The important thing about travel in foreign lands is that it breaks
the speech habits and makes you blab less, and breaks the habitual
space-feeling because of different village plans and different
landscapes. It is less important that there are different mores, for
you counteract these with your own reaction-formations.

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Tue, Mar 4, 2008, 4:47am (EST-3) doth burble:
The important thing about travel in foreign lands is snip of babble

No, the important thing about travel in foreign lands is knowing
how to say, "Please, where is the toilet?"; and possibly carrying a
personal supply of toilet paper. Next most important is knowing how to
say, "Thank you.", and saying it.



JOAT
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No, the important thing about travel in foreign lands is knowing
how to say, "Please, where is the toilet?"; and possibly carrying a
personal supply of toilet paper. Next most important is knowing how to
say, "Thank you.", and saying it.



JOAT

Agreed on all counts. You can get splinters from some of the things that
pass for TP in some places.

A third one is to know how to order two beers. It makes it real easy to
make a friend in an unfamiliar place...

--
Lloyd Baker