Funny things tourists pay to do in your country (rock, Religious)

Guybrush · 01-27-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

What do they need rifles for anyways?

Polar bears .. On Svalbard, you're not allowed to leave town without firearms.

Sneer · 01-27-2009, 02:37 PM

The part of London where me and my flatmates live, Bow, has this church called the Mary-le-Bow, its a famous London landmark because of the old saying, "A true ****ney is he who is born within ear shot of the bow bells" - the bow bells are of course the Mary-le-Bow. In reality people pay to walk into a crumbling church surrounded by a one-way system

FireInCairo · 01-27-2009, 02:45 PM

IN Australia all these tourists pay thousands to go out into the scorching hot desert to look at a big rock called Uluru/Ayres Rock, which is sacred to aborigines from a hundred years ago but which has no real significance to anyone anymore. Then, they try and climb it.

phantom133pz · 01-28-2009, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by kthedrummer

People pay thousands of dollars to hunt deer in Kansas around where I live...and the deer are fenced in so they are guaranteed a kill or 2...where is the sport in that...and people hit deer in cars around here by the dozen...they are really a pain in the ass...I feel sorry for these animals that are loosing their natural habitat....eventually they will have none and will have to be bred on industrial farms and kept in tiny stalls and slaughtered like cows...oh the humanity.

I have to point out, at least where I live, that deer need to be killed off. I don't know about Kansas though. The hunting thing is just wrong... fencing in deer and charging people to kill them. But here in VA, there are so many deer that if we weren't hitting them with our cars, a lot of them would starve. Still the fault of people though, as we killed off their natural predators by developing the land so much.

boo boo · 01-28-2009, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by phantom133pz

Beale St.! I went there on a guitar trip to Memphis back in my junior year of high school, it was pretty cool. It did feel kind of like a tourist trap at times, but I loved all of the musicians playing outside. There was some real blues talent there. We toured the Gibson factory too, that was awesome.
And I would love to visit London one day...

One thing you don't see on the brochure though is the high concentration of homeless black people begging tourists for money.

phantom133pz · 01-29-2009, 12:22 PM

Haha yes, that is very true. In fact, I was rather surprised about the state of the city. I thought it would be much nicer than it was. Still thought Beale Street had some cool musicians though.

**Janszoon** · 01-29-2009, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by phantom133pz

Haha yes, that is very true. In fact, I was rather surprised about the state of the city. I thought it would be much nicer than it was. Still thought Beale Street had some cool musicians though.

I thought Memphis was a little sad. The little Beale Street strip is really small and it seems like there's not much else besides abandoned buildings. When I was there the place definitely seemed like it had seen better days.

Sparky · 01-29-2009, 06:07 PM

I'm amazed at all the people that come to the Mall of America.

Its full of stuff you can get anywhere else, just that its more expensive in our giant mall.

Camp Snoopy isn't even around anymore.

anticipation · 01-31-2009, 12:10 PM

visit.

~~ADELE~~ · 01-31-2009, 03:56 PM

People visit Manchester to see Smiths hangouts and album pictures without been warned that if they don't hand out jaffa cakes and watzits they get their brains blown out by angry scallys

01-27-2009, 02:37 PM	#32 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	The part of London where me and my flatmates live, Bow, has this church called the Mary-le-Bow, its a famous London landmark because of the old saying, "A true **ney is he who is born within ear shot of the bow bells" - the bow bells are of course the Mary-le-Bow. In reality people pay to walk into a crumbling church surrounded by a one-way system __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show**

01-27-2009, 02:45 PM	#33 (permalink)
FireInCairo Later on... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,235	IN Australia all these tourists pay thousands to go out into the scorching hot desert to look at a big rock called Uluru/Ayres Rock, which is sacred to aborigines from a hundred years ago but which has no real significance to anyone anymore. Then, they try and climb it. __________________ O G MUDBONE: Only You can prevent forest fires.

01-29-2009, 12:22 PM	#36 (permalink)
phantom133pz Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 73	Haha yes, that is very true. In fact, I was rather surprised about the state of the city. I thought it would be much nicer than it was. Still thought Beale Street had some cool musicians though.

01-29-2009, 06:07 PM	#38 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	I'm amazed at all the people that come to the Mall of America. Its full of stuff you can get anywhere else, just that its more expensive in our giant mall. Camp Snoopy isn't even around anymore.

01-31-2009, 12:10 PM	#39 (permalink)
anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	visit.

01-31-2009, 03:56 PM	#40 (permalink)
~~ADELE~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London Posts: 466	People visit Manchester to see Smiths hangouts and album pictures without been warned that if they don't hand out jaffa cakes and watzits they get their brains blown out by angry scallys