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A FEW MISTRANSLATIONS

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You may have seen these before, but I giggle every time .....................

Cocktail lounge, Norway: LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.

Airline ticket office, Copenhagen: WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

Hotel, Vienna: IN CASE OF FIRE, DO YOUR UTMOST TO ALARM THE HOTEL PORTER.

At a Budapest zoo: PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT TO THE GUARD ON DUTY.

Hotel lobby, Bucharest: THE LIFT IS BEING FIXED FOR THE NEXT DAY. DURING THAT TIME WE REGRET THAT YOU WILL BE UNBEARABLE.

Doctor's office, Rome: SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

A laundry in Rome: LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.

In an Italian cemetery: PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.

Hotel brochure, Italy: THIS HOTEL IS RENOWNED FOR ITS PEACE AND SOLITUDE. IN FACT, CROWDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FLOCK HERE TO ENJOY ITS SOLITUDE.

In a Swiss Mountain inn: SPECIAL TODAY - NO ICE-CREAM.

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant: OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.

A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest: 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 THIS PURPOSE.

A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer in Germany: DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS.

On the grounds of a private school in Scotland: NO TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION.

Hotel elevator, Paris: PLEASE LEAVE YOUR VALUES AT THE FRONT DESK.

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This is good - wish I could forward it to my friends!

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Can you find Notepad on your computer ? The quick way is to click on Start, look for 'run', click that, type in the box notepad (or may need notepad.exe on older PC's) and press Enter.

Got it ?

If you have, leave it open and come back here. Hold down the CTRL key then press A (for All), still holding CTRL press C for (Copy), let go of CTRL

Got back to Notepad. Hold down CTRL again, press V

You will need to delete a lot of lines above and below, but you should find the bit you wanted in there. Once you have cleaned it up you can repeat the procedure of CTRL+A, CTRL+C then just CTRL+V into a new email message, or wherever you want to paste it to use it :)

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On the other hand, if you are confident on using the mouse - click and hold the left mouse button at the start of a bit you want to copy, drag the mouse to the end of the test you want. Let go, then hold down CTRL and press C to copy it (or right click and choose copy - some people lose the highlighted bit until they get used to it)

How many have left their values at the front desk dearly love that answered Libby a wry smile for a changing world that permits such items to exist.

What is the world coming too :D

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RichardAT

That is seriously amusing!!!

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KingoftheCocktails

Hee Hee Ho Ho Ha Ha Belly Belly Very Funny

Richardx

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hufferpuffer

Heehee they are all realy funny thanks Libby!! :D XXX

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