Are we having fun yet?

Things have been pretty heavy around here lately - not how we normally like to operate at the Iceland Weather Report. Surely we can find something light and frivolous to talk about.

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Would you like to know what I had for dinner? - Catalonian-style salted cod with fried tomatoes.

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It's snowing.

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A friend sent me a Power Point attachment last night with a whole bunch of Engrish signs and I laughed until I cried. Seriously! I wish I could attach them here - I'm sure we could all use a laugh.

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Hey! I know. I still have a bunch of English language gaffe signs. They're similar. These were compiled by the translation department of the European Union:

Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:

GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:

OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.

Hotel lobby, Bucharest:

THE LIFT IS BEING FIXED FOR THE NEXT DAY. DURING THAT TIME WE REGRET THAT YOU WILL BE UNBEARABLE.

Hotel, Yugoslavia:

THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.

In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery:

YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS, AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY.

Taken from a menu, Poland:

SALAD A FIRM'S OWN MAKE; LIMPID RED BEET SOUP WITH CHEESY DUMPLINGS IN THE FORM OF A FINGER; ROASTED DUCK LET LOOSE; BEEF RASHERS BEATEN IN THE COUNTRY PEOPLE'S FASHION.

A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:

IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.

A laundry in Rome:

LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.

Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:

WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:

WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?

Sign in men's rest room in Japan:

TO STOP LEAK TURN COCK TO THE RIGHT

In a Tokyo bar:

SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.

... And now the font is all screwy and tiny and no matter what I do I can't make it the normal size again. This is what happens when you copy things from Word into the blogger template, ladies and gentlemen. So I shall stop now before I tie myself into a frustrated knot. And anyway, I've already given you the weather: it's snowing. Ta!