Funniest of Fodor Threads
 

We are new to Fodor, and love, love, love reading the past messages as they are most informing... and some are very entertaining. What are some of Fodor's most comical and 'witty' coversations?

Thanks!
DLA Family

The 'Yorkshire Pudding Thread', without a doubt.

Something about 'do they use lifejackets in Venice'...

Search for anything written by maitaitom or dukey.

MvK

Well, maitaitom & dukey may be good, but look for Elvira's trip reports. She hasn't been around for a long time now, but hers are the best!

Surely the tread about Barbara and the Divas would have to fit this bill. Can anyone remember the details of the title? Also the Tipping the Pilot of course is good fun.

Fortunately some of the good ones keep coming back around, because they are SO good. Welcome to Fodors DLAfamily.

How about the one about Vikings in Scandinavia?

And agree that Elvira and her traveling loons were about the funniest ever...

I too miss the loons. Although the tipping the pilot thread was infamous in it's own way.

"The Vikings", salvaged by FainaAgain:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34790830

"Life Jackets on Gondolas":

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34476606

Barbara's trip report on her trip with several other women "friends" to Italy. I don't remember the title (anyone?) but oh, was it FUNNY!

How about Degas?
Where is he?

Billy and Betty's thread on having trouble with their Trenitalia.

Although Elvira's threads were classics, particularly the sucking mud and fish taco one about renting the "Queen Mary" houseboat in Venice.

How about the Haggis in a Tube thread?

Let us not foret Muffy and her squeky pants on the plane...let us not forget muffy lol

Here's muffin's squeak pants thread:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34538238

I loved the "tipping the pilot" thread!

Here are a few of Elvira's trip reports:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34646256
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...&tid=84973
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...mp;tid=1327652

This one isn't a trip report, but her response is still good:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...amp;tid=584064

I had actually posted the Viking thread last year because I had saved it, but I think that thread has now been deleted!

Here is Barb's trip report, titled: This is Why I Will Always Travel Solo From Now: Trip Report - Rome and Sorrento

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34646256

Two of the 3 word stories over in the Lounge have been an absolute hoot.

Here's one
http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...p;tid=34919827

I also remember one where someone worried about wearing a girdle on a plane...anyone remember that one?

I LOVED Theresa10's trip report from Italy..that one had me cracking up nearly the entire time I was reading it!

From the cruise board, this report of a nightmare cruise is very funny...

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34476223

And here's "How much do I tip the pilot?"

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...mp;tid=1288831

Here's another pre-registration classic--a troll about a cattle roundup and slaughter vacation which some took seriously:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...mp;tid=1310124

Scarlett goes to hell was pretty funny;

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34526295

Oh boy, I can't wait to re-read these. I was here in the Elvira days..man I miss her.

I don't remember who wrote it, but I laughed a lot with a story about a checked-in leg lost ,,

Dear Fodor community,

We’ve only been members for about three weeks, and it took us a bit of time to realize the threads were as entertaining as they were informing.

We were kind of shy to post this, and didn’t know if we would get any responses… what a difference 12 hours makes! Our family has LOL over the first few links, and we’re still reading! A lot of our friends and realities will find and appreciate the top-notch wit.

As a sign of gratitude, I’ve asked them to become members of this community to enjoy for fun and good info. Hopefully, they will introduce themselves when reading this.


Keep the links coming!

Thanks to you!
DLAfamily

How about Mr Dreamer with his Smart car or motor scooter rental for Paris, all the American coffee, cigarettes and booze for his France trip and his thread on Abba?

Here's the classic "Pray for the leg"

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34753901

Yes, thank P_M :)

Here's all the BillandBettyJones threads I could find but I think the "examine my trenitalia" one was deleted by Fodors.


too many buttons to remember!! takk u!!
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34707990


oh no I think Frodors has the hickcups again my strings are gone!
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34711262


heres how to say hello in ohter countries
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34701381

tests this is only testes to see if ours is working
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34697794

Does the planes with tv'S have cable?
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34693003

our trip rapport/scandinavio and buddahchest
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34677478

which is count choculas castle?
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34636996

Can we drive Noway in nuts-hell?
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34638116

are there hopspitals in the Scandinavio?
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34632926

Scandic navia
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34600768

Two of my alltime favorites:

Faithonholiday (Faith's upcoming trip to italy with cousin Bambi)

BillynBettyJones (on any topic)

OWJ's Trip from Smell: http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34701198

This is the funniest trip report I've ever read!!

The "most comical?"

I hardly think any of my diatribes would qualify since I'm obviously hated by some and disdained by others.

BUT, that's OK because I still adore everybody here, even Flanner!

I think the funniest thread is long gone because it must be 5 or more years old. It got started when some guy wrote in saying that he "just loved wimmen" and wanted to know where to go to find the best ones.

The whole thread began a series of postings giving advice on street corners, how to dress, etc.

Finally we had him standing on a street corner in Pigalle waving a wad of money in one hand and a "sixer of Bud" in the other. Every once in a while he was to whistle, made some semi obscene comment, and belch for effect. The idea being that kind of behavior was alluring.

For attire, he was to be clad in tight wrangler jeans with a wide belt and a huge buckle, wearing a 10-gallon hat, bare chested with extra fake hair, barefooted, a red bandanna around his neck, and drooling tobacco juice for that extra manly look.

There were some other details I have forgotten, but I wish that thread could be brought back up. I just looked for it, but nothing I recall from the discussion has been a successful search key word.

Then there was a thread about one-way pedestrian bridges in Paris. That one was in response to someone who wanted to know if the bridges in Paris went both ways. It got a little preposterous before it was over.

I remember the Haggis in a Tube thread. If one has never eaten Haggis, I don't think it meant as much as it did to those who either love it or hate it.

I may be of Scottish ancestry, but that stuff is worse than my uncle's sausage!!

Back in the day, when Spoon and Lord David, after months of arguing, realised they actually knew each other in real life.

Can't find the thread...Audere?

Personally, I love this one....

There's No Such Thing As The Greatest City In The World But, If There Was, It Would Probably Be New York City

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=1

The Tennessee Trio's trip of terror or something like that-hilarious.

There was another one about inexperienced travelers plaaning for a 3 week trip to Europe with 2 weeks notice-I think NorCalif was the poster. That was a great one.

Pray for the leg was also one of my faves...

Dukey - yes he provides good comedic relief...but he's no IntrepidOne who had even better humorous repartees!

Actually he seems like a slightly older and bit more subdued Intrepid1.

And about Dukey's statement:
BUT, that's OK because I still adore everybody here, even Flanner!

What's not to adore about Ole Boy Flanner - my favorite poster and a words crafter with a sublime sense of humour. You may not always agree with his bluster but you always marvel at how he writes it.