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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Inter-regional tourismI was briefly at university in Brighton. one of my friends on the course was from Yorkshire, and had invited her elderly parents down to visit.
They didn't travel about much, and my friend was quite concerned about how they would react to Being Somewhere Different as well as how they would find 'flamboyant' Brighton. She arranged to meet them at the entrance to the pier, thinking that not much could happen to them there.
She arrived to pick them up, to find them standing on the pier on a gorgeous sunny day. Wearing macs and hats. Using their camcorder.
They were using it to film the two 6' 7" tranvestites that were stood 4 feet away, whilst elbowing each other delightedly and saying 'you don't get that in Halifax, dear'
Bless
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 13:07, Reply)
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