Giggles - Lost In Translation

A collection of notices in hotels abroad that made our foreign holiday one long laugh. English is such a difficult language to learn, just the smallest mistake can produce a hilarious joke.

 

~ In the Bedroom ~

** Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such thing please not to read notice.

** Please to bathe inside the tub.

** Please leave your values at the front desk.

** You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.

** Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.

~ In the bar ~

** Special cocktails: For the ladies with nuts.

** Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

** Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

** Special today — no ice cream.

~ In the Hotel Shop ~

** For your convenience, we recommend courteous, efficient self-service.

** If this is your first visit to Tokyo, you are welcome to it.

** Order your summer suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.

** Specialist in women and other diseases

** Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists.

Tags: English,FunTranslation

Let's Dance, Regardless ...

I saw a TV programme on CCTV 9, China's international channel broadcast in English. The show featured 2 very accomplished dancers, energetic yet graceful at the same time, dancing sort of a mixture of ballet and modern dance with some very challenging acrobatic movements, perfectly in tune with the music. A long and non stop sequence that lasted a good 2o minutes.

 

The most outstanding, and astonishing feature was that the male dancer had only one leg, the whole leg including the thigh, and the female dancer had only one arm, cut short just below the curve of the shoulder. It's impossible to describe how they could have danced the way they did.

He carried a tastefully decorated stick, which he uses as his missing leg but making it move in such a way forming well balanced geometrical lines with his body, changing his left or right hand to hold it as needed for balance and support the weight of the girl, lifting her up onto his shoulder, swung her around with her body curled round his, and she did rapid pirouettes on his one stretched out arm, or doing ballet movements on his shoulder on tiptoe, all the time making all these look so effortlessly graceful, with the choreography permitting absolutely no concessions to their disability.

In fact disability is totally the wrong word. Nor is the word incapacitated. They were completely natural and normal like the most celebrated and legendary dancers. I kept shedding tears throughout the performance, not quite know why, but I saw some people in the audience did too, in the live show staged. The long standing ovation and thunderous applause were truly touching. Without uttering one word, they silently showed the world that there's nothing a human being can't accomplish given enough determination, dedication and lots of hard work.

 

 

I had posted here a few days ago the video of this incredible performance, titled 'Hand in Hand'.

 

Tags: UniqueDancers,Armless,Legless