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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
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Son Goku Inactive Member
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No way! That's crazy! I love this one:
The most ridiculous (real) complaints made by tourists On a related note, I was once asked by a student taking my exam: "Do I have to answer the questions on the exam?"
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Jon Inactive Member |
Are these serious complaints?
I can see many of them being made casually by someone telling about their vacation. Some of them even seem valid.Love your enemies!
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Shield Member (Idle past 2863 days) Posts: 482 Joined: |
Halfway through that post, i became so bored, that i read The Fellowship of the Ring just to be slightly less bored.
Its old, its madeup, it sucks.
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AZPaul3 Member Posts: 8513 From: Phoenix Joined: Member Rating: 5.3
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Some of them even seem valid. I know what you mean. I'd be pissed too if I went on a cruise, had only one bed and had to actually sleep with my own wife.
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jar Member (Idle past 394 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
I haven't met your wife but I don't think I'd mind too much if I had to sleep with her.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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ringo Member (Idle past 412 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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quote:That's what the American Revolution was really about.
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dronestar Member Posts: 1407 From: usa Joined:
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Hey RAZD,
I don't doubt they are real and honest comments. While traveling in Peru's Amazon rain forest, my friend, two acquaintances, and I stayed in open huts. After the first day of sightseeing, the two acquaintances decided to stay behind because they never imagined a tropical rain forest would be so uncomfortably hot and humid. [insert facepalm here] There is a difference between a tourist and a traveler. The traveler wants to experience the life of others, to literally walk in their shoes. A tourist just wants to see the big sights in comfort and buy a few trinkets in the style they are accustomed to at home. But take heed, maybe you shouldn't mock these tourists too much. At least they got off their duffs and tried to do something. MAYBE something penetrated into their minds during their travels that could have possibly enriched their lives. An epiphany in dormancy just waiting to blossom later in life? But do scorn the person who never traveled or even owns a passport. Someone who shows a complete lack of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity of life outside their bubble. Someone who can show no sympathy or empathy toward their fellow man. I cannot imagine a less worthwhile politician to vote for with these desolate qualities. And yet, an immoral simpleton like Bush Jr, a man who had never traveled to Europe was elected* twice by a public who felt he was the type of guy they would most like to drink a beer with:
Edited by dronester, : update photo Edited by dronester, : replaced ANOTHER Bush Jr. photo that had mysteriously disappeared.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
and there are the stories my parents overheard when traveling:
American woman: that's the Mona Lisa? I've seen reproductions that are better than that! and wife: why are these stairs so slanted?husband: because the tower of Pisa is leaning wife: didn't they know it was leaning when they built it? Enjoy.by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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dronestar Member Posts: 1407 From: usa Joined: |
I wish I could remember more . . . here's one for the evolution crowd . . .
When in Borneo visiting the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, a group of orangs descended from the forest to a platform to eat food set out by caretakers. After a while, a young woman asked "when do the gorillas show up?" When told that gorillas lived in Africa, she snorted, "wouldn't it be more convenient if they lived here?" Well, maybe you had to be there (but I thought it was so funny that I almost squished my durian).
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
A friend of mine was at a travel agency waiting to plan out their vacation when they overheard the man at the counter ...
" ... as long as we are going to Hawaii for a week, it seems we should make a day trip to Alaska as it's just next door ... " Looking at a map of the US with Hawaii and Alaska in those inset boxes next to the continental US ... by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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dronestar Member Posts: 1407 From: usa Joined:
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RAZD writes: American woman: that's the Mona Lisa? I've seen reproductions that are better than that! Besides the Mona Lisa (it IS quite small, dark and underwhelming to non-art patrons), Botticelli's The Birth of Venus is actually very faded looking, and not at all the whimsically colourful painting one often sees in commercial advertisements.
(I wonder if "art or locations as viewed/experienced in-person that are disappointing" would be an interesting thread?)
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dronestar Member Posts: 1407 From: usa Joined: |
Razd, would you mind terribly if I enlarge your thread with the question to forum participants: "What art would you like to see in person one day?"
On my list would be two pieces by Emmanuel Frmiet: 1. Gorille enlevant une Femme
2. Orangutan Strangling Borneo Hunter
(No, I don't think I have any mental issues that need to be addressed. Why do you ask?)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
2. Orangutan Strangling Borneo Hunter Is that on the Rue Morgue? by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1504 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: |
" Darling, real beggars! how cute."
"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs |
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