> Non-English speaking countries sometimes go out of their way to

> communicate with their English-speaking tourists:

>

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

>

> *        At a Budapest zoo: PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT    ON THE GUARD ON DUTY.

>

> *        The best!! Doctor's office in Rome: SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

>

> *        Information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner. Japan: COOLES AND HEATES: IF YOU WANT CONDITION OF WARM AIR IN YOUR ROOM, PLEASE CONTROL YOURSELF.

>

> *        On the grounds of a Nairobi private school: NO TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION.

>

> *        In Aamchi Mumbai restaurant: OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WEEKENDS TOO.

>

> *        In a Tokyo bar: SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.

>

> *        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.

>

> *        Advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist: TEETH EXTRACTED BY THE LATEST METHODISTS.

>

> *        A laundry in Rome: LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.

>

> *        The box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong: GUARANTEED TO WORK THROUGHOUT ITS USEFUL LIFE.

>

> *        Airline ticket office, Copenhagen: WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

>

> *        In a Japanese cemetery: PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.