I know you're a tourist because ....

sunglasses_and_ocean_waves
sunglasses_and_ocean_waves Posts: 2,757 Member
in Chit-Chat
you wear a "Boston" t shirt

you are ordering lobster at an expensive and stupid restaurant

you're driving slowly enough that the front end of my car is lodged firmly up your .....

you let your kid chase the shore birds (and you get to deal with me for that :wink: )

you have hair that doesn't move



your turn ....
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  • kxbrown27
    kxbrown27 Posts: 769 Member
    You ask me for directions to Soldiers Field.

    You ask where you can get a good thin crust Chicago pizza.

    You think it's funny to us to imitate the SNL superfans.

    You actually refer to it as the magnificent mile.

    You can't understand the traffic reports on the radio. (any Chicagoan will get this one)

    You say soda.

    You've never had Jay's potato chips.

    You think Wrigley Field is worth seeing.
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
    You actually LIKE Disney World.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    You ask for directions to Paradise; when I tell you to go through Intercourse you giggle

    Am I Amish? Do I farkin' look Amish?

    Where can you get an Amish meal?

    When I recommend you eat road apples for their nutritional value you ask if they have them at those cute roadside stands?

    When I tell you Bird-In-Hand is on the other side of Intercourse again you giggle
  • Derp_Diggler
    Derp_Diggler Posts: 1,456 Member
    I know everyone in this one horse town and you ain't one of 'em.
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    It's a frigid 75 and you and your kids are splashing in the ocean.

    You're driving 65 in the fast lane and refuse to get over.

    You think feeding the alligators is a good idea.

    You just dropped $2000 at Disney. Okay, for that I say thank you.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    I know you're a tourist because you are the only white person amongst a billion Indians...
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    You actually LIKE Disney World.
    I hated Disney World before I ever lived here and C grew up in West Palm and Deltona and he loves it! LOL

    ETA: You actually like the heat and think you would love living here.
  • Cryptonomnomicon
    Cryptonomnomicon Posts: 848 Member
    You talk about the benefits of shakeology and how you just want to help people via pm now that your a qualified Beachbody coach.
  • tbonethemighty
    tbonethemighty Posts: 100 Member
    You take pictures of every building that was built before 1750 (of which there are a lot)...and ignore the fact that people live in them.

    You ask, "Isn't there a castle anywhere nearby?" a lot. (There're, like, 5.)

    You cannot tell the difference between the Marktplatz and the Domplatz (or it never occurs to you that there could be 2 plazas in the same city).

    You ask, "What's that church over there?" while pointing at the local high school.

    You are carrying a black bag that you got for €5 outside/in a train station somewhere with the name of a major German city repeated all over it in white except for the ONE time it's written in red.

    You rooted for Germany during the World Cup because you were here...even when Germany was playing your home country...
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    You think Hampton Beach is awesome.
    You buy a **** ton clothes that say "New Hampshire" in some way.
    Your car is full of clothes, booze, and high price items because NH doesn't have sales tax
  • sunglasses_and_ocean_waves
    sunglasses_and_ocean_waves Posts: 2,757 Member
    You actually LIKE Disney World.



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    I have never wanted to go there. Thank goodness my kid never wanted to.
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    You put soy sauce on your rice. You do not bow. You are loud and obnoxious. You pay no attention to detail.
  • sunglasses_and_ocean_waves
    sunglasses_and_ocean_waves Posts: 2,757 Member


    You ask, "What's that church over there?" while pointing at the local high school.



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  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
    You put soy sauce on your rice. You do not bow. You are loud and obnoxious. You pay no attention to detail.

    Bowed too much. Locals giggled.
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    You put soy sauce on your rice. You do not bow. You are loud and obnoxious. You pay no attention to detail.

    Bowed too much. Locals giggled.

    They giggle when you try to fit in.
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    You put soy sauce on your rice. You do not bow. You are loud and obnoxious. You pay no attention to detail.

    Bowed too much. Locals giggled.

    You actually want to spend time in Roppongi
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    You expect to reenact the Tokyo Drift movie.
  • KAR1959
    KAR1959 Posts: 4,351 Member
    You're wearing a fanny pack!!! Not cute at all...
  • CarolinaGirlinVA
    CarolinaGirlinVA Posts: 1,508 Member
    You mispronounce:
    Edisto
    Kiawah
    Beaufort
    Beaufain
    Legare
    and Huger.

