May 03
Bad translations #5: Donkey rides or ass rides
Cats: translations|Would you like to ride an ass? A Thai tourist operator wants to know.
In a Czech tourist agency: Take one of our horse driven tours–we guarantee no miscarriages.
Ad for donkey rides in Thailand: Would you like to ride your own ass?
On a faucet in a Finnish restroom: To stop the drip, turn cock to right.
In the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for the ladies from their own skin.
On a box of a clockwork toy in Hong Kong: Guaranteed to work throughout its useful life.
Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan: Stop–Drive sideways.
Swiss mountain inn: Special today–no ice cream.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:32 am
Damn my lack of a camera at the time, but seen on the entrance to the Reliant Stadium in Houston, a lock with a perfectly engraved sign next to it with a large arrow…the inscription?….”This is a lock, requires a key” !