Sunday, August 9, 2009

Office Party!

OFFICE MEMO:

All members of staff - please note that due to recession, there will be only one drink per person at this year's Annual Party.

And please bring your own cup!

Regards,

Management


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The specifications were missing in the memo (size of cup).

RECESSION CAN NOT BE AN EXCUSE..for anything……..

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Better than 'Incredible India'!


Walkman


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Hot water system



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Transportation - 1 - Toyota Co(w)rolla


Fuel emissions are low on this new model - exhaust emissions are another matter all together that's why this is the soft top version.


Transportation - 2 - pick-up truck !!! (Australian 'ute' !!!)



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Ambulance


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I just love Africa , simple and not complicated.

We are just who we are.

No stress.

I am proud to be African.



This vehicle was seen near Makerere , Zimbabwe



This was photographed in Buru Buru, Nairobi . Kenya



These guys must have smoked weed!

Look at the goat.



Human ingenuity?

Painting the swimming pool.



Must be Zimbabwe ???



Listen - English is only a 2ndlanguage !!!

You've got to make allowances.



'Nuff said !!!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Funny English Signs!

Spotted in a toilet of a London office:
TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW.

In a London Laundromat:
AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT

Outside a London second-hand shop:
WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?

Spotted in a safari park:
ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR

Seen during a London conference:
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR

Notice in a field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES

On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR, THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)


People in other countries sometimes go out of their way to communicate with their English-speaking tourists. Here is a list of signs seen around the world.
At a Budapest zoo:
PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT TO THE GUARD ON DUTY.

Doctors office, Rome :
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

Hotel, Acapulco :
THE MANAGER HAS PERSONALLY PASSED ALL THE WATER SERVED HERE.

In a Nairobi restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE SHOULD WAIT AND SEE THE MANAGER.

In a City restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WEEKENDS TOO.

In a Calcutta Coffee House:
PEOPLE DISCARDING CIGARETTE STUBS IN CUPS WILL BE SERVED COFFEE IN ASH TRAYS

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Thursday, October 16, 2008