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Strange Thoughts to Ponder:

Why doesn't a chicken egg taste like chicken?

Why is it that cargo is transported by ship while a shipment is transported by car?

Does peanut butter really have butter in it?

Do mimes watch silent movies?

Is the fear of flying groundless?

What would you use to dilute water?

Can atheists get insurance for acts of God?

Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?

Can I get arrested for running into a Fire House yelling Movie! Movie!?

Can you be a closet claustrophobic?

Could someone ever get addicted to counseling? If so, how could you treat them?

Did Adam and Eve have navels?

Did the early settlers ever go on a camping trip?

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - Strange Foreign Mistranslations into English

Here are some interesting mistranslations:

In a Belgrade elevator:

To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more

persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going

alphabetically by national order.

A doctor's office in Rome:

Specialist in women and other diseases.

In a Rome laundry:

Ladies, leave your clothes here & spend the afternoon having a good time.

On a menu of a Polish hotel:

Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beer soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a

finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's

fashion.

A Finnish hotel's instructions in case of fire:

If you are unable to leave your room, expose yourself in the window.

Ad for donkey rides in Thailand:

Would you like to ride your own ass?

In a Czech tourist agency:

Take one of our horse driven tours---we guarantee no miscarriages.

Car rental brochure in Tokyo:

When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at

first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.

A temple in Bangkok:

It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed like a man.

In a Bangkok cleaners:

Drop your trousers here for best results.

In a hotel in Yugoslavia:

The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.

In a Paris hotel elevator:

Please leave your values at the front desk.

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