Comments on: How Not to Look Like a Tourist http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/ Rambles around the head of an Irish Grandad Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:20:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sophia http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/comment-page-1/#comment-5962 Sophia Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:33:45 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/#comment-5962 Normally I couldnt give a f*ck what other people think but where I live you can be exactly who you are and nobody cares - in fact it's encouraged. Plus, the only way you can spot a tourist here (what with our diverse range of immigration) is people posing and taking pictures with the umbrella man http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hs1Tx9giArc/SF5iw4GVU2I/AAAAAAAAC5A/A-PULBYYWJ8/100_3470.JPG...i rest my case. Point is, I like being me, but I don't want to be alone for a month, nor is the reason for my traveling anything to do with other tourists. Ireland just not for me? Normally I couldnt give a f*ck what other people think but where I live you can be exactly who you are and nobody cares – in fact it’s encouraged. Plus, the only way you can spot a tourist here (what with our diverse range of immigration) is people posing and taking pictures with the umbrella man http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hs1Tx9giArc/SF5iw4GVU2I/AAAAAAAAC5A/A-PULBYYWJ8/100_3470.JPG…i rest my case.

Point is, I like being me, but I don’t want to be alone for a month, nor is the reason for my traveling anything to do with other tourists. Ireland just not for me?

]]> By: Irish Pastime Works Well in Kentucky | Baby Boomer Going Like Sixty in Kentucky http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/comment-page-1/#comment-5961 Irish Pastime Works Well in Kentucky | Baby Boomer Going Like Sixty in Kentucky Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:46:17 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/#comment-5961 [...] since we live in flyover country, most of the visitors to this area, dress pretty much like we do. So being a SOTH, isn’t a “for-sure” target. It could be a man of the cloth or a woman of the [...] [...] since we live in flyover country, most of the visitors to this area, dress pretty much like we do. So being a SOTH, isn’t a “for-sure” target. It could be a man of the cloth or a woman of the [...]

]]> By: Foreigner http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/comment-page-1/#comment-5925 Foreigner Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:56:10 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/#comment-5925 No, they just courier my emails in every morning via DHL. Works out a wee bit cheaper. No, they just courier my emails in every morning via DHL. Works out a wee bit cheaper.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/comment-page-1/#comment-5923 Grandad Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:24:49 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/#comment-5923 KirkM - It looks like you have it perfected. Being a Methodist can be handy if cornered - just claim that you are not a tourist, but have weird ways about you. Say it's a religious thing. KirkM – It looks like you have it perfected. Being a Methodist can be handy if cornered – just claim that you are not a tourist, but have weird ways about you. Say it’s a religious thing.

]]> By: Kirk M http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/comment-page-1/#comment-5927 Kirk M Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:13:27 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/#comment-5927 That's good advice you gave to John. To complete the effect, scratching your butt finishes out the effect quite nicely. Well let's see know, I've walked through parts of England, Scotland, France, Italy, Norway, Belgium and I forget the others this early in the morning. So before I pass on I'll have to make one more trip to Ireland. And I'll do just like I've always done, present myself just as I am. Blue jeans, whatever suits the weather for the shirt, sneakers if it's nice, work boots if it's not, hands in my pockets, a contented look on my face and my mouth shut for the most part. That's the way I've always been. It served me well enough. And may the good folk of Ireland accept me as I am. Does being Methodist help? That’s good advice you gave to John. To complete the effect, scratching your butt finishes out the effect quite nicely.

Well let’s see know, I’ve walked through parts of England, Scotland, France, Italy, Norway, Belgium and I forget the others this early in the morning. So before I pass on I’ll have to make one more trip to Ireland. And I’ll do just like I’ve always done, present myself just as I am. Blue jeans, whatever suits the weather for the shirt, sneakers if it’s nice, work boots if it’s not, hands in my pockets, a contented look on my face and my mouth shut for the most part. That’s the way I’ve always been. It served me well enough. And may the good folk of Ireland accept me as I am.

Does being Methodist help?

