This was at breakfast in Switzerland were the french and german speaking parts border with each other - therefore the sign was in English, French, and German. My first look at the card made laugh because I thought they meant to say "Plain Toast" and came out with "Pain Toast" instead. Then I was informed that this is french for "toast bread". Still, the idea of "Pain Toast" makes me laugh..."Mummy, my toast tastes like owies!".
Can't remember if I have shown this one before. It is in an airport somewhere in the north of Germany, and is an ad for Sixt car rentals. The sign below it says "Warning! Only stuck with cheap [glue]." I think it goes on to say that they couldn't afford anything better because there is no room left in their prices for better glue.
I just loved the English on this sign in the toilets in Düsseldorf. "The toilet is only intended for the absorbtion of human excrements". Couldn't really be more clinical if it tried.
I don't remember if I have banged on about the Bild newspaper before or not. But I saw another classic front-page headline the other day. Forget all the other important shit that is going on in the world, like flooding in Hamburg (under 3m of water), or that stuff with Pakistan. What is more important is that the "First Bundesliga Goal scored with Penis" happened!
[snip - photo removed because it turned into a porno ad]
And don't ever accuse the Germans of not being able to make a joke. They even used phrases like "dieses Tor war geni(t)al!" (genial means ingenious/genious, and genital means...well...genital).
If you can, you should really try and read the high quality article on the Bild website (try translating it through google or something) here.
Ok, that's it from me from a very cold Germany.
Tschüß,
'Brushy.
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