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R Leo · #61 12-08-2005, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by boneheaddoctor

Thats why you never shake an Arabs hand....they squat over a hole the wipe with their hand....since they have no water they run around trying to shake peoples hands to get rid of it....

Jeez. That's pretty extreme (even for you BHD) and is beyond tasteless. Educate yourself before making such zenophobic generalizations.

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Right hand/left hand: In most Arab countries, the left hand is considered "unclean" and is not put forward (an important thing for al "south-paws" to know.) The left hand earned this interesting epithet in the harsh desert, a land of few trees and no paper. It was the custom to eat, shake hands, wave a greeting, all with the right hand while the left hand was reserved for certain "hygienic functions" or blowing the nose. (The left hand was cleaned by rubbing in the sand). For some desert nomads, this is still the way of things. Traditionally at meals the left hand is kept hidden in the folds of the robe.

Today it is extremely impolite to offer the left hand for a hand shake or to wave a greeting as this implies rubbing the "unhygienic residue" of the left hand on the person being waved to. Similarly, it is impolite to pass food or eat with the left hand. When eating and drinking, use your right hand. Use your right hand also when you pass, offer or receive anything. As an interesting note, throughout the tales of the "1,000 and One Arabian Nights" enemies are referred to as "They of the Left Hand."

boneheaddoctor · #62 12-08-2005, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by R Leo

Jeez. That's pretty extreme (even for you BHD) and is beyond tasteless. Educate yourself before making such zenophobic generalizations.

really.....you ever been in the middle east? Toilet paper is not globally used, and not just the middle east.....seriously.

TheDon · #63 12-08-2005, 03:30 PM

wipe with th eleft shake with the right.. havent you seen jarhead

dont wave with your left hand man its an insult

oh -switches hands-

man 5 pages on this crap lmao

J. R. B. · #64 12-08-2005, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by R Leo

Wipe? Whassat?

Skid marks in the undies?

R Leo · #65 12-08-2005, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by boneheaddoctor

really.....you ever been in the middle east? Toilet paper is not globally used, and not just the middle east.....seriously.

Never been to the middle east. Wish I could go but some Jackass decided to have his war over there and it will probably be hosed-up for the rest of my life.

FWIW, the Japanese are one of the tidiest cultures on the planet and they too squat over holes.

boneheaddoctor · #66 12-08-2005, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by R Leo

Never been to the middle east. Wish I could go but some Jackass decided to have his war over there and it will probably be hosed-up for the rest of my life.

FWIW, the Japanese are one of the tidiest cultures on the planet and they too squat over holes.

Go to china, vietnam....basicly most any poor or middle eastern country....and newsflash ....the middle east was full of jackasses bent on killing westerners long before Bush ever got into politics, so you are trying to piss up a rope there.

aklim · #67 12-08-2005, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by R Leo

Never been to the middle east. Wish I could go but some Jackass decided to have his war over there and it will probably be hosed-up for the rest of my life.

FWIW, the Japanese are one of the tidiest cultures on the planet and they too squat over holes.

My folks showed me their pics from the holy land. Isreali side, nice and clean. Palestinian side, a mess. Day and night difference from what I can see between literally crossing the border. They are back there again and I'll ask for pics to see if they have changed or not.

They do. However the holes tend to have porcelain around them. Different styles of toilets. They squat, we sit.

J. R. B. · #68 12-08-2005, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

My folks showed me their pics from the holy land. Isreali side, nice and clean. Palestinian side, a mess. Day and night difference from what I can see between literally crossing the border. They are back there again and I'll ask for pics to see if they have changed or not.

They do. However the holes tend to have porcelain around them. Different styles of toilets. They squat, we sit.

How in the hell do they hit a porcelain hole while squatting?

Must have a bomb sight on their bottom end.

A264172 · #69 12-08-2005, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by J. R. B.

How in the hell do they hit a porcelain hole while squatting?

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In Taiwan they look like a urinal mounted in the floor... stradle and let loose... BYOTP.

boneheaddoctor · #70 12-08-2005, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by J. R. B.

How in the hell do they hit a porcelain hole while squatting?

Must have a bomb sight on their bottom end.

many public toilets are like that in italy...the high traffic ones anyway....nope never used one....except to drain the onion.....so never had to hit the target...

Scarey if you got gas AND the runs.....

that could get real ugly.

TheDon · #71 12-08-2005, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by R Leo

Never been to the middle east. Wish I could go but some Jackass decided to have his war over there and it will probably be hosed-up for the rest of my life.

FWIW, the Japanese are one of the tidiest cultures on the planet and they too squat over holes.

i dont think the japs do.. they have computerized toilets man!! with like screensavers.. but the water does stuff like artsy.. i need me one of them fancy water closets