On a Paris hotel elevator:
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR VALUES AT THE FRONT DESK
In an Athens hotel:
VISITORS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLAIN AT THE OFFICE BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 11 A.M. DAILY
In a Yugoslav hotel:
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID
In a Japanese hotel:
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID
In a Moscow hotel:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY
On a Swiss menu:
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR
At an Austrian ski lodge:
NOT TO PERAMBULATE THE CORRIDORS IN THE HOURS OF REPOSE IN THE BOOTS OF ASCENSION.
In a Soviet era newspaper:
THERE WILL BE A MOSCOW EXHIBITION OF ART BY 16000 SOVIET REPUBLIC PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS. THESE WERE EXECUTED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.