EPTWhy did they build the castle so far from the train station?
Priceless.
Funny things tourists ask. - Page 3
| Forum Index > General Forum |
|
Sanctimonius
United Kingdom861 Posts
Why did they build the castle so far from the train station? Priceless. | ||
|
Chemist391
United States366 Posts
Tourist: So...one thing that surprises me about Utah is that I haven't seen any Mormons yet. Me: ...I'm pretty sure you have. Tourist: No, I don't think so? Me: *starts pointing at people all over below us* I bet there's a good chance that he's Mormon, and he is, and she is... Tourist: But they look normal! | ||
|
JieXian
Malaysia4677 Posts
On June 22 2012 02:16 Eisregen wrote: An australian couple asked me some stuff when I was waiting for a (train)ticket replacement and I talked to em a bit. some minutes later he asked me: "where do you live." Me: "in this city!" He: "Where were you born??" Me: "in this city!" He: "Oh, you're german?" Lolz, tbh, I didnt think he was being stupid, actually he flattered me a bit <3 Ohoh, another funny thing actually... In Germany, depending on where you grew up, one may speak a more or less heavy dialect. I am living in southern germany and so we speak a dialect here. One day, a guy in his car stopped beneath us and asked for the way. Well, we told him were to drive to 3 times...he looked kinda confused and started once again with: "Do you speak english??" xD Damn german tourists! Are you from Bavaria? ^^ I asked this guy who lives in my area, "Where are you from?". He gives me a confused look and hesitantly points at a direction where I think his house is. After clarifying, "I meant what country are you from." "Germany." Can Germans explain this situation? Does "woher bist du" mean something else as compared to ''woher kommst du"? I was speaking English the whole time btw. On June 22 2012 02:31 Sanctimonius wrote: Once worked for the Tourist Information in Scotland and we were asked a variety of wonderful question. Probably the best one: Why did they build the castle so far from the train station? Priceless. hahahahahaha | ||
|
NewModel
Germany124 Posts
tourist:"where can we finde the Cologne cathedral (is it the right english term? i think you know what i mean...)" me:"in cologne" tourst:"oh we aren´t in cologne?"... ![[image loading]](http://www.facepalm.de/images/facepalm.jpg) düsseldorf isn´t that far away from cologne but it´s another city ; ) User was warned for this post | ||
|
Garm
Norway222 Posts
A friend of mine knows a guy who heard it from some other guy, so it's legit. | ||
|
FezTheCaliph
United States492 Posts
On June 22 2012 01:08 huStl.e wrote: i wouldn't go to the niagra falls and ask why the maid of the mist is called such or go to barcelona and ask why they built a really long bench. Kinda thread relevant! Its Niagara Falls. Not Niagra Falls. As someone that lives in the area, it stands out when it's misspelled. but I can understand most people spelling it that way as that's how it sounds. | ||
|
Wyk
314 Posts
On June 22 2012 01:08 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. + Show Spoiler + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo Oh man i have to quit getting high. Seeing real random shit now. | ||
|
CrazyF1r3f0x
United States2120 Posts
On June 22 2012 01:56 Antiochus wrote: I try to convince americans that Toronto is the capital of Canada, trust me I should know, I live there. What's even funnier is that I had no idea what the capitol of Canada was until I googled it just now; even so I've never heard of Ottawa before^^ | ||
|
NexUmbra
Scotland3776 Posts
The story that OP says it pretty good if you know what the Forth is but obviously no one knows. I don't even think other people in the UK would know. | ||
|
BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
| ||
|
JCare
Portugal14 Posts
The stupidest I asked was in Porto (Portuguese city im not from). Slightly drunk I ask a policemen where the "Torre dos Clérigos" was. We were standing right in front of it. Its a freaking tower, not really hard to miss, but I managed to. One time, when I went to the airport to pick up a friend, while waiting for her, I got approached by a tourist couple. They asked how could they get to Madrid. I had absolutly no idea how to answer them. They had just arrived at the wrong country, there is no amount of directions I can give them that will correct that. | ||
|
actionbastrd
Congo598 Posts
On June 22 2012 03:15 JCare wrote: I've done stupid questions and got asked funny questions. The stupidest I asked was in Porto (Portuguese city im not from). Slightly drunk I ask a policemen where the "Torre dos Clérigos" was. We were standing right in front of it. Its a freaking tower, not really hard to miss, but I managed to. One time, when I went to the airport to pick up a friend, while waiting for her, I got approached by a tourist couple. They asked how could they get to Madrid. I had absolutly no idea how to answer them. They had just arrived at the wrong country, there is no amount of directions I can give them that will correct that. What happened when you told them they were in the wrong country? That is hilarious, i would feel so lame if i landed in the wrong country and spent all that money to get there. Not to mention the time that i am sure is limited got wasted. Oh yeah, all your people posting something about tourist are very very bad people. Just revert the comments on page one to yourself, thank you. | ||
