Hell is other people on a duck tour
by awindram
The irritating pitch of duck whistles warns me that a duck tour is near. As it passes, I hear the miked-up tour guide say, “the house on your right is where the cast of Jersey Shore lived for the show’s Miami episodes.” The tourists’s cameras flash, and the world gets just that little bit dumber.
I’m smirking with comraderie–I live 10 minutes from one of the tours for The Only Way is Essex. Awesome.
I caught some of that last time I was home. Is it still going?
I went on a trolley tour in Savannah once. (It was the easiest way to see the place with 2 small kids – that’s our excuse, anyway). The only problem was, we really didn’t get many of the “cultural” references to people like Paula Deen – I had to look her up, she is a reality show chef. I just have no idea about people like that.
Here’s one of Paula’s recipes. She’s takes her craft very seriously. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/english-peas-recipe/index.html
We have duck tours in London, of course. You’re more likely to be shown the Houses Of Parliament, which is not quite as exciting (or as dumb) as the Houses of Jersey Shore, if you like that kind of thing.
They do? Oh dear…