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?I was walking along the Mall in Washington, DC (I was an officer in the Marines at the time and stationed there) and heading towards the Lincoln Memorial. As I got closer a couple asked me what the memorial was to (I figured everyone knew who Abraham Lincoln was) and I said, as cheerily as I could in my UN-fat American southern drawl "That'd be Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator." The woman smiled and said "That’s where we are from! Lincoln England! I wonder if he is what they named the town after?! He seemed like a great man, with the exception of his opinions on slavery of course."
I tipped my cap and proceeded on my way.
So see, not ALL Americans are dolts and not all Brits are witty and intellectual. Ya buncha poofs.
Sic Semper Tyrannis!
PS(If you all don’t like McDonalds, how the hell do they stay in business? I mean, from the way you all make it sound, English people are predominantly brilliant with only a few chavs around for humor so surely they can’t be making any money at McDonalds!)
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Citadel Because the world needs less morons, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 15:27,
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