Joke 933

12 Oct

On Notice

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notice (Photo credit: christophe mallet)

  • Cocktail lounge notice, 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.
  • At restaurant-gas stations throughout the nation: Eat here and get gas.
  • At a Sante Fe gas station: We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container.
  • In a New Hampshire jewellery store: Ears pierced while you wait.
  • In an New York restaurant: Customers who consider our waitresses uncivil ought to see the manager.
  • In a Michigan restaurant: The early bird gets the worm. Special shoppers’ luncheon before 11am.

From Will & Guy

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10 Responses to “Joke 933”

  1. slpmartin October 12, 2013 at 05:06 #

    Love that sign!

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  2. viveka October 12, 2013 at 09:11 #

    I love the sign too … thanks for the big morning smile …. the gas station sign just the best.

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  3. Grannymar October 12, 2013 at 09:39 #

    ‘We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container.’ – Do glass slippers count?

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  4. bevchen October 12, 2013 at 11:45 #

    I’ve seen the first two before on a list of funny mis-translations. Others included: “Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.” and “In an Italian cemetery: Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own graves.”

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  5. Al October 12, 2013 at 13:20 #

    Apparently conception is still OK at that bar, just not birthing.

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  6. granny1947 October 12, 2013 at 16:38 #

    🙂

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  7. SchmidleysScribbling October 12, 2013 at 23:39 #

    Morning or evening, always a good laugh here.

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  8. sharechair October 13, 2013 at 00:44 #

    I won’t be stopping in Michigan for breakfast….

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