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Doctor Cynic Donating Member (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 11:21 PM
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British tourist wins compensation from travel agency because hotel was full of Germans
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023098/British-tourist-gets-compensation-hotel-Germans.html

Venn ist das nurnstuck git und slotermeyer? Ya! Beigerhund das oder die flipperwaldt gersput!
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 11:30 PM
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1. I shall refrain from posting the obviously appropriate 'Fawlty Towers' clip
since I am a professional and I want to give others a chance. O8)



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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 01:37 AM
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10. Well, I'm an amateur. So here goes:
Edited on Tue Jun-03-08 01:40 AM by mycritters2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k7U-_tJVmw

Eva Prawn! :rofl:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 01:41 AM
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11. And it all started with an ingrown toenail
Well... that and an invasion of Poland. :)
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 01:44 AM
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13. We didn't start it.
Yes you did! You invaded Poland!
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 01:49 AM
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15. Trivia:
That was the only time after episode 14 of Monty Python that Cleese did the "silly walk." He hated it.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 07:14 AM
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20. You sure?
How about when he did it at the Hollywood Bowl? ;)
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 12:57 PM
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25. Okay...
That was the last time.









Listen to me, smart arse — when you're king of France, you've got better things to do than go around all day rememberin' the last bloody silly walk.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 11:59 PM
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2. The dude went to Greece and he expected everything to be in English?
What a twit - it shouldn't matter that the hotel made the choice to make accommodations for the Germans, unless he was specifically promised English-language service or he is fluent in Greece (and thus might expect to have been able to communicate), IMO he should have lost the case...
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 12:06 AM
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3. and I thought Americans were bad tourists.
This guy sounds worse.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 12:16 AM
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4. I was a bit surprised when we were in Europe last summer - I had this idea
that the 'Ugly Americans' would stand out in the crowd, but in fact there were so many 'Ugly <insert any nationality here>s' that the Americans were just lost in the shuffle...
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 01:01 AM
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8. You shoulda seen all the yobs I saw in Prague
Oy.

And that's "oy" not "oi!".
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 09:43 AM
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22. Well, he didn't expect it to be German.
I think the point was that the trip was advertised as geared toward UK tourists.
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 01:32 PM
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26. No, he went to Greece and everything was in German
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 12:20 AM
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5. The real problem is that he was traveling with a friend, and they'd agreed to go Dutch
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 12:33 AM
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6. Boo!
:P
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 12:49 AM
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7. Well, he shouldn't have mentioned the war! n/t
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 01:10 AM
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9. Damn those Krauts!
Just kidding. DEAL WITH IT, LIMEY!!!

My great-granny was eine Tochter des Heimatlandes
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 02:22 AM
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16. Ja! Immer feste druf!
(Sagt der Kronprinz einmal).
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 01:43 AM
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12. All those Krauts, and then this
Edited on Tue Jun-03-08 01:45 AM by mycritters2
"Mr Barnish, from Madeley, Stoke-on-Trent, said that the only entertainment that was not tailored to the Germans was the evening cabaret, which he said consisted mainly of Greek dancing."

Hell's bells! If I'd wanted to see Greek dancing, I'd have gone to...never mind.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 02:31 AM
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17. The National Cheese Emporium?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHHKx0



:D
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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 01:49 AM
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14. Daily Mail. That is all (nt)
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 05:39 AM
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18. British and German tourists come with their own set of annoyances
as I am sure do Americans do as well. In my family, we TRY HARD not to look like stupid American tourists when we travel.

Please note, I have lived in tourist areas my whole life... in Florida and now in Dubai...
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 05:42 AM
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19. All-inclusive resorts are for people who don't really want a vacation...
Dude, just stay home next time!
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 09:35 AM
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21. Were th Germans all from...
...The National Bocialist Party?
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siligut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 10:07 AM
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23. In Greece they start learning English in grade school.
The article states that the travel company failed to explain to David Barnish that the resort catered to Germans. All of the classes and recreation were in German. The cable channels, aside from the BBC were in German.

Whether he is a rich, smug looking brit, it doesn’t matter, he was essentially not given full disclosure, in a very important matter.

It wasn’t just that there were Germans staying at the resort, it was that the resort was geared specifically to Germans.

On an aside, we met a fair number of Germans while in Greece, they are fun and that includes the propensity for exuberant speedo wearing.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-03-08 10:15 AM
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24. Were they barging in the queues?
And forming pyramids in the pool? And frightening the children? :rofl:
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