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A bus load of tourists arrives at Runnymede. They gather around the guide who says, "This is the spot where the barons
forced King John to sign the Magna Carta."
A fellow at the front of the crowd asks, "When did that happen?"
"1215," answers the guide.
The man looks at his watch and says, "Damn! Just missed it by a half hour!"
The frightened tourist: "Are there any bats in this cave?"
The guide: "There were, but don't worry, the snakes ate all
of them."
The tourist: "Can you tell me why so many famous Civil War battles were fought on National Park Sites?"
Windsor castle, outside of London, is directly in the flight path of Heathrow International Airport. While a group of tourist
was standing outside the castle admiring the elegant structure, a plane flew overhead at a relatively low altitude making
a tremendous amount of noise. One particularly annoyed tourist whined, "Why did they build the castle so close to the airport?"
A pair of tourists were out in the fields when they discovered an abandoned well near an old farm house. Of course they're
curious so they drop a small stone into the well, but they never hear it hit bottom. They search and find a larger rock and
drop it into the well but once again hear nothing. They decide they need something larger and search the farm yard for a larger
object. After much struggle, they manage to drag a large railroad tie to the edge of the well and drop it over the edge.
After several seconds, a goat tears across the yard and without any hesitation, dives head first into the open hole. The
two tourists stand in amazement. About then a farmer appears and tells them he is looking for a lost goat. The tourists tell
the farmer about the goat diving into the well.
"That couldn't be my goat", the farmer replies, "My goat was grazing in the field roped to a railroad tie!"
"Were you in Paris on your vacation?"
"I don't know, my wife got the tickets."
Two anthropologists fly to the south sea islands to study the natives. They go to two adjacent islands and set to work.
A few months later one of them takes a canoe over to the other island to see how his colleague is doing. When he gets there,
he finds the other anthropologist standing among a group of natives.
"Greetings! How is it going?" says the visiting anthropologist.
"Wonderful!" says the other, "I have discovered an important fact about the local language! Watch!"
He points at a palm tree and says, "what is that?"
The natives, in unison, say "Umbalo-gong!"
He then points at a
rock and says, "and that?"
The natives again intone "Umbalo-gong!"
"You see!", says the beaming anthropologist, "They use the SAME word for 'rock' and for 'palm tree'!"
"That is truly
amazing!" says the astonished visiting anthropologist, "On the other island, the same word means 'index finger'!"
In Alaska's National Forests, a tourists guide was giving a talk to a group of tourists about hiking in grizzly bear territory:
"Most bear encounters occur when hikers, being extra quiet along the trails in hopes of viewing wildlife, accidentally stumble
into bears. The resulting suprise can be catastrophic." To avoid this, he suggested that each hiker wear tiny bells on their
clothing to warn the bears of their presence. "Also," he said further, "be especially cautious when you see signs of bears
in the area, especially when you see bear droppings."
One tourist asked, "How do you identify bear droppings?"
"Oh that's easy," the guide explained, "its the ones with all the tiny bells in them!"
A tourists guide was talking with a group of school kids at Yellowstone park when one of the kids asked him if he had ever
came face-to-face with a wolf.
"Yes, I came face to face with a wolf once. And as luck would have it, I was alone and without
a weapon."
"What did you do?" the little girl asked.
"What could I do? First, I tried looking him straight in the eyes
but he slowly came toward me. I moved back, but he kept coming nearer and nearer. I had to think fast."
"How did you get
away?"
"As a last resort, I just turned around and walked quickly to the next cage."
A tourist is traveling with a guide through one of the thickest jungles in Latin America, when he comes across an ancient
Mayan temple. The tourist is entranced by the temple, and asks the guide for details. To this, the guide states that archaeologists
are carrying out excavations, and still finding great treasures. The tourist then queries how old the temple is.
"This temple is 2503 years old", replies the guide.
Impressed at this accurate dating, he inquires as to how he gave this precise figure.
"Easy", replies the guide, "the archaeologists said the temple was 2500 years old, and that was three years ago."
Two tourists were driving through Louisiana. As they were approaching Natchitoches, they started arguing about the pronunciation
of the town. They argued back and forth until they stopped for lunch. As they stood at the counter, one tourist asked the
employee, "Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are... very slowly?"
The
girl leaned over the counter and said, "Burrrrrrrr, gerrrrrrr, Kiiiiing."
A man is walking down the street when he sees a sign in the window of a travel agency that says CRUISES - $100. He goes
into the agency and hands the guy $100. The travel agent then whacks him over the head with a baseball bat and throws him
in the river.
Another man is walking down the street a half hour later, sees the sign and pays the guy $100. The travel
agent then whacks him with the baseball bat and throws him in the river.
Sometime later, the two men are floating down
the river together and the first man asks, "Do you think they'll serve any food on this cruise?"
The second man says, "I
don't think so. They didn't do it last year."
A tourist was being led through the swamps of Florida. "Is it true," he asked, "that an alligator won't attack you if you
carry a flashlight?"
"That depends," replied the guide, "on how fast you carry the flashlight."
"Look, guide, here are some LION tracks."
"Good. You see where they go and I'll find out where they came from."
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