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From: |
Yavor Doganov |
Subject: |
www/fun/jokes foreign-signs.html |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:14:13 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Yavor Doganov <yavor> 09/10/20 13:14:13
Modified files:
fun/jokes : foreign-signs.html
Log message:
Split strings for translators' sake.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/fun/jokes/foreign-signs.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.8&r2=1.9
Patches:
Index: foreign-signs.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/fun/jokes/foreign-signs.html,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -b -r1.8 -r1.9
--- foreign-signs.html 5 Nov 2008 00:45:27 -0000 1.8
+++ foreign-signs.html 20 Oct 2009 13:14:08 -0000 1.9
@@ -1,177 +1,203 @@
<!--#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.
+<dl>
+<dt>In a Tokyo Hotel:</dt>
+<dd>Is forbitten to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person
+to do such thing is please not to read notis.</dd>
-<strong>In another Japanese hotel room</strong>: Please to bathe inside the
tub.
+<dt>In another Japanese hotel room:</dt>
+<dd>Please to bathe inside the tub.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>In a Bucharest hotel lobby:</dt>
+<dd>The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we
+regret that you will be unbearable.</dd>
-<strong>In a Leipzig elevator</strong>: Do not enter the lift backwards, and
only when
-lit up.
+<dt>In a Leipzig elevator:</dt>
+<dd>Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>In a Belgrade hotel elevator:</dt>
+<dd>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.</dd>
-<strong>In a Paris hotel elevator</strong>: Please leave your values at the
front
-desk.
+<dt>In a Paris hotel elevator:</dt>
+<dd>Please leave your values at the front desk.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>In a hotel in Athens:</dt>
+<dd>Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours
+of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.</dd>
-<strong>In a Yugoslavian hotel</strong>: The flattening of underwear with
pleasure is
-the job of the chambermaid.
+<dt>In a Yugoslavian hotel:</dt>
+<dd>The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the
+chambermaid.</dd>
-<strong>In a Japanese hotel</strong>: You are invited to take advantage of the
-chambermaid.
+<dt>In a Japanese hotel:</dt>
+<dd>You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox
+monastery:</dt>
+<dd>You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and
+Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except
+Thursday.</dd>
-<strong>In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers</strong>: Not to perambulate
the
-corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
+<dt>In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers:</dt>
+<dd>Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the
+boots of ascension.</dd>
-<strong>On the menu of a Swiss restaurant</strong>: Our wines leave you
nothing to hope
-for.
+<dt>On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:</dt>
+<dd>Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>On the menu of a Polish hotel:</dt>
+<dd>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.</dd>
-<strong>In a Hong Kong supermarket</strong>: For your convenience, we recommend
-courageous, efficient self-service.
+<dt>In a Hong Kong supermarket:</dt>
+<dd>For your convenience, we recommend courageous, efficient
+self-service.</dd>
-<strong>Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop</strong>: Ladies may have a fit
upstairs.
+<dt>Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop:</dt>
+<dd>Ladies may have a fit upstairs.</dd>
-<strong>In a Bangkok dry cleaner's</strong>: Drop your trousers here for best
results.
+<dt>In a Bangkok dry cleaner's:</dt>
+<dd>Drop your trousers here for best results.</dd>
-<strong>Outside a Paris dress shop</strong>: Dresses for street walking.
+<dt>Outside a Paris dress shop:</dt>
+<dd>Dresses for street walking.</dd>
-<strong>In a Rhodes tailor shop</strong>: Order your summers suit. Because is
big rush
-we will execute customers in strict rotation.
+<dt>In a Rhodes tailor shop:</dt>
+<dd>Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute
+customers in strict rotation.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>Similarly, from the Soviet Weekly:</dt>
+<dd>There will be a Moscow Exhibition of Arts by 15,000 Soviet
+Republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the past
+two years.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>In an East African newspaper:</dt>
+<dd>A new swimming pool is rapidly taking shape since the contractors
+have thrown in the bulk of their workers.</dd>
-<strong>In a Vienna hotel</strong>: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm
the hotel
-porter.
+<dt>In a Vienna hotel:</dt>
+<dd>In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:</dt>
+<dd>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.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>In a Zurich hotel:</dt>
+<dd>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.</dd>
-<strong>In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist</strong>: Teeth extrcted by
the
-latest Methodists.
+<dt>In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist:</dt>
+<dd>Teeth extrcted by the latest Methodists.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>A translated sentence from a Russian chess book:</dt>
+<dd>A lot of water has been passed under the bridge since this
+variation has been played.</dd>
-<strong>In a Rome laundry</strong>: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend
the
-afternoon having a good time.
+<dt>In a Rome laundry:</dt>
+<dd>Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a
+good time.</dd>
-<strong>In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency</strong>: Take one of our
horse-driven city
-tours -- we guarantee no miscarriages.
+<dt>In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency:</dt>
+<dd>Take one of our horse-driven city tours—we guarantee no
+miscarriages.</dd>
-<strong>Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand</strong>: Would you like to
ride on
-your own ass?
+<dt>Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand:</dt>
+<dd>Would you like to ride on your own ass?</dd>
-<strong>On the faucet in a Finnish washroom</strong>: To stop the drip, turn
cock to
-right.
