British guy in front of me, at the duty free store, buys the most British gin of them all

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone)
08/03/2019 at 12:58 • Filed to: None

Why? Why would you buy British gin from an airport in Spain, to take back home, when there are many exquisite local brands? That’s as silly as buying and taking Jack Daniels back to America, when you’re coming from a vacation in another country. Or like eating only McDonalds and KFC when you’re visiting Europe, like some Americans actually do.

DISCUSSION (22)

DipodomysDeserti > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
08/03/2019 at 13:10

He’s a British guy vacationing in Spain. That’s par for the course. You get a chance to see all the British pubs in Barcelona? Why in gods name would you choose to eat British food in Spain?

DutchieDC2R > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
08/03/2019 at 13:13

Maybe its cheaper than he can get in the UK?

Spanfeller is a twat > DipodomysDeserti
08/03/2019 at 13:15

You’d be surprised.... I’ve seen some crazy shit around. There’s a Sushi/Galician fusion place in Nigran. I did not dare to go close

facw > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
08/03/2019 at 13:16

To avoid paying alcohol taxes? I don’t know how that works within the common market, but it can be (though isn’t always) cheaper to buy American alcohol at a duty-free and take it home than to buy it at a local liquor store. Still not an adventuresome choice, but maybe an economically sensible one?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
08/03/2019 at 13:18

Its the British way

The only people on earth who would travel to Madagascar and seek out a place that sells fish and chips

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > DipodomysDeserti
08/03/2019 at 13:18

T he people of Spain see British food as some sort of curiosity, so they have it from time to time, for the laughs. There’s also the Brits visiting who eat it, for the same reasons why my people eat McDonalds in places like Spain, Italy or France, familiarity. Also, I’ve seen Germans and Dutch people, eating at British places in Spain. I guess they get the feeling of visiting more counties at once.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Spanfeller is a twat
08/03/2019 at 13:30

A German backpacker, who was coming to Málaga from Bucharest, told me he had one of the best dinners at a Japanese/Lebanese fusion there. I found it hard to believe, but hey, people have different tastes.

Spanfeller is a twat > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
08/03/2019 at 13:32

You can have great food in Galicia. Nigran has the luck of being near the one of the best fish markets in the continent (Vigo).

Its just such a strange mixture... what they have not figured out how to do properly is Mexican food.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > facw
08/03/2019 at 13:35

Not the case. The bottle was like € 50 , it’s Ł 45 on the company website.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > DutchieDC2R
08/03/2019 at 13:35

Not in this case.

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > Spanfeller is a twat
08/03/2019 at 13:36

I will die without good Mexican food

Spanfeller is a twat > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
08/03/2019 at 13:42

I do not understand this statement

DipodomysDeserti > Spanfeller is a twat
08/03/2019 at 13:47

We have a place here called Sushi Sonora. Mexican-Sushi fusion. This idea frightens me.

Spanfeller is a twat > DipodomysDeserti
08/03/2019 at 13:51

Bizarre , Sonora if anything is famous for stake houses...

DipodomysDeserti > Spanfeller is a twat
08/03/2019 at 13:58

Supposedly the fish is all substituted with various Sonoran style meats.

Spanfeller is a twat > DipodomysDeserti
08/03/2019 at 14:09

So... blood-soaked rice and pools of garlic butter around the plate ? Sounds like something you’re smart to stay away from.

Svend > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
08/03/2019 at 14:51

Maybe it’s cheaper due to it being duty free in the airport, maybe he thinks it’s cheaper because it’s duty free in the airport, maybe he wants to just knock a couple of sneaky ones on the flight, or crack it open as soon as he gets home and not have to go shopping for one when he lands, etc...

Or just never seen that bottle design where he island likes the look of it.

Svend > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
08/03/2019 at 15:46

Yep, but there always is..... Lol.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Svend
08/03/2019 at 15:48

thats coz there always british people looking for it... you can make money anywhere in the world selling fish and chips... coz the brits will find you

its amazing really

Nauraushaun > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
08/04/2019 at 02:18

I’ve seen a lot of duty free stores lately and I'm of the opinion that they're for idiots. People get it in their mind that no tax means it's actually free. And people like an excuse to spend money and feel good about it.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Nauraushaun
08/11/2019 at 18:01

I brought a list of scotches with the calculated exchange rates with me to E dinburgh, , and the prices I was seeing in Edinburgh, and at the airport weren’t enough to make it worth the hassle of carrying on the plane.

When I was in Hawaii, the duty free was filled with Japanese and Chinese, and someone was telling me after that folks from china can practically pay for their flight by selling the stuff they buy.

Nauraushaun > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
08/12/2019 at 12:52

Wow. Seems to be a big thing in China, buying goods to sell back home. We have a problem with baby formula in Australia, the Chinese take it all