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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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That reminds me of our school trip to Canada and going to Bridal Falls waterfall.
'No, you can't go hike up to the base and stand in the spray. Because there's a fence and some signs that say you can't. No, sorry. I don't care if the other Korean tourists and the Chinese tour group are doing it, you're not. Because someone decided it was too dangerous for a reason. Yes, I'm sooooooo strict, I know'. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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The story linked in the OP looks like it's about two stupid Koreans and two stupid Australians:
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Two men from Mt Isa were also fined after police found them on the Barkly Highway near the Rankin Road turnoff.
The pair alerted police to the stranded Koreans.
They told the officers they had travelled from Mt Isa to see the flooding for themselves as they did not believe the media reports. |
Brilliant. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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Not quite as dumb as this Israeli tourist:
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23321764-5006301,00.html
Or this Belgian tourist:
"24 year old Belgian tourist Stefaan Van Turnhout, now world famous as Stupid Stefaan, was on holidays in Cape Tribulation and went for a walk on Myall Beach. At the north end of the beach he arrived at Mason Creek where 2 metre long saltwater crocodile Allan lives, well known with the locals.
There were plenty of warning signs at the creek to make people aware of the presence of the croc but SS decided that he was going to get a great photo and waded into the creek, camera in one hand, and in the other hand a stick that he hit the water surface with, to try to attract the crocodile closer.
This tempting technique proved extremely succesful, and the crocodile came closer very quick, and very close.
While a group of about six others watched the crocodile lunged forward and bit SS on the left knee.
One person in the crowd that witnessed the attack ran to the Cape Trib pharmacy and raised the alarm, prompting Dr.Kelly Lash to phone the ambulance. When the injured Belgian finally made his way in to the pharmacy it became clear that the bite was not all that serious, though the whole ambulance and police circus still made their way up to Cape Tribulation, a 1.5 hour trip from the nearest town Mossman.
Cape Tribulation locals are pissed off with the stupid behaviour of the Belgian that invaded the croc's territory and annoyed it with slapping the stick on the water, as now Queensland Park and Wildlife officers will catch their local croc Allan and sell him to a crocodile farm where eventually he will be killed.
The girfriend of the Belgian master of disaster thought it quite funny as he had already been bitten by a monkey earlier on in his travels. Crocodile Belgee himself forgot the click the shutter on his camera when it all happened too quick so he never even got his close up photo."
http://www.amazingaustralia.com.au/stupidity.htm
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g125/bagelblogger/croccartoon1400.jpg
And granted, there are stupid domestic Australian tourists, also. |
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SeoulFinn
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul
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This is an old one... but still quite stupid.
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Finn held over Easter Island ear
The authorities on Easter Island have detained a Finnish tourist on suspicion of trying to steal an earlobe of one of the world-famous moai stone statues.
Police on the Pacific island, which is an overseas territory of Chile, said a woman had seen him rip off the earlobe, which then fell and broke into pieces.
Marko Kulju could face seven years in prison and a fine if convicted under laws protecting national monuments.
The statues of Polynesian ancestors are believed to be up to 1,000 years old.
There are nearly 900 moai on Easter Island, in various stages of construction, some of them more than 10m (33ft) tall and weighing more than 80 tons.
The island's Rapa Nui National Park, in which the moai are situated, became a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1995.
Mr Kulju was visiting Anakena beach on Sunday when he was allegedly seen using his hands to tear off the earlobe of a 4m (13ft) high moai, Easter Island Police Chief Cristian Gonzalez told the Associated Press.
The earlobe then fell to the ground and broke into 20-30cm pieces, at least one of which Mr Kulju allegedly attempted to steal, Mr Gonzalez added.
"Fortunately, this type of thing does not happen every day but it does happen and it is almost impossible to control because on Easter Island there are sites of great archaeological value everywhere and the park guards cannot prevent all such incidents," government official Liliana Castro said.
Authorities on the island are inspecting the statue to see if it can be repaired. |
I think he got off too easily. He groveled and begged for forgiveness and got a smallish fine. Stupid mofo! |
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