Friday, October 24, 2014

Only In Africa...

Here are some signs that you won't find anywhere else in the world except Africa....well, maybe you would find them in America

In a restaurant in Zambia:
"Open seven days a week and weekends"

On the grounds of a private school in South Africa:
"No trespassing without permission"

On a window of a Nigerian shop:
"Why you 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 09:00 a.m. and 11:00 amdaily"

On a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
"Take Note: When this sign is submerged, the river is impassable"

In a Zimbabwean retaurant:
"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 Leone 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 do not 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 a woman, live together in one tent unless they are married to each other for that purpose"

In a Namibian night club:
"Ladies are not allowed to have children in the bar"

In a photo studio in Chitungwiza (ZImbabwe)
"Photos taken while you wait"

Not included in the source but a statement in the public telephone cabinet in Congo:
"One call will save life"  Where to call? God knows 




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