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Tourists are often the source of some of the best unintentional witticisms going. Tell us what all those silly foreigners said in this category.

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Australian interviewer: "Name a country that begins with U."
American interviewee: "Yugoslavia? Utah? Utopia?"
    Posted by JT on 26 Sep 2009. + (1) - (0) Permalink
This American knows about the nation of Utopia! And here I was, thinking Americans were terribly ignorant.
    Posted by Socky on 26 Sep 2009.
JT, I thank you for getting these quotes off the CNNNN show in Australia. I'm still laughing at the ignorance of the Americans.
    Posted by Tiger on 31 Oct 2009.
Fantastic, aren't they? Far too good not to appear here.
    Posted by JT on 31 Oct 2009.

US tourist in Berlin: "Where's the German Embassy?"
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (1) - (0) Permalink

"How many sunrise bike tours do you do in a day?"
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (0) - (0) Permalink
this isnt particularly stupid, you could fit in several short tours at sunrise depending on how long you make said tours
    Posted by chegz on 29 Oct 2009.
You actually do have a point there.
    Posted by JT on 29 Oct 2009.

Tourist boarding whale-watching boat at Boston, USA: ""This is the Mediterranean, right?"
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (0) - (0) Permalink

Tourist purchasing ticket for Eurostar (Channel Tunnel) train journey: "Can you see the fish and dolphins through the window?"
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (1) - (0) Permalink
Only if you stick your head out of the window.
    Posted by Socky on 21 Sep 2009.

"Is there water on the other side of this island?"
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (0) - (0) Permalink

Tourist in the Louvre: "Look, everything is written in French, how arrogant. Typical of the French."
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (1) - (0) Permalink
Yeah! How dare they have a language of their own!
    Posted by Socky on 21 Sep 2009.

Tourist in a Toronto giftshop: "Do your Canadian flags come in any other colours?"
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (4) - (0) Permalink

Tourist about to embark on a rafting trip down the Zambezi River: "Do we finish where we start?"
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (0) - (0) Permalink
Only if you're willing to pay a couple millions extra.
    Posted by Socky on 21 Sep 2009.
Well, you start in the river, and you finish in the same river. So I'd say "Yes". :)
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 21 Sep 2009.
You ought to be a politician.
    Posted by JT on 21 Sep 2009.

Tourist in London: "Whereabouts is the Eiffel Tower?"
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (0) - (0) Permalink
Great! The Timelord brought another one of them retarded companions to our time zone! No, we don't like singing about hot dogs!
    Posted by Socky on 21 Sep 2009.