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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke
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To: Peter S. Maroulis who wrote (11326)9/1/1999 1:39:00 PM
From: Peter S. Maroulis  Read Replies (2) of 62558
 
"English Well Speeched Here"
Part II

A dentist's doorway in Istanbul proclaims:
"American dentist, 2th floor. Teeth
extracted by latest methodists."

The concierge in a Sorrento hotel lets
guests know he's on the job: "Contact
the concierge immediately for informations.
Please don't wait last minutes then it will
be too late to arrange any inconveniences."

Some German hospitals now display the
sign: "No children allowed in the maternity
wards."

The sign at the concierge's desk in an
Athens hotel reads: "If you consider our
help impolite, you should see the manager."

A sign in a Kowloon hotel warns: "Is
forbidden to steal hotel towels. Please if
you are not person to do such is please
not to read notice."

Visitors in Czechoslovakia are invited by
the tourist agency to: "Take one of our
horse-driven city tours - we guarantee
no miscarriages."

A Rome laundry suggests: "Ladies,
leave your clothes here and spend the
afternoon having a good time."

A London eatery advertised for help this
way: "Wanted : man to wash dishes and
two waitresses." {Geez, I think they'd
speak English in London! - LadyHawke}

A notice in a Vienna hotel urges: "In case
of fire do your utmost to alarm the hall
porter."
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