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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As an Americantravelling in Europe - sort of reverse tourist idiocy.
Amazing how people believe that being American means we must know Michael Jackson, or that being from California must be very like living in Graceland. Every Italian has a cousin in America, how surprising that we have never met! Folks, it's a big....big country.
Incidentally, I work on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago and all summer have to endure waiting at my local bakery behind lovely old British couples who must to peruse the entire menu, discuss, compare and prattle endlessly before they can order a simple pastry or bowl of soup. It's like being forced to watch an entire season of Masterpiece Theater in order to get my lunch.
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Artamnesia, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 4:21,
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