Friday, June 16, 2006

Oh, Lonely Planet

Phrasebooks. You know, those pocket-sized booklets that are the purveyor of useless sentences like "How do I get to the train station?" and "The air conditioning in my hotel room doesn't work."

Well, I bought a Vietnamese Phrasebook this morning on a whim to improve my vocabulary. Clearly, Lonely Planet has been doing some updating. The following choice phrases were included:

Where can I find clean syringes?

I don't know if I believe in God.

I'm completely stoned. Help.

Is there a gay telephone hotline?

I'm a heroin addict.

Seriously, guys. If you need all these sentences, stay home.
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4 comments:

  1. sofia serrano8:03 PM

    i LOVE lonely planet phrasebooks. the japanese version has stuff, like:

    It helps to have a sense of humor.
    I'll just do it myself.
    (Under the Sex section, obviously)

    I think I'm high.

    They're amazing.

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  2. Ryan Biesemeyer12:30 AM

    oh.
    my.

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  3. Anonymous12:01 PM

    I love it.

    And stop being coy. You *know* you have a drug problem.

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  4. Anonymous5:22 PM

    i was just in vietnam. i'm a CU alum. found your site through the bwog.

    the crazy thing is, vietnam is a place of immense contradiction. some of it is so beautiful...and some of it is as bleak as those phrases you saw

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