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"It wasn’t just Ottawa:
Microsoft Travel published a whole bushel of absurd
articles, including the notorious Ottawa guide recommending that tourists dine
at the Ottawa Food Bank (“go on an empty stomach”):
https://twitter.com/parismarx/status/1692233111260582161
After Paris Marx pointed out the Ottawa article,
Business Insider’s Nathan
McAlone found several more howlers:
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There was the article recommending that visitors to Montreal try “a hamburger”
and went on to explain that a hamburger was a “sandwich comprised of a ground
beef patty, a sliced bun of some kind, and toppings such as lettuce, tomato,
cheese, etc” and that some of the best hamburgers in Montreal could be had at
McDonald’s.
For Anchorage, Microsoft recommended trying the local delicacy known as
“seafood,” which it defined as “basically any form of sea life regarded as food
by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish,” going on to say, “seafood
is a versatile ingredient, so it makes sense that we eat it worldwide.”
In Tokyo, visitors seeking “photo-worthy spots” were advised to “eat Wagyu
beef.”
There were more."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
