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If somebody's adventures bug you, then get up and go places yourself. Unless they're being belligerent and comparing their own travels to yours like abeirman, you should embrace their stories. With abierman, you should just make fun of his shoes. He HATES that.  : fixed | |
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AsianPrnce777 said: Nope.
If somebody's adventures bug you, then get up and go places yourself. Unless they're being belligerent and comparing their own travels to yours like abeirman, you should embrace their stories. With abierman, you should just make fun of his shoes. He HATES that. Or you could mention that you hate Lederhosen. That might work too  .With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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Not generally, no. Whenever I encounter avid travellers, braggers and not, I try to pick up tips from them -airport tricks, the best sort of train systems, packing hints, etc.
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ZombieKitten said: I once had a pen-friend from Bavaria. After writing for a couple of years she came over to visit, via NZ. She compared everything here with there - nothing here was as pretty as there (and it's actually true, but do we want to hear that?
 bloody kiwis!) We took her around to show her some wildlife, and she said "ah yes, the black swans, they are a pest"  She had some piece of misinformation about EVERYTHING.
More a know-it-all than a boastful traveller  but irksome nonetheless.
When the waiter in the pizza restaurant I took her to started in on her about Hitler I didn't even bother jumping to her defense, I was totally fed up with her by then  
I have a friend that, in a group with others, I travelled through Europe with. She compared absolutely everything to life in Kelowna, claiming it was better. She even said her mom's yorkshire puddings were better than any English food she had.  "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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ZombieKitten said: I once had a pen-friend from Bavaria. After writing for a couple of years she came over to visit, via NZ. She compared everything here with there - nothing here was as pretty as there (and it's actually true, but do we want to hear that?
bloody kiwis!) We took her around to show her some wildlife, and she said "ah yes, the black swans, they are a pest" She had some piece of misinformation about EVERYTHING.
More a know-it-all than a boastful traveller but irksome nonetheless.
When the waiter in the pizza restaurant I took her to started in on her about Hitler I didn't even bother jumping to her defense, I was totally fed up with her by then
especially this part: "ah yes, the black swans, they are a pest" WTF? 
i can hear her say it now in her german accent and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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IstenSzek said: ZombieKitten said: I once had a pen-friend from Bavaria. After writing for a couple of years she came over to visit, via NZ. She compared everything here with there - nothing here was as pretty as there (and it's actually true, but do we want to hear that?
bloody kiwis!) We took her around to show her some wildlife, and she said "ah yes, the black swans, they are a pest" She had some piece of misinformation about EVERYTHING.
More a know-it-all than a boastful traveller but irksome nonetheless.
When the waiter in the pizza restaurant I took her to started in on her about Hitler I didn't even bother jumping to her defense, I was totally fed up with her by then
especially this part: "ah yes, the black swans, they are a pest" WTF?
i can hear her say it now in her german accent My mum, bless her, is so nice, she drove this girl around everywhere and thought it would be a buzz for her to see that our swans are black. Of course they must have them in NZ too or something, for she already knew all about them. They aren't a pest here though  maybe only to the kiwis. | |
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Ace said: ZombieKitten said: Once I've been to NYC, I'm gonna have somewhere to go on and on and on about too
 New York rawks. When you goin'? counting down  in 56 days or thereabouts
that makes it sound really far away  month after next  April 23 | |
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7e7e7 said: ZombieKitten said: I once had a pen-friend from Bavaria. After writing for a couple of years she came over to visit, via NZ. She compared everything here with there - nothing here was as pretty as there (and it's actually true, but do we want to hear that?
bloody kiwis!) We took her around to show her some wildlife, and she said "ah yes, the black swans, they are a pest" She had some piece of misinformation about EVERYTHING.
More a know-it-all than a boastful traveller but irksome nonetheless.
