# Things You Never Thought You'd See

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-see/623032>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 25, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-see/623032 "2012-05-25T02:10:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-see/623032/81 "2012-06-06T17:44:20Z")

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Never thought I’d see the Cubbies … wait …what?

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-see/623032/82 "2012-06-06T19:45:12Z")

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I never thought I’d see a fraction of the places in the world I’ve seen - tropical islands, chaotic Asian cities, unspoilt jungles. When I was growing up, our family holidays were a fortnight in a caravan or a cottage in Wales or Cornwall. Foreign travel was what other people, rich people, did.

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**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-see/623032/83 "2012-06-06T19:53:46Z")

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Internet on an airplane (which I’m currently enjoying) still blows me away.

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