Overheard While Traveling http://overheardwhiletraveling.com Funny Quotes From The Road Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:31:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 overheardwhiletravelinghttp://feedburner.google.com I’m a connoisseur http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/overheardwhiletraveling/~3/rjXJlbzjkPc/ http://overheardwhiletraveling.com/2009/10/29/im-a-connoisseur/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:30:46 +0000 Merrill http://overheardwhiletraveling.com/?p=92

In Portland, Oregon from a college aged tour guide to a group of Japanese vacationers.

- I only buy my dairy from Whole Foods ‘cuz it’s the best.  You have dairy in China right? Ya know dairy? Eggs, milk, chicken and fish?  Dairy?

Overheard by Peter


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Man with thick American accent, rushes in the the hotel lobby, where we were about to check out.

American: I need a map. Quick. We have been lost for 2 hours. We cannot find Vienna.

Clerk: You are in Vienna. It is called Wien.

American: Why the hell don’t they just call it Vienna like everybody else ?

Overheard by Jen


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At Heathrow airport, a guy was complaining at the help desk because his plane was late.
Man: But I have a First Class Ticket !
Employee: First Class or Economy, the plane leaves at the same time!

Overheard by David


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A young girl to her parents at a look out at the Grand Canyon:

- When can we stop looking at this big hole in the ground ?

Overheard by Lynn


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On an elevator on a cruise ship.

Wife : “Oh, it’s just time for the free afternoon ice cream bar to open, let’s go there“.
Husband: “Are you serious? I don’t have time to stand in line, I have to get to the pool“.

Overheard by Phyliss


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Prague Castle precinct, above Malá Strana, overlooking the Vltava River. A young woman, perhaps college-age, with a Midwestern US accent:

- So, um…what city are we in now ?

Overheard by John


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Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Two men, both double amputees (each with two prosthetic legs), had just gotten off a plane from China.

Man 1: Man, I’m glad nothing happened while we were there ! I kept freaking out that I was going to get Foot And Mouth disease !

Man 2: FOOT And Mouth ? We’ve only got half the qualifications ! We’ve got nothing to worry about !

Overheard by Margaret


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Americans in a Bookshop in Budapest:

Girl 1: Oh look at this book about Central America.

Girl 2: What’s Central America ?

Girl 1: Oh, it’s like Argentina and Brazil.

Overheard by Robert


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In Prague, near Charles V bridge, an English guy on his mobile:

- Yeah, I was arrested on the plane on the way over!

Overheard by Ian


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In a Parisian hotel:

Client: Can you give me the address the Austrian embassy ?

Guy at the desk: I don’t find it, but I have the German embassy, isn’t it the same ?


Overheard by David


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