|
trainRiderJ
United States615 Posts
On June 22 2012 03:15 JCare wrote: I've done stupid questions and got asked funny questions. The stupidest I asked was in Porto (Portuguese city im not from). Slightly drunk I ask a policemen where the "Torre dos Clérigos" was. We were standing right in front of it. Its a freaking tower, not really hard to miss, but I managed to. One time, when I went to the airport to pick up a friend, while waiting for her, I got approached by a tourist couple. They asked how could they get to Madrid. I had absolutly no idea how to answer them. They had just arrived at the wrong country, there is no amount of directions I can give them that will correct that. It would take longer to drive from Houston to El Paso (both cities in Texas) than it would to drive to Madrid from any point in Portugal. You never know what someone's reference point is. | ||
|
La1
United Kingdom659 Posts
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/898821-dozy-athletic-bilbao-fans-miss-europa-league-final-after-budapest-balls-up  Think this sums it up! | ||
|
TALegion
United States1187 Posts
I was in South Africa at a very renowned sushi restaraunt. People from all over the world were vacationing here and sitting in the restaraunt, so the waiters were often very good at speaking multiple languages. But, through experience, they were also able to size up where customers were from by just looking at them. They would arrive at the table, and before the customers say anything, the waiter would be speaking their language. So, when I was there, I watched as a man went down a row of tables to take orders. At the first table, he spoke Italian, and at the second it was german. He got through about 7 tables without any conflict, and then he got to my table. He looked me in the eye, looked at me from top to bottom, and got out his notepad to write down my order. I was kind of embarassed, because I thought to myself, "Damn, what stereotypes do I give off that he could so quickly identify me as an American?". He then started speaking Greek. I just looked at him for like 20 seconds, while he waited for my order, and I just said managed to grunt out, "...what?" | ||
|
andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On June 22 2012 03:15 JCare wrote: One time, when I went to the airport to pick up a friend, while waiting for her, I got approached by a tourist couple. They asked how could they get to Madrid. I had absolutly no idea how to answer them. They had just arrived at the wrong country, there is no amount of directions I can give them that will correct that. Those are considered drivable distances in places such as the US and Canada, for example. Madrid isn't very far from anywhere in Portugal. | ||
|
Broodwurst
Germany1586 Posts
Got guestlist for me and as many friends as i wanted, win | ||
|
shizzz
Australia127 Posts
On June 22 2012 04:32 andrewlt wrote: Those are considered drivable distances in places such as the US and Canada, for example. Madrid isn't very far from anywhere in Portugal. Distance is definitely relative to perspective. I don't blame him for thinking it's a great distance though being European. While I was over there it seriously spun me out how close everything is. The fact a few hours could get you from one end of the country to the other (let alone through multiple in some circumstances) was a new feeling for sure. Compare that to living in Australia.. I recently came back from a camping trip that was a 2200km round trip and we didn't even get anywhere near the border of my home state :D One story comes to mind where I was the tourist. While visiting family in Ireland we were eating at a restaurant/entertainment type venue and I went up to the bar with my younger brother and sister. We tried ordering 3 lemonades and the barman just looked at us blankly before asking if we wanted 7up. We passed and asked for lemonade, he hesitated before pulling out 3 small mixer sized bottles of some weird lemonade.. the stunned look on our faces prompted another lady to come over who used to live in australia and recognised our accents. She explained the whole thing situation (differences in the meaning of the word lemonade it seemed) to both parties and lols were had etc. | ||
|
shell
Portugal2722 Posts
| ||
|
Tufas
Austria2259 Posts
Should I write it down ? Once a year there is the Vienna City Marathon and most of the trams do not work and this year a ~40 year old Irish man approached me (the marathon was already over and some of the barriers were lying on the floor and a lot of trash was on the street, on the corner you could see two cops who were stationed there in case something happens) and asked where he could find the riot because he always "seemed to miss them". Had me laughing for a good 20 seconds (which is a lot, actually) and he looked disappointed when I told him about the marathon .. | ||
| ||