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/comment-page-1/#comment-5926 Grandad Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:30:29 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/#comment-5926 John - If you want to stand and stare at buildings and things, wear a DayGlo jacket and a hard hat. That way they'll think you are an architect or something. Sixty - Why on earth would I need guidance from K8? I've been at it a lot longer than she has. John – If you want to stand and stare at buildings and things, wear a DayGlo jacket and a hard hat. That way they’ll think you are an architect or something.

Sixty – Why on earth would I need guidance from K8? I’ve been at it a lot longer than she has.

]]> By: I Am Not a Suicide Bomber. I am a Boomer. at Going Like Sixty http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/comment-page-1/#comment-5930 I Am Not a Suicide Bomber. I am a Boomer. at Going Like Sixty Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:37:12 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/#comment-5930 [...] commenters are closing in on a new term. Please put your sunglasses on your head, your shorts, and your Aran sweater and loudly interject your [...] [...] commenters are closing in on a new term. Please put your sunglasses on your head, your shorts, and your Aran sweater and loudly interject your [...]

]]> By: GoingLikeSixty http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/comment-page-1/#comment-5931 GoingLikeSixty Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:32:45 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/#comment-5931 Will K8 be advising your pub guidelines? She uses craic pretty regularly. I like her. She called me a "funny fucker." Will K8 be advising your pub guidelines?
She uses craic pretty regularly.
I like her.
She called me a “funny fucker.”

]]> By: John of Dublin http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/comment-page-1/#comment-5934 John of Dublin Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:20:35 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/#comment-5934 Good observations. To flip over to New York where my daughter spent plenty of time - she says the sure sign of a tourist there is an eejit with his mouth open constantly looking up at the height of the skyscrappers. Pick-pockets I'm told love them. Good observations.

To flip over to New York where my daughter spent plenty of time – she says the sure sign of a tourist there is an eejit with his mouth open constantly looking up at the height of the skyscrappers. Pick-pockets I’m told love them.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/comment-page-1/#comment-5933 Grandad Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:58:07 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/10/09/how-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/#comment-5933 Foreigner - You mean you have to fly over to Finland every time to send or receive an email? Wow! That's expensive! Doc - A pub in Ireland is a pub. An Irish pub is a place somewhere else pretending it's in Ireland. Avoid them. They are full of bad Guinness, diddle-eye music and twee leprechauns. Jas - It's the same here. Ian - Good point. Pretend to be a Protestant. You might get away with it? Rose - I get performing-rights fees, you know? Baino - All you have to do is pretend you were on holiday in Australia for a week. They'll think you're a prat, but it's amazing how some prats can pick up an accent. Andrew - Welcome!! I'm amazed!! You commented using a mobile phone? And I thought I was clever with my typewriter. Excessive fiddling with tiny technology is a compulsion with all young people these days, regardless of nationality. You're safe. Jefferson - You're welcome anytime. Just don't open your mouth. Gaye - Oh dear! Cardinal Sin Number One. Please read the post on Pub Etiquette <strong>very carefully</strong> Foreigner – You mean you have to fly over to Finland every time to send or receive an email? Wow! That’s expensive!

Doc – A pub in Ireland is a pub. An Irish pub is a place somewhere else pretending it’s in Ireland. Avoid them. They are full of bad Guinness, diddle-eye music and twee leprechauns.

Jas – It’s the same here.

Ian – Good point. Pretend to be a Protestant. You might get away with it?

Rose – I get performing-rights fees, you know?

Baino – All you have to do is pretend you were on holiday in Australia for a week. They’ll think you’re a prat, but it’s amazing how some prats can pick up an accent.

Andrew – Welcome!! I’m amazed!! You commented using a mobile phone? And I thought I was clever with my typewriter. Excessive fiddling with tiny technology is a compulsion with all young people these days, regardless of nationality. You’re safe.

Jefferson – You’re welcome anytime. Just don’t open your mouth.

Gaye – Oh dear! Cardinal Sin Number One. Please read the post on Pub Etiquette very carefully

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