Never heard that about the Japanese and blood types. Do you have an example?
As to Canadians:
Unfailingly polite
End every sentence with "eh"
Love coffee and pastry
Resent their neighbor to the south
Have either a moose or a beaver in every third backyard
Name 5 stereotypes (accurate or not) about the Chinese.
Name 5 stereotypes (accurate or not) about the French.
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perfectionists with food
obsessed with cheese
nation of boozers
Name 5 stereotypes (accurate or not) about Ukraine.
They love waxes
The men look like sissies
Knows a lot about crushing poverty
Probably pretty suntanned
Knows better than to go on walkabout in the jungle
List five facts (or lies) about veterans of foreign wars
Boast of their former glory
Get fat and don't fit into their old uniforms
Love seeing war movies
Hate hippies and peaceniks
Always politically conservative
Not afraid to get their hands dirty
Likes being outside
Drink all the beer you want, just don't fuck up the lines
Knows some good old folk tunes
Doesn't mind sitting alone for long periods of time.
List five facts or lies or factoids about commercial fishermen
Their superior officers rip their butts for uniform violations
Strict pay-grades
Each service thinks they're better than the rest
Unarmed services are kind of dumb people who struggle with basic science
Every service has a different standard of physical fitness
There are five things or people in the world worse than you behind the wheel during an ice storm. List them.
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Ingratitude - so I will sometimes say "You're welcome!" to people who don't say "Thank you"
Hunger - so I give to a local food bank, and sometimes buy lunch for homeless people
Historical ignorance - so I give speeches on historic topics to local groups
People who don't vote - so I encourage them to do so, and suggest good candidates if they ask
Bad candidates - so I sometimes donate to their opponents, and vote against them
Name five things you hate about staying in the hospital
Racism
Groupthink
Government by committee
Cruelty -- physical and mental
Wanton harm
Name five good things from history
yes, I believe "Western Art music" is one of the preferred terms. It's about the easiest to say and to suppose to have been understood, and that's why I used it.
Heroes and heroines to emulate
Come-from-behind victories that inspire
The spread of liberty and democracy
Better understanding of the world today
Lots and lots of good books
Yet another ball-busting suggestion. There are five things I need to (or should have already done) today, you mug!
OK, fine.
Register for classes
Practice some fairly-sophisticated recursion techniques (albeit for elementary data structures)
Write a letter with EXACTLY the right tone (a mixture of disguised contempt and polite deference)
Clean all the beer bottles and empty wine boxes out of my apartment
Find out where a FedEx drop off site is convenient to me and box and ship a bricked box under warranty).
Name five unpleasant tasks you need (or maybe want) to do this week.
listen to a forever-griping colleague
pick up a birthday cake for another colleague
sweep up nails from our neighbor's re-roofing project (long story)
walk the dog yet again
clean up cat poop
Name five songs that always make you smile (with YouTube links)
Look, man, this doesn't work b/c youtube isn't hip anymore.
So, for the sake of argument, my choices (last minute) were:
Dr John "Stagolee"
Grant Green "Idle Moments"
Brendel playing Beethoven's Op. 126 Bagatelles
mcDuff playing "Sunny"
Gould playing the I of Bach's e-minor Partita for piano.
List five music performances that should be deleted from the catalog
Sacre' Coeur
Midtown manhattan
rolling hills full of wheat (or whatever)
a nice (insert preferred gender) ass
a tall glass of beer when my present one is done.
Spend xmas eve with close family.
Party like it's 1999 (in my mind)
Curse bitterly secular xmas music (except Guaraldi's)
Avoid crowded places, like malls, including the televised mall that is television "specials"
Dress in muted, wintery tones
Name five good things about xmas that don't relate to family
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Budgeting my money better
World peace
The marginalization of pop culture
Continuing to keep in touch with old friends
Becoming as cold and indifferent and cynical to as many more things as possible
Sensible footwear (which does not include exposing your disgusting toenail habits and foul blisters to the world, such as those who fail to wear sandals acceptably in public)
Fuck the color of the socks. They're either good socks or they aren't.
Dickies for a dick -- Levis for a Levi.
No spandex in public, anywhere, except a beach salon.
Bow tie this, motherhonker.
Five non-fashion rules for good world
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Treat others as you wish to be treated.
Obey the law; strive to change bad laws.
Be an informed voter.
Volunteer in some capacity to help others.
Give generously to the charities of your choice.
Five things you wouldn't mind getting for Christmas (or a similar holiday).
Unlikely to commit murder
Loves his or her kids
Will help others if it's not too inconvenient
Votes at least in major elections
Obeys most traffic laws
(Eggnog with rum and a sprinkling of nutmeg is one of the zillion or so best things about Christmas. Don't you judge me!)
Name five things within arm's reach of you right now.
Shorter attention span
Rudeness
Superficiality
Shouting in elevators
Obligatory scene in all contemporary horror movies to show that the star can't get a signal