02-07-2003 04:12									#61
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Azazel do you even have forests in Israel? Get lost

	02-07-2003 04:13									#62
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Yes. but they're rather small, since we planted most of them by ourselves.

	02-07-2003 04:13									#63
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In the Army I had to poop in the woods a few times and once I didn't even have spare TP so I had to use leaves. Luckily, it was one of Vet's hard and dry ones but I still wanted to wipe so I ended up using Sycamore leaves which were nice because they're soft and have these soft little hairs growing on the leaves. They really did a good job. Plus Sycamore's are a broad leaf tree which helps for obvious reasons.

I'm glad I didn't do a pit stop under and oak tree or some other tree with those waxy, plastic like leaves. That would have been messy.

	02-07-2003 04:15									#64
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Azazel, you have any tips for poopers in deserts? I don't anything about that.. but I assume sand is not an option. Do you try to spot a water place under the sand or something like that? If you don't have toilet paper that is.

	02-07-2003 04:15									#65
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quote: Luckily it was one of Vet's hard and dry ones

ROTF

	02-07-2003 04:17									#66
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I feel great. We have all had to go number two in the wilderness, and that is THE experience. I'll start a new thread, but not about pooping though. About MANLY THINGS!

	02-07-2003 04:18									#67
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quote: Azazel, you have any tips for poopers in deserts?

don't wipe with cacti!

	02-07-2003 04:21									#68
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please stop talking about how you wash your arses

	02-07-2003 04:24									#69
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Hey, are there any small animals in the deserts? Maybe you can catch one of those and use it .

Ecthelion, I agree, this threadjacking is lacking taste

	02-07-2003 04:49									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka Oerdin, yes, that is very simular to the 'bear hug', but instead of using your hands, you fix your belts so that you can relax and not use your hands. You see Oerdin, this is why I can call myself master of pooping because I already know the more advanced methods. VetLegion, yep! It's a bless!

If your belt is big enough to fit around a tree and still go around yourself then you have a REALLY big belt.

	02-07-2003 04:53									#71
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion please stop talking about how you wash your arses

Best thing said for a very long time in this thread

Thank God I'm not eating at the moment, otherwise I would have lost my appetite a long time ago

	02-07-2003 04:54									#72
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel Eat more cereals.

It's not that simple when you've been eating MREs for a week. Those things are designed to have a ten year shelf life, survive being dropped out of planes, frozen, site for ever in the desert sun, and other such things. Needless to say they are packed with enough preservatives to keep an elephant from decomposing so they have a tendency to get people constipated.

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Ok, back on topic. Who's got a none poop related weird foreign custom?

	02-07-2003 06:18									#74
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@ thread

poop! poop! poop!

	02-07-2003 06:21									#75
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Oerdin, nah, that's why I said about fixing two belts together.. you can do the extended hug with one belt, holding the belt with your hands and belt being around the tree, but that's uncomfortable. Two belts is the answer, or then you can just go for the simple bear style, which is comfortable too.

	02-07-2003 07:48									#76
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quote: I was cicumsized as a baby :cutenot foreign, but definately a weird 'custom')... who the hell came up with that. i mean really, who was the brave soul that decided to circumsize himself... weird...

Abraham

	02-07-2003 08:02									#77
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In finland they put ketchup on the pasta!!! INSANE!!!

	02-07-2003 08:04									#78
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monolith94, that is insane. Here, they put ketchup in everything. I never put ketchup in pasta, it totally ruins it IMO. It's like putting ketchup to pizza.

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What a thread, guys!

quote: Originally posted by Pekka I feel great. We have all had to go number two in the wilderness, and that is THE experience.

If you have to do it in a mosquito forest, now that's truely the experience.

	02-07-2003 10:47									#80
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The Vagabond, it is obvious you have been here before . Mosqutios man.. everywhere.

	02-07-2003 12:48									#81
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Strange customs in China? Jeez, I could write a book. Here's a few for now:

- The best way to get rid of a cold is to have someone vigorously rub a coin up and down your spine until your skin is red and raw. The cold will then go away in a couple of days. Even some highly educated people believe this. When I point out to them that a cold will typically go away in a couple of days without any assistance, they just scoff at me as an ignorant westerner who cannot understand the time-honed wisdom of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine).

- On a scorching hot day, the best way to cool off is to have a nice glass of hot water. This one drives me nuts. The idea is that the hot water makes you sweat, which cools you off. This is small consolation when I am already drenched in sweat.

- In winter, it is better to open the window than to use the heater. The heater is thought to blow "dirty" air into the apartment, while the air outside is "fresh" and "healthy". This is particularly hilarious to anyone familiar with the levels of air pollution in Chinese cities.

- Likewise, on a horridly hot and humid day, if you really want to cool off, you switch off the air conditioner (that "dirty air" again), and let in the muggy, scorching pollution instead. This can start fights in internatnional offices, where Chinese don't realize how uncomfortable white folks get in high humidity (Chinese sweat much less, and when they do they don't smell bad).

	02-07-2003 12:50									#82
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I find binge drinking to be a weird foreign custom

well not really foreign as I live in the country wheere binge drinking is poopular.

	02-07-2003 12:58									#83
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Greek custom, spitting at people for good luck
sigh.

	02-07-2003 13:03									#84
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Bulgarian custom. When saying 'yes' or 'no', they shake their heads in the exactly opposite way to what we expect.

	02-07-2003 13:23									#85
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Dutch custom (sorry, it's poop related); having a change collection at the attendant's desk.

It is most bizarre to pay for the privalege of having a dump in a public toilet...

Chinese custom: Not happy with what you ordered in a restaurant (in China)? Simply lift the plate and turn it face down on the table. The staff will notice your displeasure and provide an alternative dish at no extra charge.

English custom: Drowning all food in tomato ketchip or "brown sauce" (tomato sauce without the tomatoes but with a few spices); given the international status of Engish food, maybe this one isn't that surprising.

French custom; closing all restaurants and public eating places at lunch time... No, I don't understand this either.

US Custom: "Have a nice day" and yet never saying goodbye on the phone? Illogical, captain.

	02-07-2003 14:28									#86
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they always talk so strange tongues in foreign countries. they should be civilized by force.

	02-07-2003 14:58									#87
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quote: Originally posted by lord of the mark I dont think theres any religious reason for christians. Am I wrong?

Onward Christian Helmet Heads!

	02-07-2003 14:59									#88
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quote: Originally posted by Asher When I lived in California nobody was in the habit of taking off your shoes when you enter somebody's house.

Dummy, you're supposed to take your own shoes off!

	02-07-2003 15:00									#89
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exactly, who has ever taken someone else's shoes off? maybe he's just grown up in a homoerotic environment.

	02-07-2003 19:08									#90
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quote: Originally posted by mindseye - On a scorching hot day, the best way to cool off is to have a nice glass of hot water. This one drives me nuts. The idea is that the hot water makes you sweat, which cools you off. This is small consolation when I am already drenched in sweat.

I tried that with hot soup and hot tea and it worked. It doesn't have the same effect as turning the air conditioning to the "blizzard" setting, but at least you will no longer drench in sweat for the next few hours.