[Towncar T]

DLRP was excellent as ever, although the experience was somewhat tainted by an unfortuate misunderstanding. Be assured, this is a (mostly) true story.

Waiting for our children to complete their 326th consecutive circuit of Rock and Roller Coaster, I was approached by a middle aged couple, whom, by their demeanour and the thirty six cameras strung around their necks I took to be Chinese.

Now I have always found Chinese people to be fairly direct in their approach, but even I was a little taken aback when they pointed to their park map and the man said

"We need a poo!"

"Pardon?" I asked, a little surprised.

"We need a poo!"

They thrust the map under my nose as if asking me to point to something.

"I think they want the toilet," I told my wife as she looked on rather puzzled.

"We need a poo!" he repeated, sounding a little desperate.

"I'd better take them," I told the wife. "It's only over there."

"Come this way," I said, beckoning the couple to follow. They smiled and fell in behind.

The 'toilettes' were not too far away, which was just as well because conversation was rather limited. In a minute or so, we were there. I pointed to the rest rooms and smiled. I expected a thank you, a smile or maybe life membership of the Shanghai British Legion Club, but all I got was a pair of matching very puzzled faces.

"We need a poo!" they repeated, almost in unison.

"Yes. In there," I urged, pointing again at the rest rooms.

"No," they said. "We need a poo and Tigger."

The penny dropped. They were looking for Winnie the Pooh!! I mumbled some incomprehensible reply, pointed vaguely in a direction that would take them as far away from me as possible, smiled and slithered back to my wife.

Vive la difference!!