Let the Invasion of England Commence!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Well, by “England” I mean “mostly London, Bath, and York,” and by “invasion” I mean that me and Mrs. Mancer are going to be there for a week. We’re taking in the sights, sampling the cuisine, and enjoying the pleasures of British hospitality.

It’s to celebrate our 10-year anniversary, and it’s possibly the worst-timed vacation either of us has ever been on, what with all this war and everything. But we’re not letting that spot of trouble bother us, even if it means we’re going to pretend we’re Canadian.

I leave tomorrow, and it’s doubtful I’ll be checking anything on the web, so this is adieu until next week. If there are any British Dopers out there, be looking for me - I’ll be the guy pretending he’s from Canada.

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Bon voyage, Legomancer! Enjoy your trip. Hopefully, I’ll be visiting England this summer myself, so I’ll look forward to hearing how you liked it.

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A cunning plan, marred, if I might say, only by the trifling fact that a great many Brits can’t tell the difference (or simply don’t make the distinction).

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Surely that’s why the plan would work? Or maybe I don’t get it.

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He means that if you pretend to be Canadian by, for example, talking in a Canadian accent, it won’t work because we can’t tell the difference and we’ll assume you are American anyway.

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Hey - I’m leaving tomorrow for London too. We’re only spending the weekend there and then it will be on to Ireland.

I agree about the bad timing - my sister is totally freaking out and almost begging us not to go.

Have fun, maybe I’ll see you there. :smiley:

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Have you been preparing for your sojourn by watching Eddie Izzard? I know that’s the gambit he recommends for Americans abroad…

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Can I stow away in your luggage, pretty please? I’m short and I fold easily!

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if you hit covent garden give me a shout - i’ll skive out of work and you can buy me a drink :wink:

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Have fun. And if you see a scruffy long haired fat guy in the British Museum on Saturday, it might be me. So why worry about terrorists, when you can worry about that?

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York!!
Fantastic place
Make sure you do the original ghost walking tour. It meets every night at a pub on the river and is great fun. And no, I’m not on commission!!!

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Don’t bother bringing your own Anthrax or Asian killer flu thing, we’ve got plenty already !

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Yes, but it’s not quite as good as the stuff we’ve got back home…

  • Torray, melinas!
    Torray, melinas!*
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Masochist are you?

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Quite; a typical conversation might be:

**Canadian: **Hi there!
**Brit: **Oooh, you’re American, aren’t you
**C: **Actually, I’m…
**B: **Where are you from? San Francisco?
**C: **Actually, I’m Canadian…
**B: **That’s what I thought, American, oooh, those earthquakes…
**C: **I’m from Toronto!
**B: **Is that near San Francisco?

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To this fellow Sarf Lununer, there is a hint of irony in this post …

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To prepare for your trip, just visit the Britain for Americans website. Full of all sorts of vital in formation.