غيلي2009
04-03-2011, 08:43 AM
Here are some English written signs that you won't find anywhere else in the world except in Africa.
sorry for african but I received it from the source as this
Written on a restaurant door in Zambia:
'Open seven days a week and weekends'.
(May be in Zambia, a week has nine days!)
Written in the grounds of a private school in South Africa:
'No trespassing without permission'.
(Would it still be trespassing then?)
Written on a window of a Nigerian shop:
'Why go elsewhere to be cheated when you can come here?'
(Talk of freedom of choice of where to be cheated from!!!)
Written on a poster in Ghana:
'Are you an adult who cannot read? If so, we can help!'
(And how did they expect the person to read this?)
Written in a hotel in Mozambique:
'Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9:00 am and 11:00am daily!'
(No complaint... I am no whiner!!)
Written on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
'Take note: When this sign is submerged, the river is impassable.'
(My foot!!! I won’t be able to read it when it is underwater!)
Written in a Zimbabwean restaurant:
'Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager.'
(Who has the problem here??)
A sign seen on a hand dryer in a Lesotho public toilet:
'Risk of electric shock!!! Do not activate with wet hands.'
(No comment!!!)
Written in a Botswana jeweler’s shop:
'Ears pierced while you wait…'
(No, I will collect my ears upon returning from the next shop!!!)
On one of the buildings of a Sierra Leone hospital:
'Mental Health Prevention Centre.'
(Risky!!! If mental health were prevented, tell me, would that nation not be full of lunatics??!!!)
Written in a maternity ward of a clinic in Tanzania:
'No children allowed!'
(Where should they be born?)
Written in a cemetery in Uganda:
'Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their graves'.
(Spooky!!!)
Written in a Malawi hotel:
'It is forbidden to steal towels please. If you are not a person to do such a thing, please don't read this notice.'
(Where in the world is stealing not forbidden?? By the way, I have already read it though it's none of my business!!)
A sign posted in an Algerian tourist camping park:
'It is strictly forbidden on our camping site that people of different sex, for instance a man and woman, live together in one tent, unless they are married to each other for that purpose.'
(Some purposes are difficult to comprehend!!)
Written in a Namibian nightclub:
'Ladies are not allowed to have children in the bar.'
(Do men have children?)
In a photo studio in Chitungwiza (Zimbabwe):
'Photos taken while you wait'
(Ouch!!! Can I leave my face and collect the photo later?)
Talk of reasoning!************
sorry for african but I received it from the source as this
Written on a restaurant door in Zambia:
'Open seven days a week and weekends'.
(May be in Zambia, a week has nine days!)
Written in the grounds of a private school in South Africa:
'No trespassing without permission'.
(Would it still be trespassing then?)
Written on a window of a Nigerian shop:
'Why go elsewhere to be cheated when you can come here?'
(Talk of freedom of choice of where to be cheated from!!!)
Written on a poster in Ghana:
'Are you an adult who cannot read? If so, we can help!'
(And how did they expect the person to read this?)
Written in a hotel in Mozambique:
'Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9:00 am and 11:00am daily!'
(No complaint... I am no whiner!!)
Written on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
'Take note: When this sign is submerged, the river is impassable.'
(My foot!!! I won’t be able to read it when it is underwater!)
Written in a Zimbabwean restaurant:
'Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager.'
(Who has the problem here??)
A sign seen on a hand dryer in a Lesotho public toilet:
'Risk of electric shock!!! Do not activate with wet hands.'
(No comment!!!)
Written in a Botswana jeweler’s shop:
'Ears pierced while you wait…'
(No, I will collect my ears upon returning from the next shop!!!)
On one of the buildings of a Sierra Leone hospital:
'Mental Health Prevention Centre.'
(Risky!!! If mental health were prevented, tell me, would that nation not be full of lunatics??!!!)
Written in a maternity ward of a clinic in Tanzania:
'No children allowed!'
(Where should they be born?)
Written in a cemetery in Uganda:
'Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their graves'.
(Spooky!!!)
Written in a Malawi hotel:
'It is forbidden to steal towels please. If you are not a person to do such a thing, please don't read this notice.'
(Where in the world is stealing not forbidden?? By the way, I have already read it though it's none of my business!!)
A sign posted in an Algerian tourist camping park:
'It is strictly forbidden on our camping site that people of different sex, for instance a man and woman, live together in one tent, unless they are married to each other for that purpose.'
(Some purposes are difficult to comprehend!!)
Written in a Namibian nightclub:
'Ladies are not allowed to have children in the bar.'
(Do men have children?)
In a photo studio in Chitungwiza (Zimbabwe):
'Photos taken while you wait'
(Ouch!!! Can I leave my face and collect the photo later?)
Talk of reasoning!************