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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Bath.Full of tourists, pretty much all year round. My favourite incident took place when sat on a wall once waiting for a bus, with the river Avon, a weir and a concrete flood control gate behind me.
Tourist (need I state the nationality?) points at river. "Say, is that the Roman Baths?" Me: "Why, yes it is!" Tourist: "Gee, thanks! (turns to outsized partner) - stand there honey while I take a photograph...."
And more generally: Trip Advisor (www.tripadvisor.com) is a truly wonderful resource for hilarious stories, especially the unintentionally funny ones (such as the numerous complaints about British hotels not having air conditioning as standard... in January?!)
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Ptolemy the man with the silent pea, Sat 9 Jul 2005, 20:03,
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