Any place but here…

Any place but here…

posted on 2 Sep 2015 in Chinglish, Signs

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Don’t push the button marked ‘?’

Photo courtesy of Mahla, Caz, and Kenz.
Found in a hotel in Hong Kong. 

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coffeebot
10 years ago

get me out of here

coffeebot
10 years ago

“what floor, sir”

..”Surprise me”

algernon
algernon
10 years ago

Go anywhere you like

algernon
algernon
10 years ago

Darn I was hoping to go somewhere nearby

Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat
10 years ago

Is that Oz?

Huu Yuu
Huu Yuu
10 years ago

The glass elevators of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory?

jjhitt
jjhitt
10 years ago

Everything is up from here.

SF
SF
10 years ago

Found at Microsoft Hong Kong headquarters.

DrLex
DrLex
10 years ago

Better a lift to someplace else, than a staircase to heaven.

timmy
timmy
10 years ago

also called uber.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

…but that’s where I just came from!

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

“And remember, wherever you go, there you are.”
– Buckaroo Banzai

Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat
10 years ago

Get out if you find Hades Members in there! It’s hellbound.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

Obviously not the Hotel California.

Ben
Ben
10 years ago

Lift to right here

Ben
Ben
10 years ago

(Last post left out the “repeat” symbol – two circular arrows.)

stellaruniverse
stellaruniverse
10 years ago

I accidentally pressed the ? button and you know what happened.

Frank Burns
Frank Burns
10 years ago

Right next to stairway to heaven.

PeeBee
PeeBee
10 years ago

Maybe it’s just describing the elevators function.

CJ
CJ
10 years ago

There’s no place like someplace else.

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
10 years ago

Wherever

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
10 years ago

Caption is made at someplace else!

WorrierPrincess
WorrierPrincess
10 years ago

Located at the back of the wardrobe.

CJ
CJ
10 years ago

Let’s someplace else!

TS
TS
10 years ago

Someplace else is every place you want to be.

TS
TS
10 years ago

It lifts its ass to someplace else or else it gets the hose again…

pasdrole
pasdrole
10 years ago

Welcome to Someplace Else. Better than Any Old Place.

Lora
Lora
10 years ago

Me: Does this elevator go to the third floor?
Elevator operator: (sarcastic) No ma’am, today it goes someplace else.
Me: Good. Wherever that is, it’s got to better this this lousy store! >:)

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

One of my customers had their lift marked.
2
1
G
-1
This sort of worried me.

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

And our lift operator is something else again.

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

I guess The Stairway to Heaven, is out of the question?

RT
RT
10 years ago

So i guess this is the real-life equivalent of clicking google’s “i’m feeling lucky” button?

sirpaulfan
sirpaulfan
10 years ago

They’ve really improved upon elevator technology in Hong Kong!

A Non-Y Mouse
A Non-Y Mouse
10 years ago

“Bridge”

Mark
Mark
10 years ago

They’re Great and made of glass.

EffEff
EffEff
9 years ago

@WorrierPrincess: Or the TARDIS.

Marum
Marum
9 years ago

If you accidentally get your lady, “someplace else” it should cause a modicum of surprise. 👿

D
D
9 years ago

The restaurant is actually called “Someplace Else”

Marum
Marum
9 years ago

Any whichway but los. Was mein Herr?

Peter
Peter
9 years ago

Please find the buttons that are not marked ‘?” and press them.
Good luck.

Walter
Walter
9 years ago

I know this hotel! I know the restaurant. the restaurant is called “Some Place Else”.

Bat Malca
Bat Malca
9 years ago

How high does it go? Heaven maybe?

Sarah
Sarah
9 years ago

Someplace Else is actually the name of a restaurant in a HK hotel.

kioku
kioku
9 years ago

Courtesy of Willy Wanka’s Chocolate Factory.

ruuku
ruuku
9 years ago

over the rainbow?

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