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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Lincoln CathedralAs a growing young man keen to explore the wider world - an enthusiasm nurtured by the limitations of my hometown Lincoln, much as a grain of sand becomes a pearl within an oyster shell - I was happy to talk to tourists from sunnier climbs.
"Hey young man", said a large American man sporting a wonderful shell-suit, "my wife and I were wondering... where's the Cathedral?"
Dumbstruck, I simply pointed at the massive, 11th Century, 270 foot tall place of worship about, oh, say, five metres behind them.
"Oh!" he exclaimed.
"That's not a church?" asked the double-chinned wife, equally shell-suited to boot.
At this point I seriously considered a life working in a High Street store... in nearby Hull.
(, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 12:23, Reply)
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