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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Christmas in AustraliaAs an Aussie living in the deep south of the you-knight-ted states, I often get asked some strange questions. Apart from the insulting ones like "Are you English?"
Approaching Christmas last year, I was in a meeting at work, and one of the more senior people asked me "Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia?"
I replied:
"Yes, we do, but we do it a little bit differently that you do over here. First of all, you have to remember that is in the middle of summer in Australia, so it is pretty hot. Now, what our family would normally do is have a big barbeque out the back of the house. Once the fire was going, my brothers and I would head off down the paddock, and catch us a couple of kangaroos and wombats, and we would skin them, and throw them on the fire to cook. Once night fell, we would put the christmas tree in the middle of the fire, and when it was blazing furiously, we would strip off all our clothes, and smear our naked bodies with mud and clay, and dance around the burning tree, chanting ancient songs..."
About then the realised I was pulling their legs....
(, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 20:57, Reply)
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