frindle2
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Hello. Would you please explain more about Old Travelers and Travel Nazis?
I wonder why they called Travel Nazis. (though the writer says they are identified by their dreadlocks, tribal tattoos, and general scruffiness)
I also want to know what "supernatural ability to bore" means in this context.
Thank you.
----from Le Road Trip by Vivian Swift
Dharma Bums go by many names. Old Travelers is what Mark Twain called them in his day, those millionaires on the Grand Tour.
Lately, I've heard them called Travel Nazis-identified by their dreadlocks, tribal tattoos, and general scruffiness.
In any case, beware the Dharma Bums. They are the self-appointed experts on the Truth of Travel. They have already been everywhere, seen everything,
become enlightened twice before breakfast, and done it for less money, in half the time, and with more authenticity than you ever could.
What they have in common, Mark Twain warns, is a "supernatural ability to bore." Us vegabonds have to resist the urge to turn into Dharma Bums, and to never forget the Number One Rule of the Road: Travel never made anyone interesting.
I wonder why they called Travel Nazis. (though the writer says they are identified by their dreadlocks, tribal tattoos, and general scruffiness)
I also want to know what "supernatural ability to bore" means in this context.
Thank you.
----from Le Road Trip by Vivian Swift
Dharma Bums go by many names. Old Travelers is what Mark Twain called them in his day, those millionaires on the Grand Tour.
Lately, I've heard them called Travel Nazis-identified by their dreadlocks, tribal tattoos, and general scruffiness.
In any case, beware the Dharma Bums. They are the self-appointed experts on the Truth of Travel. They have already been everywhere, seen everything,
become enlightened twice before breakfast, and done it for less money, in half the time, and with more authenticity than you ever could.
What they have in common, Mark Twain warns, is a "supernatural ability to bore." Us vegabonds have to resist the urge to turn into Dharma Bums, and to never forget the Number One Rule of the Road: Travel never made anyone interesting.
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