03-07-2003 01:55									#91
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin I heard that circumsition also has a weak but still useful effect of stopping infections. Back in the old (I'm talking old testiment) days men would get these infections and die. Circumsition prevented these infections. Now days with modern hygiene this shouldn't be necissary but people keep it up for religious reasons. (i.e. every good Jew and Christian is supposed to get it done & the doctors assume you want it done to your kids unless you say other wise).

The requirement for Christians to be circumcised went out somewhere around 200 a.d., when it was decided that pagans didn't have to become Jews first in order to be Christian. There may be some protestant sects that require it, but AFAIK most don't.

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KrazyHorse, long time no see, drink with me and dance with me!

	03-07-2003 02:01									#93
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I was only trying to enlighten people about the built in arsewashers in Turkish (proper) toilets...I certainly didn't expect to ignite a debate on the intricacies of botty-hygiene

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And Andy, stop propositioning KrazyHorse

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quote: 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.

Never seen or heard of that. The "no extra charge" part is laughable for China (a place where you have to ask for a napkin, and may have to pay for toilet paper).

quote: I tried that with hot soup and hot tea and it worked.

Well, I tried it about a hundred times and it didn't. If you're already soaking wet with sweat, sweating more won't help much. At that point, I want to lower my internal body tempererature, not raise it.

	03-07-2003 04:05									#97
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Among the weird Chinese customs are champing too loudly when eating, and talking too loudly too.

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any thread discussion about arsewashing sucks

reminds me of connorkimbros thread about arsewiping

even taurus posted on that one... sure had me lose respect for quite some posters

	03-07-2003 09:33									#99
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion any thread discussion about arsewashing sucks reminds me of connorkimbros thread about arsewiping even taurus posted on that one... sure had me lose respect for quite some posters

why? i respect the candidness of the posters, adn their abilities

	03-07-2003 10:51									#100
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It should also be noted that the Finns do twisted, strange, unholy (dare I say Burtonesque?) things to fish...

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quote: Among the weird Chinese customs are champing too loudly when eating, and talking too loudly too.

How about "doing everything to loudly"! Relative to western standards, that is (important caveat). Man, if you think cell phone shouters are loud and annoying, you should hear what they sound like in China!

Horn honking is also insane here.

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quote: Originally posted by mindseye quote: 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. Never seen or heard of that. The "no extra charge" part is laughable for China (a place where you have to ask for a napkin, and may have to pay for toilet paper).

Perhaps the person observed was a local party official... or the Dragon of a Three Harmonies Association?

	03-07-2003 13:28									#103
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About eating loudly, I think it's about showing you like the food? Like if you're with cup of noodles, you shouldn't hold back with the sound effects, you only show you're enjoying it?

monolith, with fish? You really lost me there. What are you trying to say?

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The Chinese are weird indeed. When my Chinese colleagues speak English, they speak normally. However, when they speak among eachother, they usually start to SPEAK WITH CAPITAL LETTERS!!!

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quote: About eating loudly, I think it's about showing you like the food? Like if you're with cup of noodles, you shouldn't hold back with the sound effects, you only show you're enjoying it?

I doubt it has to do with showing you enjoy it, as Chinese eat that way even when alone, or when eating food that is obviously not good (e.g. instant noodles).

Part of it is physical necessity - try eating noodles using chopsticks - without slurping! Hot noodles require slurping to cool them as they enter your mouth. As for other foods, I don't know why they eat loudly, maybe it is simply because they do just about everything loudly.

Chinese seem to draw the line between sound and noise at a different point than westerners. At 5:30 in the morning someone might start hammering on a piece of sheet metal outside, creating an enormous din echoing off the apartment buildings- apparently without a second thought. No one seems bothered. Well, no one except the foreigners!

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I noticed that noisy eating thing too. That is really annoying.

	03-07-2003 20:17									#107
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"monolith, with fish? You really lost me there. What are you trying to say?"

Lutefisk, fish in jars covered with nasty sauces, all sorts of strange herrings, pickled, etcetera etcetera...

	03-07-2003 20:25									#108
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Small question: Why is the international abbreviation for bathroom "WC"? Did I miss something?

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On the subject of weird customs, in the United States it's considered normal to search 18 year old Europeans for concealed weapons and explosives before boarding transatlantic flights.

	03-07-2003 20:44									#110
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See my sig about toliet paper.

At any rate, mindseye, I found actually the opposite to be true about noise in China. In cities, they speak that way because god knows how much noise is around. In the countryside, they're just lonely. It doesn't seem to be a matter of culture as much as one of wealth. Going into a low-income housing establishment, you'll notice lots of shouts much, much louder than anywhere in China. Whereas if you go into the suburbs, you don't hear that. Just my two cents.

As for the sweating thing...yeah...I don't smell bad...

	03-07-2003 21:27									#111
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danish numbers are pretty weird. they're based on a "snes" which is 20. 60 is "tre snes" ("three snes") and is called tres. 80 is "fire snes" ("four snes") and therefore called fjers. 50 is halvtres ("half tres"). 70 is halvfjers ("half fjers"). 90 is halvfems "half fems", altough 100 is not fems, it's hundrede.

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It's the same system in French, AFAIK. and yes, it's stupid.

	03-07-2003 21:42									#113
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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf danish numbers are pretty weird. they're based on a "snes" which is 20. 60 is "tre snes" ("three snes") and is called tres. 80 is "fire snes" ("four snes") and therefore called fjers. 50 is halvtres ("half tres"). 70 is halvfjers ("half fjers"). 90 is halvfems "half fems", altough 100 is not fems, it's hundrede.

"Snes" is pretty old, only seldom used today... It's actually that seldom, I didn't even know, one "Snes" is 20

Though what's funny about our numbers is the fact that we read numbers in a different way:

85 is read as 5 and 80 (femogfirs => Fem = 5 => firs = 80)

No, 80 is not fjers as you say

	03-07-2003 21:55									#114
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quote: No, 80 is not fjers as you say

some people say fjers right?

and why do your 50kr notes say femti and not halvtres?

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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf some people say fjers right?

It might sound like, since 'j' and 'i' sometimes can sounds alike, and if you should spell it, how it's pronounced, then it might be "fiers"

quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf and why do your 50kr notes say femti and not halvtres?

"Femti" is old language, don't know why they still print it on the money though... My grandmother still writes that way though...

	03-07-2003 22:25									#116
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Weird custom: Americans don't dress up for big holidays.

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quote: Originally posted by Lars-E Weird custom: Americans don't dress up for big holidays.

Why should you

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I am not saying you should just that it's a weird custom. We were invited by an American family to have dinner with them on Christmas Day and they wore t-shirts and shorts. Us the guests had nice clothes on. Different customs perceived as weird by us (at that time at least).

Americans dress up only at work (or in workrelated situations).

	03-07-2003 22:40									#119
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T-shirt is nice clothes...

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quote: Originally posted by Lars-E I am not saying you should just that it's a weird custom. We were invited by an American family to have dinner with them on Christmas Day and they wore t-shirts and shorts. Us the guests had nice clothes on. Different customs perceived as weird by us (at that time at least). Americans dress up only at work (or in workrelated situations).

or when you wanna impress a chick, like when you go out or something