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Post by marmaris98 on Nov 22, 2005 10:43:40 GMT 1
we have loads of funny tales, i just hope there is enough space for them !!
firstly in 97 we went to konakli just outside alanya. i have never been soooooooo hot in all my life. we got on a dolmus and the driver grabbed me and daughter , she was 6 at the time, and started to play , what looked like castanets, to a Turkish song and insisted we danced. on night the hotel put on a leather fashion show with barbecue but we declined as we had other plans. when we returned we went for a nosy look, my son then 9, found a raffle ticket on the floor. it was drawn out of the bag and i got to enter into the quiz.the 1st question was ,what is the capital of turkey, 2nd i had to get a pair of shorts off a male, couldn't use the hubby's as he had those with the undies built in, so i grabbed my sons, then there was only me and a dutch guy left, they wanted to know the capital of USA, i shouted it first so won. my prize was either a bungee jump or a voucher for a leather waist coat from the show. needless to say i opted for the leather. i gave my voucher to the young lad in the shop he was ecstatic, he told me he would never be able to buy one of these, i felt like a fraud winning saying we never paid for the night, but hey i made a Turkish lads day. the guys at the local market wanted to sell my daughter a turtle ! try telling a 6 yr old you can't have something what looks really cute but will grow to god knows how big.
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Post by marmaris98 on Nov 22, 2005 11:22:51 GMT 1
in 98 we discovered marmaris/icmeler. stayed at the woodland beside the Wednesday market. one day round the pool Charlie the bar man was throwing the kids in the pool. a wasp was bothering the daughter so he came and shooed it away after about 5 Min's it went, he turned to me and said (pardon the French ) oh it f*** off i looked at him in disbelief and said no Charlie you can't say that in front of kids, he was very apologetic and he never swear ed again. i would love to track this guy down he was a hoot he really made our holiday, he would knock on your door and ask to see my clothes and he would dress up in them!!
he looked after all the kids at the hotel he once took my son to the shops on the back of his moped and we had no worries, once he played football with them till 2 in the morning, they thought it was great, my son often talks about still and he is 18 . we all cried when it was time to leave it was like a family. i will have to continue this holiday later i have to get ready for work. ttfn
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Post by juicyjude on Nov 27, 2005 22:00:59 GMT 1
This really is a similar tale to yours marmaris98. We were staying in Olu Deniz one year and the song For 24 years I've been living next door to Alice was in the charts but with the words Alice Alice who the f... is Alice. The bar became 'lively' and one of the waiters out of the blue started singing Alice Alice who the f... is Alice. Well there were families, older people all ages in this particular bar and everyone seemed to be English.! An elderly lady explained to him that it wasn't a very nice thing to sing and he went to every table apologising! It was so funny bless!
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Post by Emma on Nov 27, 2005 22:31:54 GMT 1
Awww bless!
We were once in a restaurant and the Cher song 'Strong Enough' came on. One of the waiters was serving us and said 'excuse me, can you tell me what is this Stroganoff'? Bless 'em ;D
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Post by marmaris98 on Nov 29, 2005 10:47:00 GMT 1
in 99 went to kusadasi, wasn't very fussed on this place seemed a bit dirty in comparison to icmeler.
one day i was in the middle of the sea with the son and daughter on a lilo, a strange man came swimming beside us and looking at us funny. i felt very uncomfortable, and lilos being lilos never go the way you want, i couldn't get to shore. the guy came up to me and asked if i was Turkish, i said no, he asked if i was married to a Turkish man, i said no, he asked if i was visiting Turkish friends and taking their kids out for the day, i said no and if you don't mind i am playing with my kids. he said are these my kids and are they not Turkish, i said no, he apologized and then produced a card for his restaurant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
our kids are dark skinned with dark brown hair and tan very easy so i guess that explains all the questions. of course the hubby was totally unaware of all this, he was asleep on the beach.
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Post by juicyjude on Dec 1, 2005 22:18:02 GMT 1
Another little ditty to make you laugh. Alan my hubby was having a Turkish haircut, shave etc, you know the works! I was in the barbers waiting and enjoying watching him try to converse with his smattering of 'evet' 'hyair' (sorry Bulent about spelling ) and the Turkish equivalent of 'no thanks mate I don't want my nose hairs singeing' I looked out of the window and noticed a Turkish lady get out of a rather old looking truck, went to the back of it and pulled out a chicken and goat! Oh thinks I, what the hells going to happen here! She then went into a grocery type shop and was in there a good 15 mins. She then came out again with a man, chicken under one arm, and the goat which was digging his heels in and an expression on his face as if to say 'there's no way I'm going back in that truck!' The man put down a tray of tomatoes and they started haggling and stopped the traffic, well what with the chicken, goat, woman .tomatoes and man I nearly wet myself laughing. My husband missed it all and wondered what all the laughing was about. He was sorry he missed it all when I told him what had happened!!!! Such fun is Turkey!!!!