    You bought a sweetgrass basket on the street and tried to go the wrong way down a one way street.
    You seek higher ground (usually unsuccessfully) when the streets flood in an afternoon downpour.
    You fan yourself and look like you're about to pass out while on a carriage tour.
    You take pictures of the "Do NOT feed the alligators" signs.

    Pretty sure I could go on...
  • fitgirlandfoodie
    fitgirlandfoodie Posts: 1,014 Member
    You wear a rain jacket, hat, gloves, scarves and 3 layers of clothing. In July. It's not going to get hotter than 16 degrees. Hell, over 12 and locals have the shorts out.

    Under the rain jacket you have an aran sweater on.

    If you're a woman you're wearing a flat (farmers) cap.

    You only order Guinness.

    You ask (seriously) about leprechauns.:noway:

    You think potatoes are served with everything.

    You make friends with the local drunk who everyone else tries to avoid.

    You don't jay walk.

    You sit at the bar. Or on the Aran islands you DON'T sit at the bar (trust the islanders to be akward)

    You don't get the difference between the Republic and Northern Ireland ..or you think it's all still part of the UK.

    You try to irish dance at a session.
  • mikes99mail
    mikes99mail Posts: 318 Member
    you have no idea how to behave on the underground.

    training shoes, white socks and knee-length shorts (or blue jeans in winter)

    (the not jaywalking one is quite cute tho..)
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    you wear your bathing suit when going shopping in town
    your trainers are bright white, half the time so are your pants, through which I can see far more than anyone ever should.
    your shoulders and back and painfully bright red
  • ILoveGingerNut
    ILoveGingerNut Posts: 367 Member
    You come in a group of at least 3. You have a backpack, preferably on your tummy. You are loud. You don't queue. You don't say sorry when you actually hit people who happen to walk too close to you. You are excited. You have a map and have to make a plan for the expedition, although you are actually on Oxford Street.
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
    You wear white pants

    You wear a hoodie with a local university logo

    You wear hats inside a building (ok those last two were specifically for USA tourists)

    You have no idea how to get on the bus

    You don't understand what to do when going through security, thus holding the line
  • George_Baileys_Ghost
    George_Baileys_Ghost Posts: 1,524 Member
    I see you at all my other support groups.

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  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
    You put soy sauce on your rice. You do not bow. You are loud and obnoxious. You pay no attention to detail.

    Bowed too much. Locals giggled.

    They giggle when you try to fit in.

    As a tall redhead, I never once tried. It seemed futile. It was quite possible to see me a half kilometer away, even in a crowd.
  • FindingAmy77
    FindingAmy77 Posts: 1,268 Member
    you are red as a lobster in Florida.. its a sure tell tale that you aren't from here
  • Mikel423
    Mikel423 Posts: 579 Member
    You're wearing white tube socks in sport sandals...

    You have a camera on a lanyard around your neck...

    You own a fanny pack (regardless of whether you're wearing it..you actually OWN one)...

    Everything everywhere is both confusing and intriguing to you...
  • VBnotbitter
    VBnotbitter Posts: 820 Member
    Your skin is scarlet and you're wearing a cervical colour because you thought you'd try surfing, forgot the sunscreen and got dumped on a sandbank

    You keep checking under the toilet seat for spiders

    You go for a road trip in the outback and have to be rescued because you forgot extra fuel and water

    If you are German then you are probably going to die a horrible death, possibly between the teeth of a crocodile because for some reason it's always German tourists who come a cropper
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
    Your skin is scarlet and you're wearing a cervical colour because you thought you'd try surfing, forgot the sunscreen and got dumped on a sandbank

    You keep checking under the toilet seat for spiders

    You go for a road trip in the outback and have to be rescued because you forgot extra fuel and water

    If you are German then you are probably going to die a horrible death, possibly between the teeth of a crocodile because for some reason it's always German tourists who come a cropper

    I went up north, and one of the first (and apparently dumbest) questions I asked was "why are all the warning signs in German?"

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