Genuine - Once, whilst standing on the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle, I overheard an American tourist comment that it was "a dumb place to build a castle, right next to a railroad".
Any comments?
2006-07-28 02:09:14 · 24 answers · asked by grpr1964 4 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Edinburgh
In response to "TonyB" (would that be TonyBlair?!?!?) no I'm not lying, I heard it myself. Of course, there is a remote possibility that it was said with a hint of irony...
2006-07-28 02:29:46 · update #1
Yeah but nothing in America is over 100 years old, so they don't understand!!
2006-07-28 02:17:18 · answer #1 · answered by Rae 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yup, Americans have no sense of history at all, not one little bit. I also heard on the Royal mile, someone commenting that the building were all sso close together and did they not think about the fact that there was so much space when they were building them. Or even another guy commenting that the city gates being called the worlds end was stupid cos he could clearly see the road on the other side of where the gate used to be. durrrrr
2006-07-28 07:44:57 · answer #2 · answered by scaryclairy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edinburgh castle was built in a fantastic location! For purposes of defense against invaders, they can see the Forth and the North sea, as well as Fife.
Also, the castle was built BEFORE the railroad. Does he[the tourist] have no sense of time and history? lol
:-)
2006-07-28 06:52:05 · answer #3 · answered by Princess Smiley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is a joke ? Why don't you told him that the castle existed in 6-th century and the railroad in Edinburgh appear in 18-th ...
2006-07-28 07:42:39 · answer #4 · answered by Viviana DanielaD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, but I once heard a Yeoman at Tower of London make the same kind of comment there....how it was dumb to build a historical landmark in the flight path of two airports! Genuine!
2006-07-28 17:58:04 · answer #5 · answered by poppet 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've also heard a tourist comment on whether 'the castle was put up for the festival', and also 'where do they put it in the winter'
*cries*
2006-07-29 00:38:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NOT genuine. It's a very old joke.
The original joke is that an American said it was stupid to build Windsor castle so close to an airport.
Good try - but you failed.
2006-07-28 02:23:42 · answer #7 · answered by TonyB 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it really happened then it is the typically, stupid comment that could be expected from a person whose countries heritage is 5 minutes old.
2006-07-29 22:32:38 · answer #8 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I apologize on behalf of America for that stupid tourist. He is obviously from one of those schools that dropped science and history to try to do more remedial reading and math.
2006-07-28 05:30:13 · answer #9 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, if you've been here and visited the castle, you'll know of 'the one o clock gun' (a canon, that fires a salute at, well, you guessed it 1pm, it's basically a loud bang) well, to go along with your story, i once met an american who asked... 'what time does the 1 o clock gun go off at?'. my god, i nearly screamed. talk about adding to a stereotype.
2006-07-28 04:53:39 · answer #10 · answered by Natalie R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stop mocking the Americans, he had a point. I don't understand why they built a railroad through Nor Loch either.
2006-07-28 03:39:40 · answer #11 · answered by McAtterie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