More Chinglish

Starting once again with the extreme politeness of Chinese signs.  Not "Do not enter," but ...

This one warns you about everything.

These two signs were at the Museum to Mao's long march, and again, they get in everything.  I believe that "No Scribbling" means "don't write on the walls but I'm not sure why there is an emphasis on quietness.

How many ways can they politely tell you that the floor is wet?

One of my favorite signs was on the escalator at the Hong Kong airport.  It said "Don't look only at cell phone."  Very apt as everyone here has a cell phone and everyone is always looking at them.  Also, at the bottom of a flight of stairs.

Lijiang has canals running through it, so besides warning you about slippery floors, they very helpfully tell you not to fall into a canal.  The local tribe is the Naxi and they want the water kept clean.

A sign on the boat railing as I was cruising down the Li River looking at the karst scenery also warned about falling in the water.

Now, this is the reason for all of those warnings.  Of course.

This sign tells you where to return your audio guide, but the next two mystified me.  I never did figure out what they were talking about.

Another polite way to tell you not to walk on the fence.  Kind of like "No Spanning."

On the way down to Tiger Leaping Gorge and back up, there were very conveniently placed places to rest.

And I loved the name of this bus touring company in Lhasa.

On a slightly indelicate topic ...  Most Chinese prefer squat toilets;  western toilets are called potty toilets or handicapped toilets - appropriate since all westerners are handicapped in China.  Also, in most places, you put the toilet paper in the trash, not the toilet.  But I think this sign (in Tibetan as well as Chinese and English) has the order wrong.

And since Chinese people prefer squat toilets, you have to warn them not to squat on western toilets.

I saw one t-shirt that said "Pill out all the stops" and another inscrutably said "Be Current underway."  Huh?  But how many typos can you get into one sign?

And this was my favorite English language t-shirt of all.

And the one thing I can read in any language.