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Old 03-30-2007, 08:17 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What warning label would you put on a country you've visited?

The only country I have been to is Canada and an experience that I remember was when I went into some little store and wanted to buy some gum, the gum cost 1.25 Canadian I gave the guy one US dollar. This was back in the day when the exchange rate was highly favorable towards the dollar. The guy looked at me and said he wouldn't exchange it, I said just keep the dollar, he said no. I stared at him for a little while then said I didn't have anymore money, he said he didn't care so I stared at him some more. After a little while I said fuck and gave him another quarter. As I walked out of the store I gave him a bad look, he said have a nice day, what an asshole.

This taint teh War Room so relax keep it lighthearted. I just saw this on CNN and the ones he said on TV were a lot funnier than the ones on his site too bad I can't really remember them.

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Japan: Volcanoes, Tsunamis, earthquakes, incredible bugs but the people are nice.(something like that)

Stolen from http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/situation.room/blog/

When stopped by a police officer in lesser traveled tourist cities of China do not be surprised if you are accused of an imaginary infraction and asked to pay your "fine" on the spot. While this may appear to be a case of public corruption, you should treat it as a "gratuity" for the officer's keen sense of perception that you are a foreigner. -Fabian, Miami Beach, Florida

I would put "Good Teeth Beware" on England. Even if you've never seen an orthodontist, they automatically assume anyone with good teeth is a "bloody" American. -Renee, Cincinnati, Ohio

United States: The land of opportunity, if you're an illegal immigrant, rapper, politician, or sports star. -Stuart, Tybee Island, Georgia

If I were going to Mexico, I would put a warning that you will probably get Montezuma's revenge even if you do not drink the water (that happened to my sister) and/or get mugged (that happened to a friend). If you are going to Europe, I would warn that probably everyone hates you, so pretend you are Canadian (that happened to my cousin) and don't get into any political conversations. -Carol, California
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Old 03-31-2007, 01:48 AM   #2 (permalink)

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i went to mexico back in i think 96. the place was\is poor as fuck but the food is great .
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Old 03-31-2007, 01:59 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Phuket Thailand- Greatest scenery and martial arts experience of my life
Bangkok- Don't walk around at night
Australia- Generally nice people and amazing sights
South Africa- Whole different world, stay in the tourists area, no night wandering
Jamaica- Definently stay in the tourist area, never leave the tourist sights, unless during the day with guide
Canada- very safe
U.S.- Depending on where you are anything can happen
Central and South America- Poor, but beautiful
Fiji- Great People, Great scenery
Bermuda- Be careful at night, amazing diving
Cambodia- prostitutes everywhere, stay in at night or at the bars in hotels
Iran- If your white as I am, then you get the jitters even during the day
Germany- Great people and great beer
Amsterdam- Coffeeshops amazing stoneeed, red light district careful at night, raves awesome floatin in ecstasy(never do that again, but worht the experience)
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Old 03-31-2007, 02:00 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Netherland antilles, lower antilles, us vi and british vi.....petty theft common, don't leave stuff on beach or flaunt your money
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Old 03-31-2007, 02:04 AM   #5 (permalink)
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When stopped by a police officer in lesser traveled tourist cities of China do not be surprised if you are accused of an imaginary infraction and asked to pay your "fine" on the spot. While this may appear to be a case of public corruption, you should treat it as a "gratuity" for the officer's keen sense of perception that you are a foreigner. -Fabian, Miami Beach, Florida
Lol I got stopped in Shanghai for some traffic violation and had to pay a fine. Now that I think about it, that's probably right. Those bastards. Also be wary of bottled water on the street. Those guys fill it up with dirty tap water and seal the cap. And feral children! Some adult will be hiding somewhere and send all these children that look homeless and dirty to beg you for help and try to steal whatever they can. One kid was talking to me then this other grabbed my bottle of water and ran off with it.

In Taiwan, I went up to the peak of the tallest mountain in SE Asia to watch the sunrise and there were a lot of Taiwanese there. Then out of nowhere all these monkeys came.. a big herd of probably 20-30 Formosan Rock Monkeys.. and started fucking people up. It was like an organized gang. They were waiting in the bushes for tourists to jump. No kidding.. these monkeys just started coming out of the trees and charging down the streets and everyone was like "look at the monkeys.. so many".. then people were throwing them food.. then some started trying to shoo them away then the monkeys started jumping on people. So if you go to the mountains, watch out for monkeys. I love them little guys though.

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Jamaica- Definently stay in the tourist area, never leave the tourist sights, unless during the day with guide
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spot on with this one.... they will hound you to buy weed off of them... snd the poverty level outside of the resorts is just horrible.

where in jamaica did you stay?
i stayed at beaches-sandy bay
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Singapore is a FINE country.

(you get fined for everything over there, even flushing the bloody toilet late at night.)
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If you are going to Europe, I would warn that probably everyone hates you, so pretend you are Canadian (that happened to my cousin) and don't get into any political conversations. -Carol, California
This goes for republicans only.
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Warning: When walking down on the sidewalk watch out for buses roaming down the street with their side mirrors hanging out. Decapatation is possible!
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mexico you can buy your way out of anything
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