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Interesting differences between countries.

^yeah us melbournites are far too fashion conscious to flop out the scarey white stick-like objects anywhere we expect to be taken seriously ;)
 
ayjay said:
^yeah us melbournites are far too fashion conscious to flop out the scarey white stick-like objects anywhere we expect to be taken seriously ;)
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Must be why you can't take Aussie rules seriously as a sport
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sorry about my irritated tone before - needed to sleep after that weekend!

ive got an interesting/mildly frightening one.

i landed in Japan for my second time to go DJ.
Whilst on the subway, just getting out of the town centre, a big burly japanese body builder type gets on and sits on the seat next to me.
fair enough, busy train.
after a couple o stations he turns to me, smiling fairly amicably and gives me the thumbs up.
not to be rude i gave him the thumbs up too.
he then says "wakaru?"
i smiled and grinned and nodded not knowing that "wakaru?" means "you understand?".
he then manages two words of english "station next?"
As it turned out the next station was mine and i again nodded politely and said yes.

soon the station comes and i get up dragging my huge record box behind.
very kindly he offered to carry it for me, and with the size of his biceps i thought - why not? he must live here.
we get off the train and he starts walking off with my record box towards the toilet sign.
i pointed out the exit was the other direction and tried to take the bag.
still he insisted on carrying it.
this is weird i was beginning to think at this stage.
he drops the bag down outside the toilet and gives me the thumbs up again.
not quite sure what he meant, maybe he needed a piss and wanted to help me with my baggage after. thinking this was beyond the call of duty i tried to refuse and walk away, picking up the bag.
he grabs it and beckons to the toilet.
at this stage, i thought "nahh this is something a bit more scary than slightly odd kindness" and tried to wrestle the bag and get away.
he's really tugging at it though, but being a larger dude meself (and desperate to get away), i wrestled it off him.
at this point he becomes really irate.
now i lost my temper and shouted back, telling him (in english) hes a fucking weirdo and to fuck off.
i shifted out the station pretty fast, and he didnt follow.
just put it down to a weird dude in a weird country.

later i found out that the thumbs up sign is the sign for "man" in japan
and closed fist with little finger pointing down means woman.

unwittingly i had given the return signal for being gay, then agreed to get off at the next station, and seriously hurt his feelings when he realised i wasn't up for a homo-toilet experience.

weird.
 
quiet roar said:
Dude, you played rugby!

If I remember correctly, it was union, but still, you are hardly in a position to make fun of other sports.
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If it's good enough for God, it's good enough for me.

It is just New Zealand, the Home nations, Argentina and every other country in the world that makes fun of Aussie rules QR :\
 
DJ 303 said:
sorry about my irritated tone before - needed to sleep after that weekend!

ive got an interesting/mildly frightening one.

i landed in Japan for my second time to go DJ.
Whilst on the subway, just getting out of the town centre, a big burly japanese body builder type gets on and sits on the seat next to me.
fair enough, busy train.
after a couple o stations he turns to me, smiling fairly amicably and gives me the thumbs up.
not to be rude i gave him the thumbs up too.
he then says "wakaru?"
i smiled and grinned and nodded not knowing that "wakaru?" means "you understand?".
he then manages two words of english "station next?"
As it turned out the next station was mine and i again nodded politely and said yes.

soon the station comes and i get up dragging my huge record box behind.
very kindly he offered to carry it for me, and with the size of his biceps i thought - why not? he must live here.
we get off the train and he starts walking off with my record box towards the toilet sign.
i pointed out the exit was the other direction and tried to take the bag.
still he insisted on carrying it.
this is weird i was beginning to think at this stage.
he drops the bag down outside the toilet and gives me the thumbs up again.
not quite sure what he meant, maybe he needed a piss and wanted to help me with my baggage after. thinking this was beyond the call of duty i tried to refuse and walk away, picking up the bag.
he grabs it and beckons to the toilet.
at this stage, i thought "nahh this is something a bit more scary than slightly odd kindness" and tried to wrestle the bag and get away.
he's really tugging at it though, but being a larger dude meself (and desperate to get away), i wrestled it off him.
at this point he becomes really irate.
now i lost my temper and shouted back, telling him (in english) hes a fucking weirdo and to fuck off.
i shifted out the station pretty fast, and he didnt follow.
just put it down to a weird dude in a weird country.

later i found out that the thumbs up sign is the sign for "man" in japan
and closed fist with little finger pointing down means woman.

unwittingly i had given the return signal for being gay, then agreed to get off at the next station, and seriously hurt his feelings when he realised i wasn't up for a homo-toilet experience.

weird.
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Now that's a funny story, funny haha indeed =D
 
I love these threads but they are kind of hard because how do you know what's different unless you've been to different places? I'm not very well traveled so I wouldn't even know where to begin on guessing on the many things that could be different.
 
DJ303 I lived there for a few years. Clearly didn't mix with the right people to know that 'sign'.....perhaps living in a smaller town was the reason for it.

I still am surprised at the 'courtesy flushing sound button' you can press when using the rest rooms there. Didn't realize 'pee anxiety' was such an issue!

Oh, and paying the toll for the road depending on how far you have traveled - innovative!

*sigh* now I want to return
 
Busty St Clare said:
If it's good enough for God, it's good enough for me.

It is just New Zealand, the Home nations, Argentina and every other country in the world that makes fun of Aussie rules QR :\
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I know, I just like to poke fun at rugby. Everybody knows God plays football (soccer for you heathens ;))
 
DJ 303 said:
sorry about my irritated tone before - needed to sleep after that weekend!

ive got an interesting/mildly frightening one.....

unwittingly i had given the return signal for being gay, then agreed to get off at the next station, and seriously hurt his feelings when he realised i wasn't up for a homo-toilet experience.
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Great story DJ 303! Best laugh I've had in a while :D I feel halfway sorry for the guy, you tease ;)
 
What have i done now?

I love dis fred.

I think we need to start a collection for Damien so we can send him OS and then be able to report back here.



I watched a four wheel driving show the other day and part of it was about a couple who toured through Russia.

There were a lot of dirt roads between towns but instead of just the one track.........the countryside was littered with a dozen or more, all heading in the same direction and criss crossing and all being used.

This sort of gives an idea but it was much worse than this.

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MazDan said:
I watched a four wheel driving show the other day and part of it was about a couple who toured through Russia.

There were a lot of dirt roads between towns but instead of just the one track.........the countryside was littered with a dozen or more, all heading in the same direction and criss crossing and all being used.

This sort of gives an idea but it was much worse than this.

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yep, i've seen that in Siberia and also in the desert in Libya (in the higher areas where the ground is usually quite hard). these places get muddy as fuck during their rainy seasons and parts of the road become impassable, so their only option is to create new tracks to bypass these bits. it's quite weird when there's a few of you going in the same direction and everyone takes a different track, hehe.

oh yeah, on the subject of Russia... gold teeth are still very popular there. :D
 
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