Stupid TouristsWhat's the stupidest thing you've ever heard a tourist say? Ever heard an American talking about visiting "Scotchland, England", or (and this one is actually real) a Japanese couple talking about the correct way to say Clapham is actually Clatham, as "ph" sounds are pronounced "th". Which has a certain logic really. UPDATE: Please, no more Loogabarooga stories. It's getting like, "and I opened my eyes and my mum had left me a cup of tea!"
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chthonic, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:31)
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Stupid Americans!Quite recently I was waiting in the departure lounge at Edinburgh airport for a trip to Barcelona, and a group of elderly American tourists (flying to Dublin, where I can only imagine they got on even worse) were sitting were sitting in the seats behind us. They were old enough to really know better, but they were American..
Strike one:
One of the men complaining about the 'Scotch' he had purchased from the duty free shop
'This Scotch is 8 years old...who wants to drink whiskey that isn't fresh?'
Strike two:
The same moron eating a packet of Walkers' 'Four Cheese Flavour' Crisps, to one of the other oldies
'What number is your cheese'
'Sorry?'
'Mine is number four, I was wondering what yours was'
Strike Three...you're out!
Boarding call for one of the flights, clearly in perfect English, one of the idiots states:
'I thought they done announcements in the British language'
There was also a classic that someone left in the guestbook in Edinburgh castle (again, an American):
'Nice castle...but couldn't you have built it closer to the airport?'
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 1:14, Reply)
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