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BaftaBaby Posted - 01/25/2007 : 11:57:40
Apparently, so I'm informed, the following are all actual signs spotted by travellers. Do you have any to add?

Cocktail lounge, Norway:
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.

Doctor�s office, Rome:
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

In a City restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WEEKENDS TOO.

In a cemetery
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.



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Downtown Posted - 01/25/2007 : 19:29:59
A dry cleaner/laundry service in Mexico City:
CUSTOMERS PLEASE DROP YOUR PANTS HERE FOR PROMPT SERVICE
BiggerBoat Posted - 01/25/2007 : 18:02:21
I got given a great book last Christmas: 'The Joys of Engrish - Strange and wonderful misuses of the Englash language.'

It features pictures of products and signs (mostly from Japan), that have bizzarre English translations on them.

My favourites are the t-shirts, here's a couple of examples:

The sky and a river are wide
it seems that the sun is wrong
BIG-SIZE

by uncanny POWER
A tight hug is given to you.
You may escape independently.

BASTARD
YOU SW!NE!
impudence
None of your cheek!

groing (sic) in the dark
a selection of gentlemen
The more time I have, the more I tend to think of bad things.
I want no more time competition.
From now I need more leisurely time.

give me strength!
are you serious?
pise (sic) myself laughing

Check out the website for more.
Ali Posted - 01/25/2007 : 12:12:20

There was a double grave, obviously for a husband and wife, in Englefield Green, Surrey that we used to pass by in our second year of Uni. The epitaph still makes me chuckle:

"To Mum: An Angel on Earth, Now in Heaven.
And Dad."

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