Signs around the world
Cocktail lounge , Norway :
Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.
At a Budapest zoo:
Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.
Doctor's office, Rome :
Specialist in women and other diseases.
Car rental brochure, Tokyo :
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 vigour.
Sign in men's rest room in Japan :
To stop leak turn cock to the right
In a Nairobi restaurant:
Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager.
On the grounds of a private school:
No trespassing without permission.
On an Athi River highway:
Take notice: when this sign is under water, this road is impassable.
On a poster at Kencom:
Are you an adult that cannot read? If so, we can help.
In a City restaurant:
Open seven days a week, and weekends too.
One of the Mathare buildings:
Mental health prevention centre.
A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer:
Do not activate with wet hands.
In a Pumwani maternity ward:
No children allowed.
I can think of a lot of drivers here who need to be 'tootled with vigour', 'melodious tootling' just doesn't work. In fact maybe 'throttling with vigour' would be the answer here...
"If you make something idiot-proof, the world will create a better idiot." (Grave's Law)