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THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU’LL EVER READ

The celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its head-taking you from the airport to the hotel, from sightseeing to dining out-by using 100 percent real examples of fractured English as spoken and posted abroad:

• Feel like shopping?
We have no good things to sell.
-shop sign, Lovina Beach, Bali

• Feeling sick?
Are you haunted by the horribles? Do you run after your own nose?
-Japanese medical form

• Wondering what to wear?
A sports jacket may be worn to dinner, but no trousers.
-in a French hotel brochure

• Wondering where to eat?
Grill and Roast your clients! Open for lunch, dinner and Sunday Brunch.
-slogan of the Hibiscus restaurant in the Jakarta Hilton International


But don’t take our word for it, come see for yourself. An

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    A Paperback / softback by Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras

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      Publisher: Random House USA Inc
      Publication Date: 05/10/2004
      ISBN13: 9780812973150, 978-0812973150
      ISBN10: 0812973151
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU’LL EVER READ

      The celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its head-taking you from the airport to the hotel, from sightseeing to dining out-by using 100 percent real examples of fractured English as spoken and posted abroad:

      • Feel like shopping?
      We have no good things to sell.
      -shop sign, Lovina Beach, Bali

      • Feeling sick?
      Are you haunted by the horribles? Do you run after your own nose?
      -Japanese medical form

      • Wondering what to wear?
      A sports jacket may be worn to dinner, but no trousers.
      -in a French hotel brochure

      • Wondering where to eat?
      Grill and Roast your clients! Open for lunch, dinner and Sunday Brunch.
      -slogan of the Hibiscus restaurant in the Jakarta Hilton International


      But don’t take our word for it, come see for yourself. An

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