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IMA_FARANG, on 2008-05-12 02:51:29, said:
bangkokrick, on 2008-05-06 17:13:35, said:
I saw this outside a temple and thought that i would share it with you. By the way i don't intend to offend anyone by posting this, but i did find it funny.
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Cheers, Rick
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There used to be a magazine ithink called "Asia Busines Week", or something like that, in which there was a monthly feature called "Traveler's Tales" of funny mistakes like that found by people who traveled around Asia. Some examples:1. In a hotel in Pakistan unmarried men were not allowed to have female guests in the rooms. The sign said:
Unmarried men are not allowed to entertain unescorted ladies in their rooms. A guest recption room is provided in the lobby for that function.
2. A newspaper announcement from Hong Kong: (about a tonic for women showing a rooster crowing and two golden balls on it's carton).
The manufacturer wishes to announce that the product for ladies, formerly known as "Golden Cock" is being renamed. It will now instead be called "Golden Balls". The quality will be the same. We hope that all our women users will still apreciate the reliability of our "Golden Balls".
3. And one I saw myself in a hotel in Pattaya many years ago, warning against smoking in bed. It showed a cigarette with a circle around it and a X drawn thru the circle. The text said:
Hey you, be safety life.
I think that was the Far Eastern Economic Review based in Hongo Kong whose last page collected some hiralious howlers. I The magazine ultimately folded and a somewhat academic version is now published under the same name but without the laughs.
I think they published a book collection of their best gems.
There must be other books of funny signs and sundry Thaiglish?
Andrew
