Christian Purslow - Resigned

[Richard E]

Was it a thread on the topic or topic on a thread🤔

Now that’s a very deep question.

[paul_e]

I imagine that bell thing is a reference to the Liberty Bell, which is in Philadelphia and is the second most disappointing tourist attraction I've ever visited. It's literally a bell, with a crack in it.

What was the first most disappointing? It must have been bad to be more underwhelming than the Liberty Bell.

The Mannequin Pis in Brussels.

I knew it was basically a statue of a boy having a slash, which in itself sets expectations low, but I didn't realise it was about a foot high at most.

Yeah, I think I'm with you on that. The other one which is at a similar level of "is that it?' was the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen. 

The little mermaid would definitely be very near the top for me. Plymouth rock was fucking shit as well.

[Brazilian Villain]

True, thought it might make a good subject for a Friday Forum.

If I remember correctly there was a thread on this topic once.

There was. I did contribute but can’t for the life of me remember the tourist attraction I thought was shite.

Fair enough, couldn't recall it being discussed.

Mine is probably the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and place wise it would be Trinidad in Cuba which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Bay of Pigs was a little underwhelming too, after a long drive to get there.

[pauliewalnuts]

I imagine that bell thing is a reference to the Liberty Bell, which is in Philadelphia and is the second most disappointing tourist attraction I've ever visited. It's literally a bell, with a crack in it.

What was the first most disappointing? It must have been bad to be more underwhelming than the Liberty Bell.

The Mannequin Pis in Brussels.

I knew it was basically a statue of a boy having a slash, which in itself sets expectations low, but I didn't realise it was about a foot high at most.

Yeah, I think I'm with you on that. The other one which is at a similar level of "is that it?' was the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen. 

The little mermaid would definitely be very near the top for me. Plymouth rock was fucking shit as well.

"We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us" - great line, Malcolm X (and then Public Enemy).

[Richard E]

The living museum at Plymouth salvages Plymouth Rock for my money.

The Sphinx was another rubbish one.

[pauliewalnuts]

The Mona Lisa.

It's tiny, there's about 3,000 people between you and it when you enter the room, and it's basically a picture you've seen one million times elsewhere.

[Beard82]

The Mona Lisa.

It's tiny, there's about 3,000 people between you and it when you enter the room, and it's basically a picture you've seen one million times elsewhere.

100% this!  The only time i have seen some many disappointed faces was on my wedding day

[VILLA MOLE]

The Mona Lisa.

It's tiny, there's about 3,000 people between you and it when you enter the room, and it's basically a picture you've seen one million times elsewhere.

100% this!  The only time i have seen some many disappointed faces was on my wedding day

Bloody hell thats a wedding

[Brazilian Villain]

The Mona Lisa.

It's tiny, there's about 3,000 people between you and it when you enter the room, and it's basically a picture you've seen one million times elsewhere.

100% this!  The only time i have seen some many disappointed faces was on my wedding day

Were there a lot of attractive female guests at the wedding?

[LeeB]

The Mona Lisa.

It's tiny, there's about 3,000 people between you and it when you enter the room, and it's basically a picture you've seen one million times elsewhere.

100% this!  The only time i have seen some many disappointed faces was on my wedding day

Were there a lot of attractive female guests at the wedding?

No it was the bride's family

[olaftab]

I stopped going regularly for a while in the mid-90s as I couldn't afford something that I felt had become too expensive. It's not a new thing.

I did the same but because I as fickle back then.

[LeeB]

Lands End was shite, took ages to get there, extremely windy and nothing but a lighthouse and a shit gift shop.

Cornwall itself is overrated, fucking Whicker Man living museum.

[olaftab]

I'm going to make a prediction here, this thread is going to go off topic.

True, thought it might make a good subject for a Friday Forum.

If I remember correctly there was a thread on this topic once.

There was. I did contribute but can’t for the life of me remember the tourist attraction I thought was shite.

Same as you but I thought Sticky Vicky came close to it.

[pauliewalnuts]

Lands End was shite, took ages to get there, extremely windy and nothing but a lighthouse and a shit gift shop.

Cornwall itself is overrated, fucking Whicker Man living museum.

Cornwall is weird.

So many well to do, lovely coastal locations but go in-land and you're stumbling across some of the poorest, most depressing parts of Europe.

[Richard E]

Even worse, my mother in law lives there.