African Signs
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 trespassing 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 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 own 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."
And the prize goes to...
On the walls of a 'butchery' (a shack with a bloodshot, sweaty, short Kikuyu with an axe) in Kawangware, SW of Nairobi, Kenya.
"We sell all meats...goat meat, sheep meat,
fish meat,chicken meat, beef meat..."
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 trespassing 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 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 own 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."
And the prize goes to...
On the walls of a 'butchery' (a shack with a bloodshot, sweaty, short Kikuyu with an axe) in Kawangware, SW of Nairobi, Kenya.
"We sell all meats...goat meat, sheep meat,
fish meat,chicken meat, beef meat..."



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