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
9 years ago

get me out of here

coffeebot
9 years ago

“what floor, sir”

..”Surprise me”

algernon
algernon
9 years ago

Go anywhere you like

algernon
algernon
9 years ago

Darn I was hoping to go somewhere nearby

Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat
9 years ago

Is that Oz?

Huu Yuu
Huu Yuu
9 years ago

The glass elevators of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory?

jjhitt
jjhitt
9 years ago

Everything is up from here.

SF
SF
9 years ago

Found at Microsoft Hong Kong headquarters.

DrLex
DrLex
9 years ago

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

timmy
timmy
9 years ago

also called uber.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
9 years ago

…but that’s where I just came from!

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
9 years ago

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

Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat
9 years ago

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

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
9 years ago

Obviously not the Hotel California.

Ben
Ben
9 years ago

Lift to right here

Ben
Ben
9 years ago

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

stellaruniverse
stellaruniverse
9 years ago

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

Frank Burns
Frank Burns
9 years ago

Right next to stairway to heaven.

PeeBee
PeeBee
9 years ago

Maybe it’s just describing the elevators function.

CJ
CJ
9 years ago

There’s no place like someplace else.

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
9 years ago

Wherever

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
9 years ago

Caption is made at someplace else!

WorrierPrincess
WorrierPrincess
9 years ago

Located at the back of the wardrobe.

CJ
CJ
9 years ago

Let’s someplace else!

TS
TS
9 years ago

Someplace else is every place you want to be.

TS
TS
9 years ago

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

pasdrole
pasdrole
9 years ago

Welcome to Someplace Else. Better than Any Old Place.

Lora
Lora
9 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
9 years ago

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

Marum
Marum
9 years ago

And our lift operator is something else again.

Marum
Marum
9 years ago

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

RT
RT
9 years ago

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

sirpaulfan
sirpaulfan
9 years ago

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

A Non-Y Mouse
A Non-Y Mouse
9 years ago

“Bridge”

Mark
Mark
9 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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