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Hi, James.

Hi, lulu, hi, everyone.

Hi安澜.

Hello.

So far, we have talked about pretty generic stuff. Now the next six questions are gonna be a lot weirder. Are you guys ready？

Good to go.

All right.

Answer the questions.

On the plane, you foolishly offer a sweet or like a mint to the person sitting next to you, just being polite. They began chatting to you, being American, you'd be okay with that. Wouldn't you？

You're American too. Where are you from？

You just sound a bit Canadian there.

No, Americans just like be fine with that and say oh you're from America @%* not to and then 12 hours later, oh, we arrived.

So 典型社牛, you wouldn't feel awkward at all, that's not the same with the Brits.

That's an incredibly stupid mistake to make. You don't offer a sweet to the person sitting next to you. You spend the entire flight trying to make sure you get as much of the arm rest as possible. You don't look them in the eye, you don't engage with them.

So this is kind of a war of attrition, it’s like I must win.

Exactly. This is my arm rest.

英国人的胜负心, 就是抢那个扶手. What even if you don't offer them sweets or mints, they still try to talk to you. They're like, where are you from？Pretend to be deaf mute?

No.

God, it's an American.

There's a few things you could do. One, you can start watching a movie or that's actually one of the great things now because they start the entertainment system as you board the flight, that means that you can put the headphones in right away. You don't have to wait till the plane takes off, so you can do that or you can go to toilet, hide in the toilet for maybe an hour. Hopefully the person's gone to sleep and then you go back.

这就是社牛跟社恐的两个极端. You're just starting to watch a movie straight away. They're trying to talk to you, you go like, shh, watching a movie.

What would you do？

Me, depending on how they look. I guess.

If they're good looking, I will be like, let me scan your WeChat, but if they're like, I don't know, not so good looking, I would just politely answer whatever they're saying and then pretending to, if we're not taking off yet, I will just pretending to be answering a phone call. I was like, Sorry. And then I will start on the phone and then I will just leave my ear buds in.

Oh, But that’s a bit kind of... that's not very nice. At least in my approach, it doesn't matter if they're good looking or not, you still do exactly the same thing.

Yeah.

You treat them equally well.

You just ignore them equally. All right.

Fair.

Next question, still on the plane, you get upgraded to first class on a flight and find yourself sitting next to your favorite celebrity. 不知道哪里来的狗屎运, 被升到头等舱, 而且你旁边就是你最喜欢的明星或者名人. Would you guys talk to this person, James？

Personally no. But I'd probably think the average American is like, can we get a selfie？Hi, look I'm sitting next to you on this plane. Hey, what's up？You were very good in that movie.

Okay. And 安澜?

Do not engage with the person at all, but wait till they're asleep and then try to take a picture.

That's so creepy.

What are you gonna do, try to sell it to tabloids？Like who I saw on the plane, would you like it？

I said, listen, you put it on Facebook or I'll post it, and then probably get sued.

Yeah. Why don't you just directly ask this person, do you mind if I take a picture?

That'll be fun to embarrass... best to wait till they’re asleep？

I do not understand that logic.

All right. Now next question, you “accidentally” wander onto a topless beach, 就是那种无上装的赤裸海滩. You accidentally walked into it.

Sure, accidentally.

Yeah. And 安澜, being British...?

First of all, I would obey the rules and take off my hat, then I will stare up into the sky trying to wander around and really hope I don't make any eye contact with anyone.

And James, being American?

I must take a round turn.

While admiring the view?

It depends. Are you alone or not.

But you know a lot of topless or like all natural beaches, they're just filled with older people. It's not really as sexy as people imagine.

How gravity works.

No disrespect. Disclaimer, they do not represent the opinion of the show.

Next question, we still at seaside and now this time it gets really awkward. You're swimming in the sea, you catch an unexpected wave which rips your swimming trunk, clean off. 直接把你的泳裤给你....就是一个大浪打来你的泳裤就拜拜了.

And now you're completely naked in the sea, in the ocean.

That's a problem.

And there are other people, still other tourists around. So how are you gonna deal with it？Let's start with James.

Excuse me. Can I have those please？

What if they are just not even in sight, they're gone.

Someone's gonna get a look at my pasty butt.

Would you like trying to wait till everyone leaves？

No, I mean you got hands. You can cover up once you can choose which side you're gonna cover up.

All right. Sorry, I asked.安澜？

I would say just keep swimming around in circles until it's dark.

Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.

Exactly, just wait till it's all dark and everyone's gone, probably until at 1 o'clock in the morning and hopefully it's not too cold.

Or a full moon.

Or a full moon.

It's okay. You are the full moon.

But if you don't understand the jokes, that's fine, it's not very good.

No, probably the lucky one,

All right. Two more questions left, and it just gets... this one just gets a little bit... also quite embarrassing.

So you're invited to a stag party, to James, that's bachelor party.

I know.

就是这种. 结婚前的那种准新郎和他的那些哥们一起的这种单身汉派对, 就告别单身这种派对, 一般都比较疯狂的, 如果你想了解可以去查一下stag party或者bachelor party.

Now you're invited to a stag party in Prague. At the airport, you are asked by whoever is organizing it or by the groom to wear a shirt with the words lady killer, 熟女杀手, across the back. It's obviously a bit embarrassing. But what would you do James, being American?

Rock that bad boy, because I'm here for my friend he's getting hitched. So this is for him blame him.

Yeah, but what if people don't know you're going to a stag party？They just assume that you like the look.

Yeah, I guess so but Americans would probably just rock the shirt.

And 安澜？

It's a bit cold, I might get a jumper.

You just put the jumper over it.

While I'm going out and about, I will wait till it’s dark, and then take the jumper off.

So everything was used wait till everyone's gone or wait till dark.

If it's a stag party and Prague waiting till dark just means it'll be dark and people will still be out.

True.

All right last question now, after the holiday you got back to work, arriving back at your desk, your colleague asks you what is the best bit of your holiday, being British？

I would say that the breakfast buffet did a full English breakfast and even though it wasn't the best, the bacon wasn't that great, I was still able to find baked beans.

So basically you would not really give an honour ...sort of like serious answer.

No.

Just make a joke of it.

Yeah, because the person's been there working.

So you don't have flaunt your holiday.

Exactly.

We had an amazing time while you guys are sitting here getting paler. James?

We had an amazing time. We got to swim with dolphins. I gotta learn something about this culture that really isn't true, just what they showed the tourists but you know, hey…

WOW, you're gonna be popular in your office.

You wanted to know what Americans do and that's what they do. It's like, look, what I can spend my husband or wife's money on.

But do people I'm assuming people do ask you right after the holiday.

They will, and Americans will just say it's we had a great time, we did this, it would be very matter of fact about it.

Because these people might go on their own next time.Right?

Yeah, they also be very much like you should go and do this when you go you should go do this, they will be very much… like that.

Yeah. And you will feel like you're flaunting your holiday.

You'll be embarrassed that you had a good time.

Feel embarrassed about everything. But let me just sum it up by saying, obviously this is not to overgeneralize every American or every British. Perhaps these are just the answers from James and 安澜 to a typical people from their cultures.

No, thank you.

I didn't mean it as a compliment.

I'll take it to compliment.

All right. So if you enjoy this episode or if you have anything to share on how you are going to cope with these situations, leave us a comment in the comment section. I can't wait for our next recording and also can't wait to travel.

Yeah.

We'll see you next time. Bye, bye.