Oh dear

[jadesfire]

You know, there are days when I despair of the British abroad. We're trying to find somewhere to stay in Marrakech (all suggestions gratefully received!) so I'm looking at the reviews on Trip Advisor, which is generally reliable.

However, while people are generally reasonable about how they rate places, it's worth reading the reviews as well. As long as you have a nice soft cushion handy so that you've got padding when you're tempted to bang your head on the desk. Some complain about the lack of English spoken. It's Morocco. Get an Arabic phrasebook, dust off your schoolboy French and get on with it. Others complain about being woken by the call to prayer. As another reviewer says, that's like complaining about hearing a cockeral on a farm.

As Marcus Brigstocke is fond of saying, when it comes to showing up in other people's countries and behaving like twits, Britain's got form. "Hello there, what's this county called then? That's nice, I'm going to call it mine." Apparently, we're still at it.

More idiocy to follow as I unearth it.

It could be a spammy day today, but I promise to keep updating this post rather than flooding your flist with "...and another thing!"-style posts.

I've also realised that I've become utterly rubbish lately at remembering birthdays. So happy birthday to xparrot and sheryden for today, and hellenebright for yesterday! Hope you have/had/will have great days! :D

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Me too! It's going to be an adventure :D