For those of you who like to travel, here
is a selection of notices from around the world. Note the translations…
Tokyo hotel’s rules and regulations:
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER
DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.
Hotel notice, Tokyo:
IS FORBIDDEN TO STEAL HOTEL TOWELS PLEASE.
IF YOU ARE NOT A PERSON TO DO SUCH A THING IS PLEASE NOT TO READ NOTICE.
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:
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:
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 11AM 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 GUSTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO PULL COCK
IN TUB.
Sign in men’s toilet in Japan:
TO STOP LEAK TURN COCK 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.