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[spaffe]

Originally Posted by lurch70

worth a look! ... the artist next door to my office ... he's got a great "election" based exhibit coming up!

http://bnpnews.net/

Now that's disgusting...

But it will surely gain him his fifteen minutes

[MajestikMøøse]

hahaha I like lurch's artist neighbour. He's funny.

[Reign in Acai]

Originally Posted by cthulufhtagn

at the heart of winter packs more neck-wrecking riffs per song than almost any black metal album i can think of

More massive than Starr Jones having sex on VY Canis Majoris.

[swizzlenuts]

http://matadorstudy.com/10-japanese-...trip-to-japan/

Is this true Thanatopsis (sp)?

[cthulufhtagn]

as of this post i'm 6 posts away from #6666

[Thanatopsis123]

Originally Posted by swizzlenuts

http://matadorstudy.com/10-japanese-...trip-to-japan/

Is this true Thanatopsis (sp)?

1) They are exaggerating how specific the Japanese are when it comes to bowing.
Almost nobody uses "sama" unless it's an employee of certain establishments (hotels for example) to customers.
The suffix "chan" can be used for both boys and girls as long as they're young.

2) The wet cloth you get at the start of a meal is often the only thing you get. So, yes, you aren't supposed to use it on your face but people often do use it to clean up around their mouths.
People do not slurp noodles to show they are enjoying them. They do it to cool them off.
Not only may you raise your bowl to your mouth, it's more polite.

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5) Actually, most businesses and hotels do NOT require you to take your shoes off.

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7) While yes, you do stick out, these days foreigners are no longer "d-level celebrities" as he says.

8) Public baths are places without barriers?! Hahahaha.

9) Bullshit. Most Japs are scared of speaking English.

10)

[Mormagil]

This dude who lives on the floor below me plays guitars for an Italian power metal band

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Hahah, what band? With the advancements of the internet more and more of these international bands are working out it seems.

[dorian gray]

http://www.swedx.se/default.php?language=en

what will those wacky swedes think of next?

[Thanatopsis123]

Elaine: Married women don't "get together". They have affairs.
George Costanza: Oh my God, an affair. That's so adult. It's like with stockings and martinis, and William Holden. On the other hand it probably wouldn't cost me any money.

[spaffe]

I'm finally done with my essay on Thomas Mann's "Der Tod in Venedig" for my german class!

Lo! "Der Tiger im Dickicht:
das Verhältnis zwischen Geist und Körper in den zwei ersten Kapiteln der Erzählung „Der Tod in Venedig”

It's a most excellent book btw, read it and then read my essay -- there will be free copies for those interested