African smiles
Here are some signs that you won't find anywhere else in the world
except in Africa.
In a restaurant in Zambia:"Open seven days a week and weekends."
On the grounds of a private school in South Africa:"No tresspassing
without permission."
On a window of a Nigerian shop:"Why go elsewhere to be cheated
when you can come here?."
On a poster in Ghana:"Are you an adult who cannot read? If so,
we can help."
In a hotel in Mozambique:"Visitors are expected to complain at
the
office between the hours of 9.00 am and 11.00am daily."
On a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo: "Take note: When
this sign is submerged, the river is impassable."
In a Zimbabwean restaurant:"Customers who find our waitresses
rude ought to see the manager."
A sign seen on a hand dryer in a Lesotho public toilet:"Risk
of electric
shock-Do not activate with wet hands."
In a Botswana jewellery shop:"Ears pierced while you wait."
On one of the buildings of a Sierra Leonne hospital:"Mental Health
Prevention Centre."
In a maternity ward of a clinic in Tanzania:"No children allowed!"
In a cemetery in Uganda:"Persons are prohibited from picking
flowers
from any but their graves.
In a Malawi hotel:"It is forbidden to steal towels please. If
you are
not a person to do such a thing, please don't read this notice."
A sign posted in an Algerian tourist camping park: "It is strictly
forbidden on our camping site that people of different sex, for instance
a man and woman, live together in one tent unless they are married
to each other for that purpose."
In a Namibian nightclub:"Ladies are not allowed to have children
in the
bar."
In a photo studio in Chitungwiza(Zimbabwe):"Photos taken while
you wait"
(Thanks Bill)
