Tourist #1: I want a soda, but I don’t see it on the menu.
Tourist #2: They don’t have soda here?
Tourist #3: I don’t see any drinks on the menu at all.
Tourist #1: This place’ll never make it without soda.
–Carnegie Deli, 54th & 7th
Overheard by: Sitting at the table next to them, three feet away
Overheard in Rome (albeit 10 years ago)
Overlooking the interior of the ancient Colosseum . . .
American tourist young woman (to her sister after marveling at the amazing site): How many other people, of what eras, had stood exactly where we are now?
American tourist teenager (chopping her gum): Wow, this place is cool. They should restore it!