Jokes

What are you referencing??????

Maybe the Bolanga character

Bolonga is no longa so can't be him.

If you could reference or link to the posts you think might be jokes, maybe we could understand what you're saying.

I didn't want to offend anyone by singling out a specific post.

But questions asking whether posted rules or terms of service apply to me are among the ones I often chuckle at.

Or if someone were to ask how many traveler's cheques to get or whether it's okay to pack a bottle of wine in their carry-on or something along those lines, it could be a legitimate question from someone who doesn't travel much, or else it could be someone having fun with us. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.

Lane - in the spirit of your original question, here's a proposed "joke" query: I can't even get enough time off work to go to all the places listed in Rick Steves' guidebooks, let alone all the worthwhile places he doesn't list! How do I get the time off (or the money) to be able to travel everywhere? I tried sending President Trump a Tweet, asking for some of his spare change, but so far I haven't gotten any response. Any suggestions?

. . . And from other posts above, apparently someone cut the Bologna?

Thanks for your thought provoking post - no joke! :-)

"When I greet someone or ask a question using their language, many times they return the greeting or answer in English. How do they know I'm not Italian, French, etc.?"

Jean, because of your accent!
I have had many years of this phenomenon in Switzerland. Though I am accused of being Dutch sometimes.

So, Chris F, do these people answer you in English, or in Dutch? Of course, some say that the Dutch speak perfectly unaccented English! Or are you frequently wearing wooden shoes?

"When I greet someone or ask a question using their language, many times they return the greeting or answer in English. How do they know I'm not Italian, French, etc.?"

Maybe because you look like this.

Cyn, no, they hear my (horrible) accent and reply "Sind Sie Nederlander?". I take it as a complement as they then say that they thought I was Dutch as my German was too good to be English.
Just last week I was paying at my frequent lunchtime spot and the cashier, who I have seen and spoken with many times, suddenly asked me "Sind Sie Englander?".

One thing I can't get right is the R's. I have learnt the hard way, never to ask for "Drei hundert Gramme" (300g) of anything. I always either ask for "Zwei hundert fünzig Gramme" (250g) or "Vier hundert Gramme" (400g), it is a lot simpler that way.

Yes there is the old joke: "How do you tell a Dutchman from an Englishman?"
Answer: The Dutchman doesn't make any Grammatical errors when speaking English.

Um, I actually DID post a question titled "The Eiffel Tower for Scaredy Cats" in 2015 as I am indeed afraid of heights and several people gave helpful and encouraging advice and I did go to the summit and loved every minute of it.

I get asked if I am from the UK all the time.
On the other hand, I get asked by Germans for directions and how to use the ticket machines quite often.

Sam, laughed out loud viewing that photo! My husband heard me laughing and said to tell you he needs to know where he could buy that shirt - HA!

If you wanted to post a joke post, what would it be?

Lane, I thought about posting something like this on April Fools Day: "Need a recommendation for a filthy, unsafe hotel in Paris, Rome or Switzerland. Suggestions on where and what to eat, (prices in dollars please) and things to do in Europe. Should I plan on more than two days? Can I do Africa on a day trip?"

However, from experience, I think it is dangerous to post jokes on forums like this.

I would love to see what recommendations you got, Stan! It wouldn't surprise me too much if some people took your post seriously and tried to give you a serious response.

Thanks for posting!

How can you be American in a bathroom when You're a Pee'in?

Hello Lane. Some of the joke posts that you mentioned are in the category of Posts by "Trolls". A Website manager here recommended that people not reply to Trolls. "Trolls" are persons who asked absurd questions, and replying to those questions would not be of any help to any person who is planing to travel.

I'm not so sure about them being simply Trolls, who simply leave stupid or disruptive messages. Some seem to be trying to build up a rating which they might be able to exploit later.......

Tell me more about how we can exploit our ratings? Do we get paid more money? Get discounts on RS tours? Get free books?

Free money belts! The ones with the Rick Steves logo.

Yes, they gave me three of them! How many did you get?

Of course, some say that the Dutch speak perfectly unaccented English

The Dutch speak a very accented English, it's very unique and obvious to the point that it is often mimicked by some 'comedians'.

The Dutch often speak excellent English, better than some English natives however it is still heavily accented. I quite like it.

"Her English is too good." He said.
"That clearly indicates that she is foreign!"

Professor Henry Higgns, quoting Zoltan Karpthy

What did the English woman ask the Professor regarding Zoltan? "You mean that dreadful Hungarian?"