The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid:
Some British tourists arrived in a hotel in Budapest to find a sign saying that the lift was being fixed for the day and during that time the management regretfully informed visitors that their stay would be unbearable.
Another sign in a Zurich hotel lobby stated that 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 Yugoslavia, the flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid and in Japan visitors are invited to take advantage of the staff.
And in Rome, the notice in launderettes’ windows promises that if women leave their clothes they can spend the whole afternoon having a good time. Similarly, in Bangkok men are asked to drop their trousers for the best results.
A couple of the signs reported in the article may, in fact, be jokes. Children left unattended will be sold as slaves or sold to the circus may simply be tongue-in-cheek. Some of these are pretty hard to figure out, though.
There are several sites (probably more than several, actually) devoted to collecting funny sign translations. This one, this one and this one just for starters.
Back to the possibly joke signs, my wife and I have actually thought of selling our children to the circus at times.
But we’ve never had enough money to do so.