When the waiter in the pizza restaurant I took her to started in on her about Hitler I didn't even bother jumping to her defense, I was totally fed up with her by then bloody kiwis? cheers! ~svn seven I said that to get Kylie's attention  | |
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ZombieKitten said: Ace said: New York rawks. When you goin'? counting down in 56 days or thereabouts
that makes it sound really far away month after next April 23 | |
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sextonseven said: ZombieKitten said: counting down in 56 days or thereabouts
that makes it sound really far away month after next April 23   | |
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ZombieKitten said: sextonseven said: and then DC! If you will, so will I | |
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thekidsgirl said: ZombieKitten said: and then DC! You guys are so lucky . I hope though you have a wonderful time !With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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thekidsgirl said: ZombieKitten said: and then DC! | |
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ZombieKitten said: thekidsgirl said: and then DC! you're gonna enjoy hanging with me sooo much more than Sean  If you will, so will I | |
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Serious said: thekidsgirl said: and then DC! You guys are so lucky . I hope though you have a wonderful time ! If you will, so will I | |
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thekidsgirl said: ZombieKitten said: you're gonna enjoy hanging with me sooo much more than Sean With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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thekidsgirl said: Serious said: You guys are so lucky . I hope though you have a wonderful time !
I had the chance to travel to Trinidad in January which I would have never thought it would happen, so I shouldn't complain. With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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thekidsgirl said: ZombieKitten said: you're gonna enjoy hanging with me sooo much more than Sean  | |
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ZombieKitten said: thekidsgirl said: you're gonna enjoy hanging with me sooo much more than Sean only downside is I'm not a hot guy, and maybe I'm a little less cool
but you'll like me more anyway If you will, so will I | |
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I never made it past the first line of your post but boastful anything annoys me. | |
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thekidsgirl said: ZombieKitten said: only downside is I'm not a hot guy, and maybe I'm a little less cool
but you'll like me more anyway I think Charlotte likes hot girls as much as she likes hot guys. If not more .With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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It does annoy me. But what's worse (or better, depending on how you look at it) is when you have two or more travel snobs together trying to "outcosmopolitan" one-another. That cockfight is RICH!
I love learning about the places, in fact, if I haven't already been there -- but that almost becomes a mere aside to the sad public masturbation. [Edited 2/26/09 14:54pm] Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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OH MY GOD. I may be one of these irksome people. I love to share my travels and I don't mean it as a bragging thing. It's more of a "if you ever have the opportunity to do it, DO IT!!!" kinda way. MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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i came across a couple who got on my nerves whilst out in Australia but then it tended to be people i didnt like in the first place. Normally i like hearing about where people have gone where they would/nt recommend. I think i learnt more from other travellers than from any tour books. With Love there is no Death | |
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Lammastide said: It does annoy me. But what's worse (or better, depending on how you look at it) is when you have two or more travel snobs together trying to "outcosmopolitan" one-another. That cockfight is RICH!
I love learning about the places, in fact, if I haven't already been there -- but that almost becomes a mere aside to the sad public masturbation. [Edited 2/26/09 14:54pm] so true. | |
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Nope, it doesn't bother me. I have a friend who travels a lot and I can't wait for him to get back from his latest trip to tell me all about it. | |
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MIGUELGOMEZ said: OH MY GOD. I may be one of these irksome people. I love to share my travels and I don't mean it as a bragging thing. It's more of a "if you ever have the opportunity to do it, DO IT!!!" kinda way.
There's nothing wrong with that at all. Big difference. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Serious said: thekidsgirl said: only downside is I'm not a hot guy, and maybe I'm a little less cool
but you'll like me more anyway I think Charlotte likes hot girls as much as she likes hot guys. If not more . | |
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Lammastide said: It does annoy me. But what's worse (or better, depending on how you look at it) is when you have two or more travel snobs together trying to "outcosmopolitan" one-another. That cockfight is RICH!
I love learning about the places, in fact, if I haven't already been there -- but that almost becomes a mere aside to the sad public masturbation. [Edited 2/26/09 14:54pm] Yep, this is pretty much it. | |
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Lammastide said: MIGUELGOMEZ said: OH MY GOD. I may be one of these irksome people. I love to share my travels and I don't mean it as a bragging thing. It's more of a "if you ever have the opportunity to do it, DO IT!!!" kinda way.
There's nothing wrong with that at all. Big difference. Thank you. MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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