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From: "S.K. Khoo" <S.K.Khoo@*********.AC.UK>
Subject: Nothing to do with SR.
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 12:21:08 +0100
Got these a couple of months ago; thought you might enjoy them:

CLASSIC HOTEL SIGNS AND OTHER WHAT-NOTS.

In a Vienna hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel
porter.

A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest: It is strictly forbidden on our
Black Forest camping site that poeple of different sex, for instance men
and women, live together in one tent unless they are married eith each
other for that purpose.

In a Zurich hotel: 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.

In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist: Teeth extracted by the
latest Methodist.

A translated sentence from a Russian chess book: A lot of water has been
passed under the bridge since this variation has been played.

In a Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the
afternoon having a good time.

In a Czech tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city tours -- we
guarantee no miscarriages.

Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand: Would you like to ride on
your own ass ?

On the faucet in a Finnish washroom: To stop drip, turn cock to right.

In the window of s Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for ladies from their
own skins.

On the box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong: Guaranteed to work
throughout its useful life.

Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan: Stop: drive sideways.

In a Swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream.

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.