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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StrewthWho says the Germans have no sense of humour? I was out in Frankfurt at a giant music trade fair where I met a lovely girl called Hilda. She was so kind and sweet, butter wouldn't melt in her gob. I was staying in a motel just outside and had trouble getting through to the receptionist. She could speaka da no inglish and what I could say in German you could have written on a fly's foreskin. Hilda taught me how to ask for my bill, where to get the bus to the railway station, and to thank her for her kindness during my stay. I learned this during the following day and managed to get it right. I bid farewell to Hilda that night and on checking out the following morning I apparantly said to the receptionist, "Could I pull down your dunghampers and stick matchsticks up your tradesman's entrance?" Cow!
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Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:13,
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