why me?? (28)

Aug 18, 2010 11:54 AM CST why me??
rytcharlie
rytcharlierytcharlieprovincia di Lodi, Lombardy Italy34 Threads 2 Polls 1,412 Posts
every where I go .. it seems .. people ask me for directions .. seriously .. I can't leave my house without someone asking me the way to somewhere .. usually 2 or 3 different people .. and the really strange thing is that it even happens when I'm in an unknown town and carrying a suitcase towards the train station .. or walking around a town looking lost ... I have white skin and sea-blue eyes .. so why ask me where Via Roma is in Napoli? why? dunno
Aug 18, 2010 2:42 PM CST why me??
Mazza1970
Mazza1970Mazza1970Lemesos, Limassol Cyprus1 Threads 626 Posts
rytcharlie: every where I go .. it seems .. people ask me for directions .. seriously .. I can't leave my house without someone asking me the way to somewhere .. usually 2 or 3 different people .. and the really strange thing is that it even happens when I'm in an unknown town and carrying a suitcase towards the train station .. or walking around a town looking lost ... I have white skin and sea-blue eyes .. so why ask me where Via Roma is in Napoli? why?


dude can u tell me where the nearest bus stop is rolling on the floor laughing


in all seriousness...maybe u just have one of those faces comfort
Aug 18, 2010 2:45 PM CST why me??
rytcharlie
rytcharlierytcharlieprovincia di Lodi, Lombardy Italy34 Threads 2 Polls 1,412 Posts
Mazza1970: dude can u tell me where the nearest bus stop is in all seriousness...maybe u just have one of those faces


maybe so dunno

Im gonna start charging tho' laugh
Aug 18, 2010 3:07 PM CST why me??
Mazza1970
Mazza1970Mazza1970Lemesos, Limassol Cyprus1 Threads 626 Posts
rytcharlie: maybe so

Im gonna start charging tho'


I'll be ur agent, only charge 60% instead of my usual 75% grin
Aug 18, 2010 3:23 PM CST why me??
rytcharlie
rytcharlierytcharlieprovincia di Lodi, Lombardy Italy34 Threads 2 Polls 1,412 Posts
Mazza1970: I'll be ur agent, only charge 60% instead of my usual 75%


laugh cheers mate cheers

the thing about Italians when they ask you directions is that, if you know where the place is, great .. they say grazie .. you say prego .. and everyone is happy .. but if you don't know where it is they generally tut very loudly and walk off without saying a word laugh
Aug 18, 2010 3:37 PM CST why me??
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
Oh Charlie .. happens to me all the time too!

I just point down the road ... hand signal turn right, then left, then straight, then left, then right, smile ..... and they go away very happy. Never fails!drinking
Aug 18, 2010 3:47 PM CST why me??
rytcharlie: cheers mate

the thing about Italians when they ask you directions is that, if you know where the place is, great .. they say grazie .. you say prego .. and everyone is happy .. but if you don't know where it is they generally tut very loudly and walk off without saying a word
Just do like the Military,tell them,General Direction my Right Hand,and set them marching!rolling on the floor laughing
Aug 18, 2010 4:19 PM CST why me??
rytcharlie
rytcharlierytcharlieprovincia di Lodi, Lombardy Italy34 Threads 2 Polls 1,412 Posts
smoky: Oh Charlie .. happens to me all the time too!

I just point down the road ... hand signal turn right, then left, then straight, then left, then right, smile ..... and they go away very happy. Never fails!


maybe it happens to everyone .. just seems I'm attracting 'em for some reason .. dunno at times i cant leave my house for it ..
Aug 18, 2010 4:19 PM CST why me??
rytcharlie
rytcharlierytcharlieprovincia di Lodi, Lombardy Italy34 Threads 2 Polls 1,412 Posts
Conrad73: Just do like the Military,tell them,General Direction my Right Hand,and set them marching!


thanks .. think im gonna do that laugh
Aug 18, 2010 4:20 PM CST why me??
wordsmith99
wordsmith99wordsmith99Lyon, Rhone-Alpes France2 Threads 399 Posts
Why you? You must have a nice open friendly face, that's why! But if you're fed up, try walking around with a Marlon Brando expression on your face... should do the trick!
Aug 18, 2010 4:29 PM CST why me??
rytcharlie
rytcharlierytcharlieprovincia di Lodi, Lombardy Italy34 Threads 2 Polls 1,412 Posts
wordsmith99: Why you? You must have a nice open friendly face, that's why! But if you're fed up, try walking around with a Marlon Brando expression on your face... should do the trick!


