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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My brother used to work in the carribean(Grand Cayman) as a diving instructor. Lots of american tourists come out on the boat just for the ride.
On being told that the coral which makes up the reef is actually an animal and not a plant: "So how do you know where it is each time?".
My brother answers that they found an old one which was a bit slow and managed to chain it to the sea bed. This was accepted as fact.
Also, the depth goes from being very shallow, then suddenly drops to about 30 feet, then drops off again to about 20,000 feet or somesuch about half a mile out. This results in sharp contrasts in the water colour from pale blue, to medium, to very dark. Several times my brother has been asked if they sell bottles of the different colours of the water in the gift shop.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:54, Reply)
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