Here are some signs that you won't find anywhere else in the world except in AFRICA . In a restaurant in Zambia: "Open seven days a week and weekends." On the grounds of a private school in South Africa: "No trespassing without permission." On a window of a Nigerian shop: "Why go elsewhere to be cheated when you can come here?." On a poster in Ghana: "Are you an adult who cannot read? If so, we can help." In a hotel in Mozambique: "Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9.00 am and 11.00am daily." On a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo: "Take note: When this sign is submerged, the river is impassable." In a Zimbabwean restaurant: "Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager." A sign seen on a hand dryer in a Lesotho public toilet: "Risk of electric shock-Do not activate with wet hands." In a Botswana jewellery shop: "Ears pierced while you wait." On one of the buildings of a Sierra Leone hospital: "Mental Health Prevention Centre." In a maternity ward of a clinic in Tanzania: "No children allowed!" In a cemetery in Uganda: "Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own graves. In a Malawi hotel: "It is forbidden to steal towels please. If you are not a person to do such a thing, please don't read this notice." A sign posted in an Algerian tourist camping park: "It is strictly forbidden on our camping site that people of different sex, for instance a man and woman, live together in one tent unless they are married to each other for that purpose." In a Namibian nightclub: "Ladies are not allowed to have children in the bar." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~