HUMOUR, TRAVEL : DIGESTIVE GLAND, ANYONE?

Author Charlie Croker collects examples of poorly translated and quaint language from information leaflets, signs and menus round the globe...Here are some highlights from his latest compendium, "Still Lost In Translation"(Arrow) :

Small hotel, Cornwall : "Will any guest wishing to take a bath please make arrangements to have one with Mrs. Harvey".

Sign on a twisty road in the Himalayas : "Be mild on curves".

Notice on a door in Sana'a, Yemen : "Physio the rapist".

Restaurant, China : "Dumpling stuffed with the ovary and digestive glands of a crab".

Sign in Japanese Park : "Keep Japan green. Dont burn the fire chief".

At a desert in Oman : "Drowning accidents are now popular".

Tourism brochure trying to say "Jerusalem - there is no city like it". : "Jerusalem, there is no such city".