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www/fun/jokes foreign-signs.html |
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Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:45:13 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Joakim Olsson <jocke> 07/10/12 08:45:13
Modified files:
fun/jokes : foreign-signs.html
Log message:
Templated.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/fun/jokes/foreign-signs.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.6&r2=1.7
Patches:
Index: foreign-signs.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/fun/jokes/foreign-signs.html,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -b -r1.6 -r1.7
--- foreign-signs.html 12 Jun 2007 13:14:35 -0000 1.6
+++ foreign-signs.html 12 Oct 2007 08:44:55 -0000 1.7
@@ -1,215 +1,216 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-<TITLE>Foreign Signs - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</TITLE>
-<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
-<LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>
-</HEAD>
-<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000"
VLINK="#9900DD">
-
-<H3>Foreign Signs</H3>
-
-<A HREF="/graphics/gleesons.html"><IMG SRC="/graphics/gleeson_head.jpg"
- ALT=" [colorful rounded image of the Head of a GNU]"
- WIDTH="153" HEIGHT="128"></A>
-
-<HR>
-
-<PRE>
-<!-- When using this boilerplate, remember to replace the
- "JokeTITLE" in both places above.
- And if it's a song, not a joke, change that word in the Disclaimer.
--->
-<STRONG>In a Tokyo Hotel</STRONG>: Is forbitten to steal hotel towels please.
If you
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+
+<title>Foreign Signs - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</title>
+
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+
+<h2>Foreign Signs</h2>
+
+<pre>
+<strong>In a Tokyo Hotel</strong>: Is forbitten to steal hotel towels please.
If you
are not person to do such thing is please not to read notis.
-<STRONG>In another Japanese hotel room</STRONG>: Please to bathe inside the
tub.
+<strong>In another Japanese hotel room</strong>: Please to bathe inside the
tub.
-<STRONG>In a Bucharest hotel lobby</STRONG>: The lift is being fixed for the
next day.
+<strong>In a Bucharest hotel lobby</strong>: The lift is being fixed for the
next day.
During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
-<STRONG>In a Leipzig elevator</STRONG>: Do not enter the lift backwards, and
only when
+<strong>In a Leipzig elevator</strong>: Do not enter the lift backwards, and
only when
lit up.
-<STRONG>In a Belgrade hotel elevator</STRONG>: To move the cabin, push button
for
+<strong>In a Belgrade hotel elevator</strong>: To move the cabin, push button
for
wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one
should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going
alphabetically by national order.
-<STRONG>In a Paris hotel elevator</STRONG>: Please leave your values at the
front
+<strong>In a Paris hotel elevator</strong>: Please leave your values at the
front
desk.
-<STRONG>In a hotel in Athens</STRONG>: Visitors are expected to complain at
the office
+<strong>In a hotel in Athens</strong>: Visitors are expected to complain at
the office
between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.
-<STRONG>In a Yugoslavian hotel</STRONG>: The flattening of underwear with
pleasure is
+<strong>In a Yugoslavian hotel</strong>: The flattening of underwear with
pleasure is
the job of the chambermaid.
-<STRONG>In a Japanese hotel</STRONG>: You are invited to take advantage of the
+<strong>In a Japanese hotel</strong>: You are invited to take advantage of the
chambermaid.
-<STRONG>In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox
-monastary</STRONG>: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian
+<strong>In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox
+monastary</strong>: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian
and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except
Thursday.
-<STRONG>In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers</STRONG>: Not to perambulate
the
+<strong>In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers</strong>: Not to perambulate
the
corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
-<STRONG>On the menu of a Swiss restaurant</STRONG>: Our wines leave you
nothing to hope
+<strong>On the menu of a Swiss restaurant</strong>: Our wines leave you
nothing to hope
for.
-<STRONG>On the menu of a Polish hotel</STRONG>: Salad a firm's own make;
limpid red
+<strong>On the menu of a Polish hotel</strong>: Salad a firm's own make;
limpid red
beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck
let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.
-<STRONG>In a Hong Kong supermarket</STRONG>: For your convenience, we recommend
+<strong>In a Hong Kong supermarket</strong>: For your convenience, we recommend
courageous, efficient self-service.
-<STRONG>Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop</STRONG>: Ladies may have a fit
upstairs.
+<strong>Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop</strong>: Ladies may have a fit
upstairs.
-<STRONG>In a Bangkok dry cleaner's</STRONG>: Drop your trousers here for best
results.
+<strong>In a Bangkok dry cleaner's</strong>: Drop your trousers here for best
results.
-<STRONG>Outside a Paris dress shop</STRONG>: Dresses for street walking.
+<strong>Outside a Paris dress shop</strong>: Dresses for street walking.
-<STRONG>In a Rhodes tailor shop</STRONG>: Order your summers suit. Because is
big rush
+<strong>In a Rhodes tailor shop</strong>: Order your summers suit. Because is
big rush
we will execute customers in strict rotation.
-<STRONG>Similarly, from the Soviet Weekly</STRONG>: There will be a Moscow
Exhibition
+<strong>Similarly, from the Soviet Weekly</strong>: There will be a Moscow
Exhibition
of Arts by 15,000 Soviet Republic painters and sculptors. These were
executed over the past two years.
