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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They didn't say much, but they did do a brilliant trick.3 colleagues from Corea went for a weekend trip to Paris (one way a 12 hour journey from our place) using the rental car the company had provided for their 4 week long stay in Germany. Some way into France they need to fill up the car and turn into the next petrol station. "Gazol" it says on the petrol pump, gasoline they think. Quite wrong, since Gazol is actually Diesel fuel. Their car stopped dead after another kilometer. Took them the best part of their weekend (and the best part of what little money they had) to get the car fixed just to get back to work on Monday. They didn't even get close to Paris.
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RedWine President of the S.C.U.M., Thu 7 Jul 2005, 19:52,
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