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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:50 PM Original message |
What the HELL is it with American tourists?!?!?!?! |
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shoelace414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. sprechen zee english? |
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Pendrench (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Bedazzled??? n/t |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Are you really pert? |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. On a scale from one to ten? |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:54 PM Original message |
I appreciate the confession. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. OK, that wins the award for most ignorant question of the day. |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Odd thing is........ |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Dutch, French, it's all some foreign crap to us. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'd be ashamed to show my head anywhere with Bush as my president |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Should have said "Yes, but they don't take Americans" |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. hehe, thought you might have been talkng about my husband |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. In all fairness to Americans, |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Hey.... |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Canada is even larger, and we travel in droves |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Sure, and I deal with clueless and often rude Canadian tourists often |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. oh, I've met some Canadians who really take the cake |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Almost ALL tourists are terrible |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. I am not sure that is true |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. 90% of Canadians live within 200 miles of the US border |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. that sorta proves my point |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. The US isn't the only place Canadians travel |
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dutchdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Canada and Australia |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. this guy is probably obnoxious everywhere |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. It is an American Trait, exceptionally reliable |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL WE SAVED YOUR A** FROM THE JAPANESE!!! |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Yeah, but where were you when those Dutch took a piece of my ass? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Freakin' Wooden shoes |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yeah, but in Rotterdam you can get a crackpipe in McDonalds.... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. well, if that's the worst behaviour you see... |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. There is something about being a tourist that makes |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. We Mongo! |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Candygram for........n/t |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Mongo like Candygram! |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Mongo only pawn in game. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Mongo like game! |
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soupkitchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. Read Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad |
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SouthoftheBorderPaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. I really think a great number of Americans still think the world loves us. |
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Bok_Tukalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Maybe it was his idea of a joke |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. Different customs. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Eh. I'd consider it rude, personally. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Maybe. But look at the posts, there aren't many who seem horrified by this |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Yes... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Yes, exactly my point |
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forgethell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. Why is it that |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. damn good question... |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. That wasn't an American, that was a Murkin. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. My favorite Ugly American incident occurred in the 1980s |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. as sins go, this does not seem exceptionally grave |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. You know, I was SO dreadfully "discomfitted"...that's not a word,you know |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. oh, it's a real word, sure enough... |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. Pert UK was right |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. I will agree... to a point..... |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
43. For what it's worth..... |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. there are very few things worse than a loudmouthed prick |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 03:36 AM Response to Reply #43 |
61. I support the 'Room with a view' idea |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. Some people are just assholes |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
52. One thing I loved about travelling overseas |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
53. We only let the obnoxious ones go traveling. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
54. Sounds to me like a quick |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
55. The average American is Rude and Dumb. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
59. Geez, don't you get it? |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
60. Oh, BTW |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
62. when was the last time you were in america... |
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