-<STRONG>In an East African newspaper</STRONG>: A new swimming pool is rapidly
taking
+<strong>In an East African newspaper</strong>: A new swimming pool is rapidly
taking
shape since the contractors have thrown in the bulk of their workers.
-<STRONG>In a Vienna hotel</STRONG>: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm
the hotel
+<strong>In a Vienna hotel</strong>: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm
the hotel
porter.
-<STRONG>A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest</STRONG>: It is strictly
forbidden on
+<strong>A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest</strong>: 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.
-<STRONG>In a Zurich hotel</STRONG>: Because of the impropriety of entertaining
guests
+<strong>In a Zurich hotel</strong>: Because of the impropriety of entertaining
guests
of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be
used for this purpose.
-<STRONG>In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist</STRONG>: Teeth extrcted by
the
+<strong>In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist</strong>: Teeth extrcted by
the
latest Methodists.
-<STRONG>A translated sentence from a Russian chess book</STRONG>: A lot of
water has
+<strong>A translated sentence from a Russian chess book</strong>: A lot of
water has
been passed under the bridge since this variation has been played.
-<STRONG>In a Rome laundry</STRONG>: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend
the
+<strong>In a Rome laundry</strong>: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend
the
afternoon having a good time.
-<STRONG>In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency</STRONG>: Take one of our
horse-driven city
+<strong>In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency</strong>: Take one of our
horse-driven city
tours -- we guarantee no miscarriages.
-<STRONG>Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand</STRONG>: Would you like to
ride on
+<strong>Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand</strong>: Would you like to
ride on
your own ass?
-<STRONG>On the faucet in a Finnish washroom</STRONG>: To stop the drip, turn
cock to
+<strong>On the faucet in a Finnish washroom</strong>: To stop the drip, turn
cock to
right.
-<STRONG>In the window of a Swedish furrier</STRONG>: Fur coats made for ladies
from
+<strong>In the window of a Swedish furrier</strong>: Fur coats made for ladies
from
their own skin.
-<STRONG>On the box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong</STRONG>: Guaranteed
to work
+<strong>On the box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong</strong>: Guaranteed
to work
throughout its useful life.
-<STRONG>Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan</STRONG>: Stop: Drive Sideways.
+<strong>Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan</strong>: Stop: Drive Sideways.
-<STRONG>In a Swiss mountain inn</STRONG>: Special today -- no ice cream.
+<strong>In a Swiss mountain inn</strong>: Special today -- no ice cream.
-<STRONG>In a Bangkok temple</STRONG>: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a
foreigner
+<strong>In a Bangkok temple</strong>: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a
foreigner
if dressed as a man.
-<STRONG>In a Tokyo bar</STRONG>: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.
+<strong>In a Tokyo bar</strong>: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.
-<STRONG>In a Copenhagen airline ticket office</STRONG>: We take your bags and
send them
+<strong>In a Copenhagen airline ticket office</strong>: We take your bags and
send them
in all directions.
-<STRONG>On the door of a Moscow hotel room</STRONG>: If this is your first
visit to the
+<strong>On the door of a Moscow hotel room</strong>: If this is your first
visit to the
USSR, you are welcome to it.
-<STRONG>In a Norwegian cocktail lounge</STRONG>: Ladies are requested not to
have
+<strong>In a Norwegian cocktail lounge</strong>: Ladies are requested not to
have
children in the bar.
-<STRONG>At a Budapest zoo</STRONG>: Please do not feed the animals. If you
have any
+<strong>At a Budapest zoo</strong>: Please do not feed the animals. If you
have any
suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.
-<STRONG>In the office of a Roman doctor</STRONG>: Specialist in women and other
+<strong>In the office of a Roman doctor</strong>: Specialist in women and other
diseases.
-<STRONG>In an Acapulco hotel</STRONG>: The manager has personally passed all
the water
+<strong>In an Acapulco hotel</strong>: The manager has personally passed all
the water
served here.
-<STRONG>In a Tokyo shop</STRONG>: Our nylons cost more than common, but you'll
find
+<strong>In a Tokyo shop</strong>: Our nylons cost more than common, but you'll
find
they are best in the long run.
-<STRONG>From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air
-conditioner</STRONG>: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of warm in
+<strong>From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air
+conditioner</strong>: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of warm in
your room, please control yourself.
-<STRONG>From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo</STRONG>: When passenger
of foot
+<strong>From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo</strong>: 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.
-<STRONG>Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance</STRONG>:
+<strong>Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance</strong>:
- English well talking.
- Here speeching American.
-</PRE>
+</pre>
-<HR>
+<p>
+<a href="/fun/humor.html">Other humor</a>
+in the GNU Humor Collection.</p>
+
+<div class="infobox">
+<h4 id="Disclaimer">Disclaimer</h4><p>The joke on this page was
+obtained from the FSF's <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/";>email
+archives</a> of the GNU Project.</p>
+<p>The Free Software Foundation claims no copyright on this joke.</p>
+</div>
+
+</div>
+
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+
+<div id="footer">
+<p>
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+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting
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-<P>
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-in the GNU Humor Collection.
-
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-
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+<!-- timestamp start -->
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