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Post by The March Hare on Dec 2, 2005 8:47:18 GMT 1
Very true this sort of thing happens all the time can you imagen Sarah with a chichen and a goat.  |
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Post by juicyjude on Dec 2, 2005 20:04:49 GMT 1
March Hair, the mind just boggles
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Post by marmaris98 on Dec 7, 2005 9:38:03 GMT 1
my hubby also alan, had a shave etc, in 2000 in marmaris, the guy doing the biz was keep asking our son if he wanted a f*g , he was only 11, i said no he doesn't smoke, the guy said to him "well my friend you look very turkish and if you were you would have smoked allready, and if you don't want a f*g maybe i can interest you in my sister!
i half imangined him to go and get a girl from out the back.
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Post by marmaris98 on Dec 7, 2005 9:39:15 GMT 1
why will my key board not let me type f*g ( cigarette )
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Post by marmaris98 on Dec 7, 2005 9:58:42 GMT 1
unfortunatley we never got to go away in 01, hubby started a new job.
but in 02 we got back to marmaris. our apartments were lovely and clean, but we had to share our pool with a hotel opposite, there were a lot of young lads who didn't have much thought for anyone else, we are not party poopers but you have to draw the line somewhere.
nevertheless , we did have a good holiday.
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Post by marmaris98 on Dec 7, 2005 10:00:34 GMT 1
well 03 we went to orlando. all i can say is yes it was great but it just wasn't turkiye !!
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Post by marmaris98 on Dec 7, 2005 10:07:59 GMT 1
04 argh the dreaded gcse's stopped us going anywhere.
but 05 back to marmaris, went in may and the weather wasn't very good, but who cares , marmaris has changed so much in 3 years. there was a new ride at the water park, looked a bit like a plughole. i left half the skin off my elbow, i have still got the scar , but it was a hoot.
just as well we were in water coz i laughed so much i think i weed, sorry.
met two lovely guys at a resturant mick! and sir bobby! sir bobby was the double of george clooney but with black hair mmmmmmmmmm he e-mailed us some pics and us him.
just can't wait for august 06.
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Post by Emma on Dec 7, 2005 19:52:07 GMT 1
why will my key board not let me type f*g ( cigarette ) I'm guessing because it's a slang term for gay men, won't let you type in d.amn either  |
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Post by marmaris98 on Dec 7, 2005 20:01:10 GMT 1
gosh.............. never thought of that
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Post by mutlu on Dec 8, 2005 21:31:28 GMT 1
I've lost count of the amusing things that happen in Turkey. We visited a lot last year and every time we were giggling like school kids over funny little incidents. However we caused a laugh in fethiye a few years ago. My husband and I went shopping for leather and another lady tagged along. The guy in the shop asked which one was his wife and my husband answered 'both of them'. The guy looked a bit bemused so on our way out I whispered to him that very rich english men could have a wife for every room in the house and I was for the bedroom and the other one was for the kitchen, we left the one for the salon behind. Well his face was a picture! I haven't been back to Fethiye since, I hope he knew I was joking.
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Post by Emma on Dec 11, 2005 17:40:11 GMT 1
In Member Introductions, jiucyjude wrote:
"Yes the Turkish people always love you to have a go at their language. As a nation I think we are sometimes a bit lazy as a lot of nationalities are fluent in English and we all expect them to speak our language. To be honest I think it enriches your holiday The only thing we have found is that when you speak the mearest smattering, they think you are fluent and come out with a string of Turkish and you are left standing there like a right dork. They just love us having a crack at it though and I think everyone should have a go out of respect for them. They are more than eager to teach you but they have a right good sense of humour and may tell you the wrong words sometimes, as we have found to our cost When I repeated something to a Turkish waiter which actually meant " ey up mate, my bottom is very sore"!!! Embarrassing or what. I think I should have put this under the thread for funny Turkish tales. ;D ;D ;D"
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Post by kiz on Apr 9, 2006 10:06:11 GMT 1
Awww bless! We were once in a restaurant and the Cher song 'Strong Enough' came on. One of the waiters was serving us and said 'excuse me, can you tell me what is this Stroganoff'? Bless 'em ;D ha ha I loved this. very cute! |
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Post by jj on Apr 10, 2006 7:00:39 GMT 1
Awww bless! We were once in a restaurant and the Cher song 'Strong Enough' came on. One of the waiters was serving us and said 'excuse me, can you tell me what is this Stroganoff'? Bless 'em ;D ha ha I loved this. very cute! Hiya Kiz, how r u doin, welcome to the forum. Hey how about you tell us a bit about yourself in the member introductions I'm sure all the other members would like to hear about you too   |
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