PeonForHer
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ORIGINAL: RapierFugue I didn't mean to imply that British tourists are any better. Christ Jesus no. I just find the fact that so many American tourists are exactly as per stereotype highly amusing. You actually couldn't get any closer sometimes if you set out to replicate the concept. Too damned right. On Charing Cross Road, many years ago, I passed a huge man - sunglasses, Hawaiian T shirt, long shorts, festooned with cameras and other gadgets I barely recognised - standing next to a tiny woman who I took to be his wife. Both were poring over a map. I heard the woman say, "Why don't we ask this gennelman, Hank?' and Hank reply, "OK, Miriam'. So Hank says to me, "Sir, could you tell me how to get to Ley-Cester-Square?" I mean, it was all so stereotypical that I actually looked around for hidden movie-cameras, with Candid Camera-style TV shows in mind. Heh. Though, they may have been putting it all on for effect. Re that thought: on a visit to the USA, I might feel inclined to lay on the Britishness with a trowel. After all, it's only fair that Americans get as much amusement from Brit tourists as American tourists have given us.
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