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Funny Things Other Cultures Do

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  • 04-03-2013 3:06pm
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    Oranage2
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    So as the title suggests have you noticed anything other cultures do that's normal to them but totally crazy to us, or are there things we do that foreigners find completely odd.

    I remember eating in a restaurant in India being left handed I ate with my left hand, 2 people on the table in front just got up and sat at another table, of course I knew and I did try to use my right hand but picking up bread or something without thinking id use my left. I can see why, they clean their back side with their left hand it so it would be the equivalent of somebody using their spoon to clean themselves then using it to eat. disgusting but normal for us.


    So have you good people of AH ever come across a total culture difference in Ireland or abroad?


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    Crooked Jack
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    Some people call gutties trainers. Freaks


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    D1stant
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    Ah twould have to be the stonings in Saudi. Great craic


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    1777
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    Japanese porn has blurred gouch :mad:


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    ScumLord
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    In Russia they have a funny tradition of being complete and utter lunatics.


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    Duggy747
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    The German porn industry and it's love for scutter munching.


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    castletownman
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    The poor knowledge the British tend to have on Irish geography, politicians and other things, despite us being their near neighbours, is quite hilarious.


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    Nody
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    Personally I find the likes of Icelandics funny; having these odd ideas such as balanced budgets and holding politicans responsible for bad decisions.


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    Banjo String
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    In Japan, you can buy schoolgirls panties (used/fresh) from vending machines :eek:




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    crockholm
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    Dutch musical tastes.

    You could be in a pub full of uni-students listening to contempory dance music,all of a sudden,they start playing "schlachter" music (think seamus moore/richie kavanaugh) and they love it!!!!!!
    Go to aa old man pub and they love it there too, no inter-generational difference in music.
    Just found it odd.


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    GoldCobra
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    Some countries have this mad thing where governments don't rape people up the arse and rob them blind.


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    FTA69
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    "You know what they call a Quarter Pounder in France? A Royale with cheese...."


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    GoldCobra
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    FTA69 wrote: »
    "You know what they call a Quarter Pounder in France? A Royale with cheese...."
    What do they call a whopper?


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    Banjo String
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    FTA69 wrote: »
    "You know what they call a Quarter Pounder in France? A Royale with cheese...."

    What do they call a whopper?


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    Anyone
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    SamHall wrote: »
    What do they call a whopper?

    Les hamburger aux cheval.


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    Oranage2
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    okay I'll go again -

    In south Africa they literally have 5 people to pump gas into your car, and I don't mean five people per petrol station, I mean 5-6 guys per pump, its the oddest thing, you pull in and one guy pumps and the over guys stand around your car supervising. so un economical though they probably pay them little and they're happy to have jobs.


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    smash
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    Oranage2 wrote: »
    have you noticed anything other cultures do that's normal to them but totally crazy to us

    Most of the things travelers do, I find bizarre.


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    stop animal cruelty
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    OP why were they offened that you used you're left hand??


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    Fratton Fred
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    In the States they have some mad traditions and rules. The strangest one being that they actually prosecute people for white collar crime.

    It'll never catch on here.


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    Birneybau
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    Stone/Whip/Imprison females that had the cheek to be raped.


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    One European country likes to destroy everything around them every few years


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    Banjo String
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    All right, well you can walk into a movie theater in Amsterdam and buy a beer. And I don't mean just like in no paper cup, I'm talking about a glass of beer. And in Paris, you can buy beer at MacDonald's.


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    Lapin
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    In Mayo, the natives celebrate the coming of nightfall by sleeping with sheep.


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    FTA69
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    Strict Rastafarians believe that when a woman is menstruating she's unclean. I knew one fella who wouldn't sleep in the same bed as his girlfriend when she was on the blob and he wouldn't allow her to touch or prepare anything he was going to eat. He wouldn't drink a cup of tea if she made it. Similarly they're strict vegetarians and many won't have a frying pan in the house.

    Orthodox Jewish women shave their heads and wear wigs.

    Many Africans when having dinner will all eat off the same plate either using their hands or a long spoon.

    Traveller couples will often do a brief "run away" before they're married to prove they're marrying for love. It's only a symbolic thing but it's often done nonetheless to much fanfare from friends and family.

    Muslims aren't supposed to keep dogs as pets.


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    elefant
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    In the Netherlands, at a traditional birthday party, you individually congratulate everyone already at the party when you arrive on the birthday boy/girl's birthday.

    Top tip: get there early


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    Oranage2
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    stop animal cruelty wrote: »
    OP why were they offened that you used you're left hand??

    sorry didn't really make it clear. they were sitting at my table in front of me and they didn't want to look at someone using their left hand while the ate


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    fonecrusher1
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    Oranage2 wrote: »

    I remember eating in a restaurant in India being left handed I ate with my left hand, 2 people on the table in front just got up and sat at another table,


    You should have started picking your snout as well with your thumb. Mouth wide open, gazing eerily at them.


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    stop animal cruelty
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    Oranage2 wrote: »
    sorry didn't really make it clear. they were sitting at my table in front of me and they didn't want to look at someone using their left hand while the ate

    Jeez that's stupid


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    FTA69
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    stop animal cruelty wrote: »
    Jeez that's stupid

    Not really stupid, just culturally different. If you blew your nose on a train in the Far East people would be disgusted, spitting on the street in some countries is deemed grand and in some places eating with the hand you wiped your hole with is viewed as repulsive.

    Some people would come to Ireland and be turned off by people skulling drink and slurring their words but to us it's perfectly normal.

    One thing I found mad was the jacks in eastern countries. It felt like I was sh*tting in someone's shower cubicle. No jacks roll then only a pipe of water and a handful of toweling. Madness.


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    stop animal cruelty
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    FTA69 wrote: »
    Not really stupid, just culturally different. If you blew your nose on a train in the Far East people would be disgusted, spitting on the street in some countries is deemed grand and in some places eating with the hand you wiped your hole with is viewed as repulsive.

    Some people would come to Ireland and be turned off by people skulling drink and slurring their words but to us it's perfectly normal.

    One thing I found mad was the jacks in eastern countries. It felt like I was sh*tting in someone's shower cubicle. No jacks roll then only a pipe of water and a handful of toweling. Madness.

    l understand all you've posted but l'm kinda confused, do they have a problem with people eathing/using their left hand??


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    Crooked Jack
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    SamHall wrote: »
    All right, well you can walk into a movie theater in Amsterdam and buy a beer. And I don't mean just like in no paper cup, I'm talking about a glass of beer. And in Paris, you can buy beer at MacDonald's.

    Cinema's in Ireland do beer. There's a few in Dublin. Although its only by the bottle and it's ridiculously expensive. You cant have the bottle either so they pour it into a plastic pint glass and charge you about €8 for this pathetic looking half full plastic cup of heineken.
    You really feel like you've been totally fucked over and conned.
    Best to just stick a half bottle of Jack in your coat and dunk it in your coke in the bog.


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