Originally Posted by wgscott

Just adhere to these travel tips, and you will experience smooth sailing:

1. If someone doesn't understand what you are saying, repeat it, in English of course, but scream it as loudly as possible, and make animated hand gestures like one sees in those old movies where cowboys attempted to communicate with the native population, prior to slaughtering them.

2. Refer to where you came from as "the real world" as frequently as possible.

3. Bring up World War II at every opportunity.