Christian Purslow - Resigned

[Brazilian Villain]

Even worse, my mother in law lives there.

You'd prefer it if she lived closer?

[dave shelley]

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.

And when you try and get a photo standing on the actual spot, the fuckers want to charge you for the privilige of just standing there.

[dave.woodhall]

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.

Little Mermaid. The clue's in the name.

[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.

Little Mermaid. The clue's in the name.

Well yeah, still shit though.

[dave shelley]

Circus Maximus in Rome.  Redeemed only by the aura if history it gave off.  It was full of litter and drug paraphernalia when we were there, I hope they've cleaned it up a bit since. 

[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

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

No it was the bride's family

Yeah - I never thought a whole family could say "underwhelmed" without actually saying anything

[ChicagoLion]

Wigan Pier is shit and it’s in Wigan.

[chrisw1]

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.

The Millenium Dome?

[LeeB]

London Eye is a bit shit really, and costs a bomb

[Risso]

Wigan Pier is shit and it’s in Wigan.

There used to be a pub there called The Orwell that I worked in, many, many years ago when I lived in Wigan. Used to get people coming in all the time asking where the pier was. We had to explain that Wigan, being nowhere near the sea didn't have an actual structure extending out into the sea like Blackpool, and that the pier was in fact a historic coal landing site on the Leeds to Liverpool canal. The museum there used to be quite good if you were interested in British industrial history and George Orwell etc.

[ASHTONVILLA]

I agree with Risso. Wigan may not be top of many peoples tourist destinations, the Pier is quite interesting and worth a visit. Wigan flashes nature reserve is nice too.

Worst tourist attraction I have been to was probably the Native American museum in Washington DC, which had practically no exhibits.

In the UK Gretna Green takes some beating as a lacklustre place to visit.

[pauliewalnuts]

Chris Heck with WE before the game today.

[Chris_Jephcott]

Didn’t see this one coming!!!

[SaddVillan]

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1668167723195531264?t=Tc5-QRMqNdOywGS56Ftnsg&s=08

[German James]

Bye, bye Christian. Never recovered from the Steveeee debacle?