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Originally Posted by laura 2
Is that supposed to be an insult of some kind? Like, "Your mother wears combat boots!"?
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I don't think so..I think it meant I shopped like a Tunisian. I joined in the customs of the land and had a real good haggle. I was enjoying the repartee but I do know some are made uncomfortable by what can be quite forceful conversations and there are times when I can't be bothered and rush off to fixed price shops. The best example I have seen this year was in Egypt at Esna lock with an American lady and myself chucking pashminas backwards and forwards from our boat until we got the right price (for us and most likely especially our trader) £6 for 2!All the insults and don't care flows but ended with grins ..no handshake..we were feet away from the vendor. And earlier in the trip I had actually been floored on the deck of the boat by a kaftan in a bag which I chucked back only to miss the offending trader by miles. Yup Egyptian shopping is much more fun than Asda and M&S especially on the Nile.
PS I only ever saw Tunisian ladies looking very feminine even the police women in
their boots!
