# "An Idiot Abroad" - Karl Pilkington sees the world's wonders

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idiot-abroad-karl-pilkington-sees-the-worlds-wonders/555261>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 27, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idiot-abroad-karl-pilkington-sees-the-worlds-wonders/555261 "2010-09-27T20:05:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idiot-abroad-karl-pilkington-sees-the-worlds-wonders/555261/101 "2012-01-30T18:12:51Z")

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Recently started watching this show, and have no context. In fact, don’t want one, so I’ve skipped past most of the previous posts here. I want to take the show at face value, because it’s funny as hell that way.

Have seen Egypt, Desert Island and Trans-Siberian Railroad. Like I said, funny as hell when you accept that Karl is an authentic idiot. And it’s the first time I’ve heard the word “bollocks” in its literal meaning.

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**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idiot-abroad-karl-pilkington-sees-the-worlds-wonders/555261/102 "2012-01-30T19:00:12Z")

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Just watched the Trans Siberian Railway episode. The final conversation with the guy from Willow about the Dwarf City was very funny. The funniest part of the entire series so far was when Karl in dead earnest said that the girl had only been there two months and already had her own mushroom.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idiot-abroad-karl-pilkington-sees-the-worlds-wonders/555261/103 "2012-02-13T22:17:29Z")

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[We’re talking about the second season over here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=641199)

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