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Interesting differences between countries.

MazDan

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I watched Australia play Oman in an Asian Cup qualifier this morning and found it interesting to learn that this was the first time ever that fans had been charged money to attend a game.


I was reading somewhere a few months ago that Americans find it strange that Aussies wear shorts to work in. Apparently it doesnt happen over there.


If you are about to go to America then you might get a shock when you first see there toilets..............NO they are not blocked up..........the water is supposed to go almost to the top of the bowl. (Doesnt leave much margin for error though...lol)


Americans chew tobacco.


English drink warm beer.



So what other interesting differences do you know of?


If your from OS then what do you find interestingly different about OZ?
 
we drink warm beer?
news to me.

in japan - you take your shoes of at the door, put the house slippers on, making sure your shoe toes point towards the door or its rude, then when you go to the toilet, you take off the house slippers at the toilet door, slip on the toilet slippers, then do the reverse as you exit.
bonkers.
 
DJ 303 said:
we drink warm beer?
news to me.

in japan - you take your shoes of at the door, put the house slippers on, making sure your shoe toes point towards the door or its rude, then when you go to the toilet, you take off the house slippers at the toilet door, slip on the toilet slippers, then do the reverse as you exit.
bonkers.
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that's such a mission when you're all sorts of fucked up and crash at a mates place who happens to be japanese.
 
home space is a bit different in japan, its very personal.
im talking here about the customs of traditional society,
youd be amazed how many people live with their folks all their life.
if you went to a friends family home, you would behave like that.

if your getting twatted with a japanese mate, he or she are unlikely to abide by strict slipper laws.
 
You mean yous dont drink warm beer? hmmph.....that was the first thing i learnt.....well that and the english dont know what soap is.



Im not sure how widespread this is but its definitely true for Sweden............... possibly for more of Europe............. If you want to use the loo while your out then you better have some cash with you. The toilets are all pay per views.



This next one was very hard for me to believe at first but I have had it confirmed. In Germany if you buy or rent a house then you better take some light fittings with you because whoever lived there before stole them when they left and the only thing you will see is wires hanging down from the ceiling. How bizarre is that. Extremely dangerous as well by the way.
 
MazDan said:
You mean yous dont drink warm beer? hmmph.....that was the first thing i learnt.....well that and the english dont know what soap is.
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ah sorry, i thought this was going to be a semi-serious thread, i didn't realise it was purely to talk about tired old stereotypes... not that i want to stick up for the English, you understand. ;)

us scottish people all wear skirts, play the bagpipes, and eat haggis ever day.

australians have sex with kangaroos all the time before throwing them on the barbie and washing it down with Castlemaine XXX.
 
felix said:
ah sorry, i thought this was going to be a semi-serious thread, i didn't realise it was purely to talk about tired old stereotypes... not that i want to stick up for the English, you understand. ;)

us scottish people all wear skirts, play the bagpipes, and eat haggis ever day.

australians have sex with kangaroos all the time before throwing them on the barbie and washing it down with Castlemaine XXX.
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It is supposed to be serious............I genuinely understood that was the truth. Its a pretty well accepted myth down here then so i wonder if it had any basis?

I know the soap thing is ridiculous
 
ok. there is a tiny amount of british old men who are into 'real ale' which is served at room temperature and often contains earth and rat droppings to give it flavour. they even have a wee club called 'CAMRA' - the campaign for real ale. if you want to read more about it, here you go: www.camra.org.uk ;)

i've never even met one of these guys before. they are in such a minority that i find it totally bizarre that this has become such a daft stereotype about English/British people.

the beer (well, lager anyway) that is served in the UK is usually too cold for my liking.
 
felix said:
ok. there is a tiny amount of british old men who are into 'real ale' which is served at room temperature and often contains earth and rat droppings to give it flavour. they even have a wee club called 'CAMRA' - the campaign for real ale. if you want to read more about it, here you go: www.camra.org.uk ;)

i've never even met one of these guys before. they are in such a minority that i find it totally bizarre that this has become such a daft stereotype about English/British people.

the beer (well, lager anyway) that is served in the UK is usually too cold for my liking.
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Old men? You don't go in any of the wetherspoons pubs often then?
 
MazDan said:
I was reading somewhere a few months ago that Americans find it strange that Aussies wear shorts to work in. Apparently it doesnt happen over there.
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I thought this only happened in Queensland. Doesn't happen in Melbourne.
 
this thread is weak.
well content-wise so far

cultural differences are a good idea for a thread but let's raise the level here shall we?
otherwise i'm sure the average american would try to convince me that all Afghani's are 8 foot tall terrorists with lasers under their beards and the only way to kill them is to nuke every country that doesn't send you a christmas card this year.
 
quiet roar said:
I thought this only happened in Queensland. Doesn't happen in Melbourne.
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Are you saying people dont wear shorts to work in Melbourne?

Probably never gets hot enough long enough I guess.

I get out of long trousers at the first sign of any warmish weather.
 
felix said:
the beer (well, lager anyway) that is served in the UK is usually too cold for my liking.
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See this is what i understood the truth behind it all was..........that it was to cold in Britain to serve the beer the same temperature that we serve it at. And that the taste at room temperature was better.

Not being a beer drinker I cant really confirm.
 
When I moved to Australia the first thing that confused me were kids riding their bikes into traffic. I can understand walking into traffic so you can see the car coming but to me all road vehicles should at least travel on the same side of the road.

More of a Qld thing but I love the fact that here you can still drink spirits in your seat while watching the football. Not being able to get a beer at all in England was a real disappointment. So was have your pre game drink at least 5km away fromm the stadium.

I might be an alcoholic ;)
 
MazDan said:
Are you saying people dont wear shorts to work in Melbourne?

Probably never gets hot enough long enough I guess.

I get out of long trousers at the first sign of any warmish weather.
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It gets plenty hot, it's just that wearing shorts is seen as a queenslander (uncultured, hick etc.) thing.
 
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