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Got onto a tube at the weekend whereupon a Madrileño couple looked at me, with the wifey saying in less than subtle Spanish to her partner "hey, he looks like Tintin, hee hee".
When it came to my stop, the carriage was full and I needed to slip past so in my best Spanish* I looked her in the eye and said "Excuse me please, Captain Haddock" then got off.
My partner was behind me and asked me what I'd said to the girl as apparently she looked utterly mortified.
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* my Spanish is rusty but I can still muster a fairly-accurate Andalucian accent whern I need to...
(also, I'm not sure that Spanish Tintin's Captain Haddock is "Capitan Haddock", but it was a better try than 'Snowy'. Seemed to do the trick anyway).
- Also no idea wh the fuck she thought I looked like Tintin - 18 months ago when I had a poncey haircut, sure. Now I just look like a Glaswegian alcoholic.detritus
- Tintin wouldn't be the worst colloquialism for a Glaswegian alcoholic.Fax_Benson
- A billion blistered barnacles, I'd've thought Haddock more appropriate.detritus
- El capitan Haddock, it's ok. And yes, you look a bit like the intrepidous reporter, lolOBBTKN