter long ago,.... in 1988. As I arrived in the morning at Bern (Switzerland)railway station after a long flight through Zurich from Malaysia, need to ease myself. With luggages in tow I enter the wrong toilet and was stopped in track by a lady that directed me next door. What an embarrassment even for a country bumpkin !!!
The signs were written clearly as such : DAMEN & HERREN. If I recollect clearly and of course in simple English it also simply means that Herren relates to women whereas Damen relates to The Men. No, no not that way to interpret it as those words are in German. Thus, it simple means Ladies (Damen) & Gentlemen (Herren).
Yes, words when read wrongly can land us into many kinds of trouble. Won't know what will happen if it is a lady entering into the men's toilet that day and seeing men holding their "wares" peeing against he wall,ha ha ha.