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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Sparkle sparkleI've been living for a year with about 70 Americans in Israel.
We English managed to convince them for the whole year that when we sang the National Anthem, we all had to stand up, put our hands up on our heads like ears and wiggle our fingers about. Try it. You will feel like a twat. This was meant to reperesnt the crown, and the wiggling fingers represent the jewels in the crown.
They believed that we had all had tea with the queen, and that at 4 o clock exactly we stopped, sat down, and drank tea. We didn't do any of this while we were there the whole year.
real tourists - I had to sell photos for charity in the Old City of Jeruselem, and this stupid American teen wanders up to me and mumbles something about 3 shekel. I tell him they're 10. He gives me the 3 shekel and mumbles. I tell him they're 10 again. He looks confused, and says "So can I have it for 3 shekel?" I give up.
Sorry about the length
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Hampster Squared has stuff at www.tilla.co.uk, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 2:16,
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