This takes a little reading but it is funny:

Those of us that have spent a little time in Asia will appreciate this one.

The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service at a hotel in Asia, which was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review:

Room Service (RS): "Morrin. ; Roon sirbees."
Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."
RS: "Rye..Roon sirbees..morrin! Jewish to oddor sunteen??"
G: "Uh..yes..I'd like some bacon and eggs."
RS: "Ow July den?"
G: "What??"
RS: "Ow July den?...pryed, boyud, poochd?"
G : "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled please."
RS: "Ow July dee baykem? Crease?"
G: "Crisp will be fine."
RS : "Hokay. An Sahn toes?"
G: "What?"
RS:"An toes. July Sahn toes?"
G: "I don't think so."
RS: "No? Judo wan sahn toes??"
G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo wan sahn toes' means."
RS: "Toes! toes!...Why jew don juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?"
G: "English muffin!! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast.' Fine.
Yes, an English muffin will be fine."
RS: "We bodder?"
G: "No...just put the bodder on the side."
RS: "Wad! ?"
G: "I mean butter...just put it on the side."
RS: "Copy?"
G: "Excuse me?"
RS: "Copy...tea...meel?"
G: "Yes. Coffee, please, and that's all."
RS: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin we bodder on sigh and copy....rye??"
G: "Whatever you say."
RS: "Tenjewberrymuds."
G : "You're very welcome."



Cheers, Vince

Awwww, Vince, now you did it! You reminded me of a cruise the missus and I took.
VERY pleasant people. You'd ask them a question...any question, and they'd say, brightly; "Yes, berry good, sank you !" And that would end it!

The Captain was a hoot! "Goot Afternoon, ladies and chentlemen. I am Keptain Von Slooter, mit der noon report. I vas a rezident uf a nooderal coundree during der late unpleasantness in Europe." " Off der port bow ve haf...AMERIKANISHER ZERSTORER! PERISKOP AUF!! TAUCHEN,
Tauchen, Tauchen! Listed as one of the "better, cheaper cruise lines", But, we did have one heckuva lot of fun!