On the door of a Moscow hotel room:
If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.
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In a Norwegian cocktail lounge:
Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.
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In a Budapest zoo:
Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.
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In the office of a Roman doctor:
Specialist in women and other diseases.
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In an Acapulco hotel:
The manager has personally passed all the water served here.
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In a Tokyo shop:
Our nylons cost more than common, but you'll find they are best in the long run.
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From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner:
Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of warm in your room, please control yourself.
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From a brochure of a car rental firm 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.
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Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance:
- English well talking.
- Here speeching American.