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Lucy, the most complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton ever found and referred to in the popular press as the “missing link”, was named after the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.

Wonderful English from Around the World ..

In a Bangkok Temple:
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.

Cocktail Lounge, Norway:
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.

Doctor's Office, Rome:
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

Dry Cleaners, Bangkok:
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.

A Nairobi Restaurant:
CUSTOMERS, WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE, OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.

On the main road to Mombasa, leaving Nairobi:
TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.

On a poster at Kencom:
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP.

In a City restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.

In a Cemetery:
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS, FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.

Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE, OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS, IN BED.

On the menu of a Swiss Restaurant:
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.

In a Tokyo Bar:
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.

Hotel, Yugoslavia:
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.

Hotel, Japan:
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID .

In the lobby of a Moscow Hotel, across from a Russian Orthodox Monastery:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY, WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS, AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY, EXCEPT THURSDAY.

A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE, THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT, UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.

Hotel, Zurich:
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?

Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

A Laundry in Rome:
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND THEN SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.

And finally, the all-time classic, Seen in an Abu Dhabi Souk shop window:
IF THE FRONT IS CLOSED, PLEASE ENTER THROUGH MY BACKSIDE.

Seen on a sign in a pub........

Alcohol and calculus don't mix, so don't drink and derive.

Taking most of the punctuation out of the posers is taking far too long - even after editing, several have not been accepted by the poor site filters/firewalls, therefore I find it impossible to continue.....

Thank you for all the support and I sincerely hope some kind person shall post the occasional poser. If this poser is accepted then this shall be my last; if nothing appears then it is another victim.

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BEAR Grylls latest challenge is to live in London while earning £12.50 an hour.
The survival expert is filming a new Channel 4 series in which he attempts to survive equipped only with an average income and a studio flat in Clapham.
Grylls said: Once Id paid my £1300 rent and put some money on my Oyster card there was nothing left for food, so I set a snare for my neighbours cat and cooked it in the sink.
Tomorrow Ill set up some Polynesian bird traps on Clapham Common, so at least Ill have some sparrows to put in my sandwiches.
I need some new shoes too, so Ill cut down a tree and hope no one notices Im earing crude wooden flip-flops.
He added: I can’t afford to do anything except stay in and worry about money, which is really depressing when you’re meant to be doing all the stuff in Time Out.
Grylls also revealed that his SAS escape and evasion skills had allowed him to outwit Tesco security staff while stealing toilet rolls.

If the actress Tuesday Weld had married the actor Frederick March the Second, would she have become Tuesday March the Second?

I was at the shops the other day when Santa was there.
One little girl climbed onto his knee and stated " I would like a Barbie and an Action Man doll for Christmas".
"Doesn't Barbie come with Ken?" Santa replied looking bemused.
"No, she fakes it with him" was the answer.

Well done, Busby, & thanks for bringing this to the top.
Let's keep it going for Celadon.

But of course Moses was a biker…
for it is said that the roar of Moses' triumph was heard throughout the land.

The Bluebird of Happiness is an oxymoron.

Is a three-legged cow triungulate?

Announcement heard in a working men's club.
"The wet paint sign in the Gent's toilet is not an instruction"

Good to see "Poser" again.