Im only fed up that they ask me when it should be pretty obvious I wouldnt know ... an English man in Naples being asked by Italians where places are .. just seems a bit absurd .. and it would be good if people said thanks anyway .. half the time I feel guilty for not knowing laugh

anyway .. I thought you ladies went for that Brando look .. wouldnt I get even more? dunno

talking of looks .. I stayed in the district of Naples where Sophia Loren comes from dancing
Aug 18, 2010 4:30 PM CST why me??
rytcharlie: thanks .. think im gonna do that
Works most of the time.
Even get where you're supposed to be going some times!laugh
Aug 18, 2010 4:59 PM CST why me??
wordsmith99
wordsmith99wordsmith99Lyon, Rhone-Alpes France2 Threads 399 Posts
Yeah but you know, the Brando Sulky Look is only attractive at a distance. You wouldn't actually steel yourself to talk to it!
Aug 18, 2010 5:02 PM CST why me??
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
wordsmith99: Yeah but you know, the Brando Sulky Look is only attractive at a distance. You wouldn't actually steel yourself to talk to it!


He also has to have that "Godfather" voice!

Once, in Italy, I had these ladies come up to me at the trainstation asking directions ... in really horrible Italian ....... and then out of frustration I said an English word ... and found out they were actually English speaking!rolling on the floor laughing
Aug 18, 2010 5:52 PM CST why me??
wordsmith99
wordsmith99wordsmith99Lyon, Rhone-Alpes France2 Threads 399 Posts
Smokes, what ARE you thinking!?!?! I'm down On The Waterfront or possibly riding the Streetcar Named Desire and you're chatting up the grossly overweight and disgusting Godfather...!!! Eeeeee-yew....
Aug 18, 2010 5:53 PM CST why me??
rytcharlie
rytcharlierytcharlieprovincia di Lodi, Lombardy Italy34 Threads 2 Polls 1,412 Posts
wordsmith99: Smokes, what ARE you thinking!?!?! I'm down On The Waterfront or possibly riding the Streetcar Named Desire and you're chatting up the grossly overweight and disgusting Godfather...!!! Eeeeee-yew....


oi .. I'm not disgusting .. well not very laugh
Aug 18, 2010 5:59 PM CST why me??
wordsmith99
wordsmith99wordsmith99Lyon, Rhone-Alpes France2 Threads 399 Posts
Ok come on, fess up! Have you ever had any connection with a decapitated equine? No? Thought not! So you're more Watch with Mother than Godfather methinks... which is why people ask you for directions!
Aug 18, 2010 6:01 PM CST why me??
rytcharlie
rytcharlierytcharlieprovincia di Lodi, Lombardy Italy34 Threads 2 Polls 1,412 Posts
wordsmith99: Ok come on, fess up! Have you ever had any connection with a decapitated equine? No? Thought not! So you're more Watch with Mother than Godfather methinks... which is why people ask you for directions!


does a brief encounter with a sheep in the Welsh valleys not count for anything these days? laugh
Aug 18, 2010 6:10 PM CST why me??
wordsmith99
wordsmith99wordsmith99Lyon, Rhone-Alpes France2 Threads 399 Posts
Now, ALL is revealed: you're a shirt-lifter! No wonder people all ask you for directions!!! They're looking for that herd of obliging sheep...
Aug 18, 2010 6:15 PM CST why me??
rytcharlie
rytcharlierytcharlieprovincia di Lodi, Lombardy Italy34 Threads 2 Polls 1,412 Posts
wordsmith99: Now, ALL is revealed: you're a shirt-lifter! No wonder people all ask you for directions!!! They're looking for that herd of obliging sheep...


sheep dont wear shirts confused
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