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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American Tourist at HeathrowI was waiting in the (stupidly long) checking in queue at heathrow. Behind me was a dutch guy and behind him was a yank who was gibbering constantly at this poor dutch bloke.... This is roughly what I overheard...
A - Gee, I don't recognise your accent?
D - I'm Dutch.
A - Really? So where is Dutch then?
Or whilst actually in america. Bearing in mind I come from south london.
A - You're from europe? Wow you speak really good english.
Or the best yet -
England? That's in europe right? What country does it border with?
Oh, it's an island? How do you mean?
Right... surrounded by water and not physically attached to europe... So how do you get off that then?
Don't get me wrong... I like Americans... I just think their leader is a psychopath.
No apologies. Never ever, never bloody ever.
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Beastie is doing science with his arse, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 12:22,
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