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[Jawad]

Have I missed any other anoying ones?

[whereshegoes]

"Where are you staying?"

But when the drunk slobbering overfriendly guy said it, I think he meant which room, which bed...

I always get a kick out of "How do you afford it?"

I used to tell them the obvious truth...lots of hard work and prioritizing my expenditures as well as saving like crazy.

But now I get creative and tell them things like "Oh you know, selling my toenail clippings."

[uncle_davros]

In Iran

What religion are you

[Jambo]

Not so much 'annoying' questions, but a couple of weird ones I've been asked:

From an American guy in LA: "Do they have beer in other countries?"

From a guy in Texas: "So, how many teeth do New Zealanders have?"

[jenipa]

From a guy in Texas: "So, how many teeth do New Zealanders have?"

that's very funny!

The Koreans don't do anything alone. It's very common to be asked if you are married, also if they perceive you to be traveling alone, they want to know why. That's then followed by pitying looks as you try and explain that you kind of like it that way.

[whereshegoes]

"Will you marry me?"

I got that in India twice, made me so uncomfortable.

Regards,
Kristy

I got "are you looking for a husband?" alot in Egypt...

[andrea]

I hate it when people say, "How do you do it? You are so lucky you get to travel!"

I am not lucky, I simply plan and save my money! Luck has nothing to do with it! It's all about the choices you make!

[clintonb]

When i was in London i was speaking to some random guy and as soon as he found out i was from Australia he yelled

"ooohhh you know how to throw boomerang?"

*sigh*...

[Sof]

The Wife searchers are so common - even if they already have one. I think a lot of men are looking for a green card opportunity!

I've been proposed to by men from India, China, Egypt, even Nepal when I was 16... It does make you uncomfortable but of course it's flattering at the same time!

[vicki]

It doesn't stop when you get back from travelling either. I did a big RTW trip a couple of years ago - and when I talk about it now, people always ask where my favourite place was....

I visited 13 countries on 3 continents... how can you pick one favourite place?

[askthevagabond]

anywhere (especially afghanistan)

"Are you American?"

[whereshegoes]

anywhere (especially afghanistan)

"Are you American?"

I guess its better that they ask rather than just assume, right?

[Glowbum]

I work on a cruise ship and we get a lot of really sad and irritating questions from our *ahem* wonderful guests... but a few stick out well...

After befriending a girl and her brother who were cruising together, we would have a drink with them after work or see them out in the ports. One night the girl came up to my roommate and said
"M, where are you from again?"
M replied "Canada"
"Do they speak English there?"

Dead serious and she had a dead serious expression on her face....sigh

as for travelling and being abroad i really dont like it when people ask me "why would you want to leave Canada"....really hard for me to answer with a straight face and not make the person feel like an idiot...i mean come on! There is a whole world out there to be explored! Ive seen more of the world than my home country and Im ok with this! Im always shocked at how many Americans do not have passports and do not even think of the idea of leaving home, let alone their state or country!

but i guess this is what makes us all different...but please, if it is the shape of a globe and snow is falling inside...im pretty sure its called a snowglobe!

[Lumpy Donkey]

Hmmmm, any question about Australia is always bad...

LOL @ New Zealanders and teeth. ahhahahHAHAHAhahahAH

[hdh]

"Where are your children?" got pretty wearing in Latin America.

"Is that near France?" relative to the location of NZ wore a bit thin after a while, too (particularly in the US: don't you people study geography?)

But "how do you afford it?" is my number one, at least when coming from denizens of the developed world. Andrea's right, it's all about choices.

[snosie]

"M, where are you from again?"
M replied "Canada"
"Do they speak English there?"

I get that one in France a lot, with Australia!! Lucky, then I get drunk people who think I am American, and it really puzzles them in their drunken homeless rage, what to think of Aussie politics. I never let them know we are in Bush's pocket!!

[mtrmsd]

"Who are you voting for?"

I was in New Zealand in the few months before and after the Nov. 2004 U.S. election. The world's hate for George W. Bush was quite apparent to me. I told a Kiwi friend of mine about how it was getting annoying (even though I had always loved a good anti-Bush rant) and then he and I went to hang out with a bunch of his friends in Invercargill. By the end of the night he was telling people to stop asking me.

[harold]

"Do you have like polar bears in the streets in Norway?"

I have been asked that two times, the first time i just told the truth, but the second time, beeing drunk and really annoyed by this stupid Canadian guy, i told him I had lots of them around my house, and that we sometimes had to shoot them when they came to close.

[Caro!]

Ahhh I love when I say I'm Colombian and the fist comment they make is:"do you have any cocaine???", "are you related to Pablo Escobar" I just feel like giving them a big kick in the ass!!!!!

Another I like is "ahh are you Colombian, so how come you're white?" What does this mean??? Am I suppost to look Indian, and wear a "taparabo" around my butt????

And the winner: "So, if you're Colombian how come you speak Spanish?" and I always answer:"well, I'm a very educated person, I speak Spanish, English, Colombian, Venezuelan, Argentinian, and I'm learning Bolivian"

Caro!

[whereshegoes]

And the winner: "So, if you're Colombian how come you speak Spanish?" and I always answer:"well, I'm a very educated person, I speak Spanish, English, Colombian, Venezuelan, Argentinian, and I'm learning Bolivian"

Caro!

I got that once..."So you're Canadian but you speak American too?"