Today, as I was marking my students' assignments, I came across some very funny grammar mistakes..
I couldn't stop laughing... I shouldn't, but I just can't help it.... Should I post it here? Nope! I won't... But I would like to share what my friend sent me years ago...
TRAVELLERS' TALES
Derek Davies, Far Eastern Economic Review (September 1989)
*You might have read this before.. but if u r bored, you can read this again!
i) In Yugoslavian Hotel: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.
ii) In a Japanese hotel: you are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
iii) 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.
iv) Outside a Hong Kong dress shop: Ladies have fits upstairs.
v) Outside a Paris dress shop: dresses for street walking
vi) From the Soviet Weekly: There will be a Moscow Exhibition of Arts by 15,000 Soviet Republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the past two years.
vii) A sign posted in Germany’s Black Forest: It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance; men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose.
viii) A translated sentence from a Russian chess book: A lot of water has been passed under the bridge since this variation has been played.
ix) In a Rome Laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.
x) In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city tours – we guarantee no miscarriages.
xi) Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand: Would you like to ride on your own ass?
xii) On the faucet of a Finnish washroom: To stop the drip, turn cock to right.
xiii) In the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin.
xiv) Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan: Stop: Drive Sideways.
xv) In a Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.
xvi) In Tokyo Bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.
ok.. that's all for today... If I can find more of this, gonna post it here.. and at my facebook notes.. oppss... at my facebook notes.. then post it here... huhu...
Cheers!
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