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Old Mar 11th, 2003, 04:03 PM
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St.Cirq, that's my all time favorite Fodorite story - I've actually repeated it many times (but I did like the bit mentioned on an earlier thread where one of them said: "Do you think she lives in that cave?").
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Old Mar 11th, 2003, 07:16 PM
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While standing in line to get to the desk at the airport one couple joining another man called out "Got everything?'

Answer "Nope couldn't find the wrench haven't got the sink"
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Old Mar 11th, 2003, 08:23 PM
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An Italian man in Florence asked me if I was American and when I said no that I was from Canada his reply was "No!?! Well why not? You are so close to the Americans anyway! You all should just be Americans it would be easier"

Quite honestly, I still don't know exactly what he meant by that!
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Old Mar 12th, 2003, 09:43 AM
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On a trip to Paris a few years ago, my wife, my kids and I were all trying to figure out what the familiar-tasting, round white potato-ish looking vegetable on our plate was (in a Lebanese restaurant in the latin quarter). We were all stumped until my wife said "I'm not sure what it is, but it has been soaked in beet juice". Duh, who knew that beets are white not red in real life.
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Old Mar 12th, 2003, 10:27 AM
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OK, this one is classic.
My co-worker was @ an Oktoberfest celebration getting into the groove, ya know. The waiter then came around and began to drink orders. When it came to her, she calmly asked for...Bud Light!
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Old Mar 12th, 2003, 11:05 AM
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Texan to his wife in a charming hotel just outside Paris trying to complain because he needed a longer bed to fit his height--but Honey, I cain't talk to these people, they all speak French!

Not heard, but seen. A somewhat chubby pre-teen wearing tie-dyed short shorts with Peace! emblazoned on her rear end. What was her mother thinking when she put those on?
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Old Mar 12th, 2003, 06:34 PM
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Great thread! Of course you may use "shooty-darn," Elle. We use it all the time at our house.
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Old Mar 12th, 2003, 09:33 PM
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In a very rural area of Washington State, my husband heard a woman indignantly telling her friend about an argument the night before with her husband: "And I told that HAMHEAD..." We laughed and called each other that name the rest of the trip.

Another SW Airlines goody: In the event of an emergency, put on your oxygen mask first and then help your child or anyone with you who is acting like a child.
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Old Mar 13th, 2003, 07:35 AM
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While at a meeting in a US city, we were being introduced to a woman who hadn't met any of us. After passing the time of day, she commented to our friend from Hawaii, "You certainly do speak good English!"
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Old Mar 13th, 2003, 07:48 AM
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I hope the Fodor's censors will let this one pass 'cause its a true story. In the very early days of the 'net we booked an apartment in Paris that had a brand new website. The French version was wonderful but the English description of the apt was very loosely translated and priceless as a reault
" Beautiful apartment: holds 4 for sleeping: three stoves! very clean: shits changed twice in the week".
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Old Mar 13th, 2003, 08:06 AM
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The censors let it pass! That's a classic.
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Old Mar 15th, 2003, 11:39 PM
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Personally overheard while living in the cruise ship port town of Ketchikan, Alaska:

"Can I use US stamps on this postcard?"

From a just arrived passenger off a 2,000+ passenger ship standing on the dock: "What sea level are we at?"

And to prove it's not just Americans who are geographically challenged a very dear English woman was recently very surprised when I told her Alaska part of the USA.
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Old Mar 16th, 2003, 02:36 AM
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Overheard at an ATM machine in Delft shortly after the conversion to the Euro:
"You'd a thought if they were gonna go ta all that trouble ta change ta a different kind of money they'd a changed ta REAL money!"
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Old Mar 16th, 2003, 05:36 AM
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Not something that was said but rather something I read.

On a hopper plane from Atlanta, GA to Florida - the steps had been folded up into the plane when a man came running with a cooler out to the plane. I thought, "oh great, the pilot forgot his lunch." They placed the cooler in the front of the aisle and carefully turned it around - a big label said "Human Eyeballs for Transplant."
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Old Mar 16th, 2003, 02:34 PM
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We were in England and were buying tickets to tour a manor house. Seeing the breakdown for ticket prices included a discount for seniors, he asked the booth attendant "What is a senior?--meaning what age. The attendant replied, "Why, it is an elderly gentleman, sir."!!!

St. Cirq--love your story! To the poster who accused you of embellishment--that is NEVER necessary in telling stories of Americans in Europe. Truth is funnier than fiction!
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Old Mar 16th, 2003, 03:17 PM
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I love being a OAP in England!!

Funniest thing I've heard..while waiting to go thru the Vatican...Bruno from Philadelphia...well that is my guess... " Does the Pope really live here??"
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Old Mar 16th, 2003, 03:29 PM
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Just a couple of weeks ago, on the plane which had just landed at Stansted (one of the smaller 'outer London' airports). As we taxied back to the terminal, we passed a large green, 'fake', shell which resembled an aeroplane, and was clearly used for practice for cabin staff or the like to hone their skills. An aussie behind me said to his wife, "Hey! have you seen the SPACE SHUTTLE over there?". We couldn't help but laugh.
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Old Mar 16th, 2003, 05:35 PM
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No doubt somewhat travel-weary, on our way into the Notre Dame in Paris, we overheard a woman say to her husband, "let's go inside" to which he responded, "nah, it's just another church".
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Old Mar 16th, 2003, 05:47 PM
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Great thread
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We were boarding the tour bus after a stop at Stonehenge. A burly guy in a flowered shirt was balking at getting back on & saying, "I've been hearing about it & I'm not leaving here until I see it for myself." The poor frustrated & confused guide asked, "See what, Sir" & the man indignantly replied, "the Summer Solstice, that's what."

On another trip, we stopped at a lovely little guesthouse in the Swiss Alps. The young waitress struggled in very broken english to help us with ordering our evening meal but when we went up to our room, she cheerfully said, "Goodnight, ya'll." I (being from Texas) said, "Ya,ll? Where did you learn your english"? She replied, "On Dallas" (the TV show)!
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