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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Yanks go shoppingI was on a checkout one quiet afternoon, and a barrel of a man with a deep south drawl leads his wife and three mid-20s kids - who had one trolley EACH - through. Budweiser galore, unfathomable quantities of milk, almost a conveyor belt full of Diet Coke and probably every Dorito in the store were all on board.
Took an absolute age to scan everything through, and totalled well over £400. First the dad hands over an American Express card, which at the time the company didn't accept. Small argument about the logic of that starts and ends, and then he dips into a bum bag and hands over a huge wad of dollars. I state the obvious, a bigger argument breaks out, and suddenly I find myself sat on a stool in Hendon being told my words are "unconstitutional" and "treasonous".
Supervisors, managers, store owner and security all end up being called. Turns out that the five of them had spent over three days in London blissfully unaware that the US dollar is not legal tender over here.
(, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 3:20, Reply)
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