I’m sure I don’t need to tell you how difficult it is to learn English. There are so many words and many of them have more than one meaning! If it makes you feel better the English get confused by their own language too.
Here are some examples of embarrassing mistakes made with the language by the English and other nationalities from around the world…

Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
“Would you like to ride on your own ass?”

A sign seen on an automatic public WC hand dryer:
“Do not activate with wet hands.”

In a maternity hospital:
“No children allowed”

In a Tokyo hotel:
“Guests are requested not to smoke or do other disgusting behaviours in bed”

In a Tokyo bar
“Special cocktails for ladies with nuts”

SOS!

Fifteen people are trapped aboard a ship that’s going to sink in exactly 20 minutes. Their only chance for survival is the five-person life raft stowed on their vessel. To make matters worse, the waters around the ship is full of man-eating sharks, so swimming to safety is out of the question.A round-trip to the nearest island and back to the ship takes nine minutes on the raft. How many people will live to see dry land?

The usual suspects

Five suspects are called to the police station for questioning. They give the following statements.

A: “One of the five of us is lying.”
B: “Two of the five of us are lying.”
C: “I know these guys, and three of the five of us are lying.”
D: “Don’t listen to a word they say. Out of the five of us, four are lying.”
E: “All five of us are dirty rotten liars!”

The police only want to release the suspects who are telling the truth. How many people should they let go?

Down on the farm

A farmer wishes to move a wolf, a sheep and a cabbage from one side of a river to the other while obeying the following rules…

1.    The captain can only take one animal or item across at once.
2.    You cannot leave the wolf alone with the sheep or the sheep with the cabbage.

You can go across the river as many times as you need but the shortest possible solution takes only 7 trips… how?

Snakes alive!

A young man is boasting about the many and varied pets he keeps.
He has 10 pets. Not just canaries and dogs, but tortoises and even snakes! He can’t remember how many of each animal he has, but there are six wings, three shells and 26 legs between all of them.

Can you work out how many snakes he has?