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Mistranslated Signs in Foreign Countries ---- For a Laugh

Posted on 10/05/2001 7:21:01 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs

In a Belgrade Elevator
To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.

Dr Office in Rome
Specialist in women and other diseases.

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

On a menu of a Polish hotel
Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beer soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.

A Finnish hotel's instructions in case of fire
If you are unable to leave your room, expose yourself in the window.

Ad for donkey rides in Thailand
Would you like to ride your own ass?

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

Car rental brochure in Tokyo
When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.

A temple in Bangkok.
It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed like a man.

In a Bangkok cleaners
Drop your trousers here for best results.

In a hotel in Yugoslavian
The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.

In a Paris hotel elevator
Please leave your values at the front desk.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
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To: flying Elvis
Oh Lord....that one just cracked me up.
(Though I've heard Coors™ called that as well)
61 posted on 10/07/2001 6:25:10 PM PDT by eddie willers
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To: dighton
Whooooo, this whole thread is a gem -- what fun!!!! :)
62 posted on 10/07/2001 7:26:09 PM PDT by Hedgehog
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To: jellybean
Geez, these are funny! When I was a kid, I grew up in a farming area with a lot of French-Canadian kids. They tried their best to speak English, but one malapropism always made me laugh: "Throw me down the stairs, my hat"!...FRegards
63 posted on 10/07/2001 11:09:30 PM PDT by gonzo
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To: all
My all time favorite came from a Russian Immigrant I worked for in Texas. He walked over to my work station one day with a puzzled look on his face and earnestly asked me what "ball of crap" meant. I had no idea what he was talking about. Finally after listening to him recount the context in which he heard it, I finally understood what he was talking about. Bull Crap!
64 posted on 10/07/2001 11:21:47 PM PDT by flying Elvis
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To: all
While this one is way off topic I just have to share it. This is a completely true story and not an urban legend. My friend Earl's satellite system is on the blink and he went outside to adjust the direction of the dish. As most of you know, one has to listen for the proper tone emanating from one's tv to know if the dish is aimed properly. Well Earl turned up his tv to full volume so he could hear it while making his adjustments.

He began moving the dish and soon enough he heard a beep come from the house. He then stopped and began trying to fine tune the direction of the dish, but unfortunately he heard no more beeps. Giving up on that particular direction, he moved the dish some more, and suddenly he heard another beep. And as in the first case, there was silence after he began trying to fine tune the adjustment. He repeated this process over and over everytime he heard the tone with the same bad luck. He had moved the dish from one side of its range to the other and never was able to lock onto the satellite. He finally became disgusted with the process and decided to go inside to call a satellite expert. When he walked in the door, he heard the beep again. It was his pet parrot! The rotten bird was giving perfect imitations of the tone from his DSS system!

65 posted on 10/07/2001 11:31:48 PM PDT by flying Elvis
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To: meisterbrewer
in mexico they couldn't sell eskimo pies, in spanish pie means foot and pies feet.
66 posted on 10/07/2001 11:45:07 PM PDT by liliana
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To: VoiceOfBruck
Malapropism bump? Where are malapropisms posted?

I really get a kick out of them, and remember a few I've made myself. For example, When I was a young "sophisticate" and listening to South Sea Island music at a party, I commented that I would love to be on an uninhibited island.

Leo Gorcey's were some of the best though. Do you remember any of his?

67 posted on 10/08/2001 3:24:10 AM PDT by Dixielander
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To: jellybean
Good one!
68 posted on 10/08/2001 3:30:07 AM PDT by Dixielander
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
At the engrish link posted above.
69 posted on 10/08/2001 3:30:24 AM PDT by machman
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To: Dixielander
bimp
70 posted on 10/08/2001 3:33:53 AM PDT by fnord
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To: flying Elvis
Another foreign product:


71 posted on 10/08/2001 3:43:00 AM PDT by HalfIrish
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Back in the '80s, Misubishi licensed Woodie Woodpecker to promote a new line of monitors.

The problem was they were all 'touch' screens and the ad campaign was...

"Touch Woodie!"

72 posted on 10/08/2001 3:44:59 AM PDT by TC Rider
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
What a howl!!! Thanks for the laughs.
73 posted on 10/08/2001 3:56:19 AM PDT by Wake Up America
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
my favorite sign on a religious institution, is in flint, mi.

"Holy Redeemer Credit Union."

and here in hometown i like the one up the road belonging to a car repair shop.

"custom collision" is it's name.

74 posted on 10/08/2001 5:10:52 AM PDT by liliana
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To: HalfIrish
Very good. One of the popular brands of soft drink in Japan is "Pocari Sweat." It doesn't say what kind of sweat.
75 posted on 10/08/2001 5:59:48 AM PDT by VoiceOfBruck
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To: Dixielander
Sorry, never heard of Leo Gorcey. But a quick search for malapropisms led to this amusing page of

Spoonerisms

76 posted on 10/08/2001 6:23:23 AM PDT by VoiceOfBruck
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To: liliana
In the 80s I was the victim of an attempted ( I got away) Car Jacking in Detroit. The funniest thing though is that the guy was trying to rob me in front of the "Body of Christ Diner-- We sell Soul Food"
77 posted on 10/08/2001 6:33:27 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
you must have been scared to death, i would have been. glad you got away. i love these threads, thank you.
78 posted on 10/08/2001 7:21:57 AM PDT by liliana
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To: VoiceOfBruck
Who is Leo Gorcey?

Actor. B. 1917; D. 1969
1937-39 starred in 7 "Dead End Kids" films
1940-45 starred in 21 "East Side Kid" films
1946-1956 starred in 41 "Bowery Boys" films.
character: Slip Mahoney.
I believe Huntz Hall whose character was Sach Jones co-starred in all of them.

Thanks for the Spoonerisms.

79 posted on 10/08/2001 10:16:45 AM PDT by Dixielander
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