funny signs

I saw thousands of comical signs in Kenya. Unfortunately most of them were seen as we were driving by. Any collection of sticks tar paper and rusty sheet metal can be call a hotel. People don't sleep there, but they do serve food from places that aren't fit to be a dog kennel. They are often given famous names from around the world. I saw a Buckingham Palace. The Ritz, Taj Mahal and many other names written on what would be scrap metal anywhere else. Religion is Big there so many of the signs relate to that.

Sometimes art is just short for Arthur. You don't have to be a great artist to have your work viewed by many people. These are the doors on the men and women's bathroom at a McDonald's, in downtown Lisbon.  

They will stay here for a few years, and then be transferred to the Louvre in Paris.

Apparently this airport in Paris gets some really unsophisticated visitors, who don't know where to get drinking water. They have seen fit to make sure that it's not obtained from the urinals in the men's bathroom.

The urinal picture reminded me of one I took in Victoria, months ago. You want to be careful taking pictures at urinals. I was the only occupant of this bathroom.

I'm pretty sure that the sign means urinal number 2.

It immediately brought to mind the album cover from the Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet

Here's a few of my favorites

A most forgot about this one. I always wondrr how many times someone pooped in front  of this gate,  before they made this sign

And in the true story department...

Using a snippet of Truth to tell a lie. Apparently Starbucks buys 3% of the Aribica coffee, therefore that's the only stuff that was any good. :-)

This 3% figure might lead people to believe that Arabica is a rare type of coffee. In fact it makes up about 95% of the coffee that is traded internationally. The other stuff is called Robusta and it is used primarily in freeze-dried coffee and it is used locally in the countries where it is produced. It grows in the lowlands and gives more production per acre and is the choice of poor people in many places. But Aribica has almost the entire market on coffee that is traded throughout the world. Doesn't seem quite so rare now.

I know someone who feels this way about bagpipes, too.