How Not to Attract Tourists

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Who gives a shit.

People who like foreigners to come here, give us their money, and leave.  Those people clearly do not work for Homeland Security.  But then they tend to do a pretty good job pissing off American tourists flying around America as well.

Problem is, they come here, and they fucking stay.  And I'm up to my balls here in Russian cyber scam artists, Jamaican grass dealers, Chinese counterfeiters, Honduran car thieves, Nigerian stolen credit card rings and Korean dry cleaners that rip you off by not using the starch they charge you for.

Like I said before, the great thing about being an American is you don't have to see the world;  the world comes here and starts crime syndicates. 

Fuck them all.  I hope TSA puts their filthy 3rd world asses through the fucking gauntlet.

I imagine that this is what the natives said about the colonists...

[Crazy_Ivan80]

And it is.  The warmth of our weather is matched only by the warmth of our welcome

England is the Hawai'i of Europe.

be glad he didn't mention the warmth of the beer 

[Darth Wagtaros]

The UK is lovely, MB.

Yeah, I've seen Hugh Grant movies.  I know.

More importantly, Braveheart and The Patriot. 

[Razgovory]

Actually watching British TV from the 1970's and 1980's gave me the impression that it's cold, wet, grey, and has a very poor special effects.  Not a place I'd want to visit.


I wonder if anyone says to themselves:  "You know, I'd go to America but they charge 15 bucks to get in.  Fuck that".

[Malthus]

One thing I noticed from visiting southern England is how damn green and fourishing all the vegitation is. Pretty well everyone seems to have magnificent guardens, and even the fields by the sides of the roads were covered with verdant greenery and flowers.

A "green and pleasant land" indeed.

Also, every bit of it looks like someone has cultivated it obsessively for centuries, which is probably true.

[Jacob]

Actually watching British TV from the 1970's and 1980's gave me the impression that it's cold, wet, grey, and has a very poor special effects.  Not a place I'd want to visit.

Have you ever visited somewhere outside of the US?

I wonder if anyone says to themselves:  "You know, I'd go to America but they charge 15 bucks to get in.  Fuck that".

I haven't done that, but I've definitely done the "that connection takes me through the US. Fuck that" thing.

[Razgovory]

Actually watching British TV from the 1970's and 1980's gave me the impression that it's cold, wet, grey, and has a very poor special effects.  Not a place I'd want to visit.

Have you ever visited somewhere outside of the US?

I wonder if anyone says to themselves:  "You know, I'd go to America but they charge 15 bucks to get in.  Fuck that".

I haven't done that, but I've definitely done the "that connection takes me through the US. Fuck that" thing.

Yes.  I have seen Europe close up and personal.  Not the UK though.  I was in Italy mostly.  Which was nice and warm, and kind of dirty but friendly.  I really enjoyed it.  The Southern part could use some work.  Florence was the most beautiful place I've ever seen.  Naples, not so much.

[Jacob]

Yes.  I have seen Europe close up and personal.  Not the UK though.  I was in Italy mostly.  Which was nice and warm, and kind of dirty but friendly.  I really enjoyed it.  The Southern part could use some work.  Florence was the most beautiful place I've ever seen.  Naples, not so much.

Yeah, Florence is gorgeous. It would've been an awesome place to go for an exchange year or three in university.

[Ed Anger]

Ed's Foreigners checklist:

UK: London is a grubby city.
France: Has the Ed Anger seal of approval
Denmark: Why Bother?
Italy: Milan was nice. Got lectured on how to vote.

Germans: Lectured by peon about stupid Americans. He was wanting to work in the US.  Surprisingly left behind. Let the German office know how much of an idiot he was.

Edit: Why did I say Koln? My brain is numb.

[The Brain]

Florence.

[KRonn]

You mean, that even more people don't like Americans!? Oh man, our long national nightmare just never ends! 

[Darth Wagtaros]

Florence.

Yes. 

[Caliga]

[mongers]

One thing I noticed from visiting southern England is how damn green and fourishing all the vegitation is. Pretty well everyone seems to have magnificent guardens, and even the fields by the sides of the roads were covered with verdant greenery and flowers.

A "green and pleasant land" indeed.

Also, every bit of it looks like someone has cultivated it obsessively for centuries, which is probably true.

Well, we've had an extraordinary dry 18 months, so things aren't quite so green as normal, the river outside is looking decidedly 'ill'. 

Yeah I doubt there's a single square mile within 150 miles of here that's 'natural'. Hell, even the wastelands like the heathland or uplands like Dartmoor are ancient areas of failed of cultivation, that are largely managed to stay the way they now are. 

[Ed Anger]