Over the past month, The Spin spent some time travelling and came across a couple of food-related gaffes that got us guffawing.
The first one at the airport was a bit ‘nuts’. The overcautious hosts left no stone unturned to warn those allergic to nuts. Clearly the term ‘almond-stuffed’ in the first line didn’t cut it, so the hosts stuffed nuts within parentheses into the tiny placard. We wonder: would translation into the local language have been a better use of the space on the second line? In a nutshell, it seemed nuts to mention (Nuts) as such, but it sure shelled out a laugh.
On the journey home from the airport, we came across another fun one on the Dubai Metro, which aimed
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