+<dt>On the faucet in a Finnish washroom:</dt>
+<dd>To stop the drip, turn cock to right.</dd>
-<strong>In the window of a Swedish furrier</strong>: Fur coats made for ladies
from
-their own skin.
+<dt>In the window of a Swedish furrier:</dt>
+<dd>Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin.</dd>
-<strong>On the box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong</strong>: Guaranteed
to work
-throughout its useful life.
+<dt>On the box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong:</dt>
+<dd>Guaranteed to work throughout its useful life.</dd>
-<strong>Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan</strong>: Stop: Drive Sideways.
+<dt>Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan:</dt>
+<dd>Stop: Drive Sideways.</dd>
-<strong>In a Swiss mountain inn</strong>: Special today -- no ice cream.
+<dt>In a Swiss mountain inn:</dt>
+<dd>Special today—no ice cream.</dd>
-<strong>In a Bangkok temple</strong>: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a
foreigner
-if dressed as a man.
+<dt>In a Bangkok temple:</dt>
+<dd>It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a
+man.</dd>
-<strong>In a Tokyo bar</strong>: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.
+<dt>In a Tokyo bar:</dt>
+<dd>Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.</dd>
-<strong>In a Copenhagen airline ticket office</strong>: We take your bags and
send them
-in all directions.
+<dt>In a Copenhagen airline ticket office:</dt>
+<dd>We take your bags and send them in all directions.</dd>
-<strong>On the door of a Moscow hotel room</strong>: If this is your first
visit to the
-USSR, you are welcome to it.
+<dt>On the door of a Moscow hotel room:</dt>
+<dd>If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to
+it.</dd>
-<strong>In a Norwegian cocktail lounge</strong>: Ladies are requested not to
have
-children in the bar.
+<dt>In a Norwegian cocktail lounge:</dt>
+<dd>Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>At a Budapest zoo:</dt>
+<dd>Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food,
+give it to the guard on duty.</dd>
-<strong>In the office of a Roman doctor</strong>: Specialist in women and other
-diseases.
+<dt>In the office of a Roman doctor:</dt>
+<dd>Specialist in women and other diseases.</dd>
-<strong>In an Acapulco hotel</strong>: The manager has personally passed all
the water
-served here.
+<dt>In an Acapulco hotel:</dt>
+<dd>The manager has personally passed all the water served here.</dd>
-<strong>In a Tokyo shop</strong>: Our nylons cost more than common, but you'll
find
-they are best in the long run.
+<dt>In a Tokyo shop:</dt>
+<dd>Our nylons cost more than common, but you'll find they are best in
+the long run.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air
+conditioner:</dt>
+<dd>Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of warm in your
+room, please control yourself.</dd>
-<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.
+<dt>From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo:</dt>
+<dd>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.</dd>
-<strong>Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance</strong>:
- - English well talking.
- - Here speeching American.
-</pre>
+<dt>Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance:</dt>
+<dd><ul>
+<li>English well talking.</li>
+<li>Here speeching American.</li>
+</ul></dd>
+</dl>
-<p>
-<a href="/fun/humor.html">Other humor</a>
-in the GNU Humor Collection.</p>
+<p>This joke is also available in <a href="/fun/jokes/foreign-signs">
+plain text</a>.</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>
+<p><a href="/fun/humor.html">Other humor</a> in the GNU Humor
+Collection.</p>
+<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>
-<!--#include virtual="/server/footer-min.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
<div id="footer">
<p>
Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden"><em>address@hidden</em></a>. There are
-also <a href="http://www.fsf.org/about/contact.html">other ways to
-contact</a> the FSF.
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>. There are
+also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> the FSF.
<br />
-Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden"><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
+Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>.
</p>
<p>
@@ -184,7 +210,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/11/05 00:45:27 $
+$Date: 2009/10/20 13:14:08 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
@@ -192,24 +218,25 @@
<div id="translations">
<h4>Translations of this page</h4>
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- <!-- language if possible, otherwise default to English -->
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- <!-- English is. If you add a new language here, please -->
- <!-- advise address@hidden and add it to -->
- <!-- - in /home/www/bin/nightly-vars either TAGSLANG or WEBLANG -->
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- <!-- one of the lists under the section "Translations Underway" -->
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- <!-- to mail.gnu.org:/com/mailer/aliases -->
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- <!-- http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ert/iso639.htm -->
+<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical by language code. -->
+<!-- Comment what the language is for each type, i.e. de is German. -->
+<!-- Write the language name in its own language (Deutsch) in the text. -->
+<!-- If you add a new language here, please -->
+<!-- advise address@hidden and add it to -->
+<!-- - /home/www/html/server/standards/README.translations.html -->
+<!-- - one of the lists under the section "Translations Underway" -->
+<!-- - if there is a translation team, you also have to add an alias -->
+<!-- to mail.gnu.org:/com/mailer/aliases -->
+<!-- Please also check you have the language code right; see: -->
+<!-- http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php -->
+<!-- If the 2-letter ISO 639-1 code is not available, -->
+<!-- use the 3-letter ISO 639-2. -->
+<!-- Please use W3C normative character entities. -->
<ul class="translations-list">
<!-- English -->
<li><a href="/fun/jokes/foreign-signs.html">English</a> [en]</li>
</ul>
-
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