Monday, July 7, 2008

Eccentric of the day

Saw a flock of Japanese tourists earlier today; the leader held aloft an umbrella, metal thing fully extended but umbrella bit not unfurled. Presumably some new innovation in umbrellas which wards off rain using static electricity or anti-gravity or similar. Also, not raining.

Quite like the Japanese tourists, really; they rarely get irritated if am not able to answer their questions about where some obscure street is, and they don't glare when they see one in a gay pride parade. A lot of the American tourists do; assume are from some godforsaken hole in Mid-West where gays are warded off by Ku Klux Klan or something. Why are these people allowed passports?

2 comments:

etre-moral-etre-sincere said...

Well, the umbrella thing is actually quite straightforward: during an excursion, the guide walks with an umbrella put like that to make it easier for the tourists to not lose them. I am truly surprised you've never seen it before....

electorprince said...

Why would they be disallowed passports? Or are we actually advocating a double standard? ^_-