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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"I can't believe you ruined the ending..."Some time in 1997 I was dragged to see "Titanic" at the local flicks. For the purpose of this story I'm going to assume that the clutch of Americans queuing outside the cinema were tourists.
As my wife and I were leaving (after three fecking hours of my life I'll never see again) she happened to say to me, "It was so sad when the Titanic sank. I cried for ages."
Overhearing, one of our trans-Atlantic cousins indignatly hollered: "I can't believe you ruined the ending for us! Goddamn English have no respect!"
I could have left it there, letting her mind stew in its own filth. But instead I retorted, in my usual, polite, restrained manner: "IT WAS THE FECKING TITANIC! WHAT THE FECK DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN?"
The response? "Well, you could have at least let it come as a surprise to us."
I held my breath for the rest of the walk home, afraid that I might breath in some of her strange, expelled USA air. It could be catching, you know.
Sheesh, dude. That's, like, the stupidest thing I ever heard. Jeez.
(, Wed 13 Jul 2005, 20:20, Reply)
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