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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Big HatsWhen I was a kid, we went on a school trip to Westminster Abbey, where you can see the armour of Edward, the Black Prince. It consists of a huge padded chainmail tunic topped off with a frankly ostentatious helmet replete with jumping lion effigy on the top. All in menacing black.
Whilst looking at this, I heard two Merkin tourists behind me have the follwing exchange:
"Gee, it must have been awfully hot in summertime..."
"Yeah. Especially in that hat."
Also, I went to college in York, and got asked by another Merkin tourist where the Minster was. Which would have been fine but we were standing not 10 yards from it, and it's really a difficult building to miss.
(, Tue 12 Jul 2005, 12:06, Reply)
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