Brendan Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Just read this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7040259.stm . and I must say I can identify. Can?t we just stick to handshakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Pfeh - much less fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 What! No tongues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thequietone Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Kissing is fine but we should all wear disposable polythene mouth covers.There. That's no fun anymore is it ?Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dulwich Born And Bred Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 hahahahahahaha! My friends and my family, we all kiss each other on the cheeks! Sometimes one cheek ( the English lot) and two cheeks to the other lot ( Turkish, French etc) but I don't kiss my bosses or the staff in my local sainsburys and shops even though I have spoken to them for years, they get a pat on the arm instead.Nothing wrong with spreading a bit of lurve....;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 Ant Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Pfeh - much less fun.Perhaps for the suave and cool Ant but for the shy it is a whole world of awkwardness. Left or right first? 1 or 2? What if we both go different directions and end up getting the lips? Tongue or no tongue? It?s a minefield I tell you! A bloody minefield! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dulwich Born And Bred Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Brendan Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Ant Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Pfeh - much less fun.> > Perhaps for the suave and cool Ant but for the shy> it is a whole world of awkwardness. Left or right> first? 1 or 2? What if we both go different> directions and end up getting the lips? Tongue or> no tongue? > > It?s a minefield I tell you! A bloody minefield!Just close your eyes, pucker up and just go for it, if you get a mouth that is a bonus!>:D< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 > we should all wear disposable polythene mouth covers. Well, it takes all sorts I suppose. What would it do to one's carbon footprint though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Maybe we should produce and market t-shirts with instructions on them, along the lines of:Twice, this side first (and then an arrow denoting the appropriate cheek). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dulwich Born And Bred Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I think they should teach it in schools, so the next generation are not as confused as this generation.:))It is just difficult because now we have a mixture of different cultures, there is the different ways they do things, like the kissing on cheeks, and handshakes.I remember when we used to be able to go in people's houses with shoes on, so matching your socks didn't matter, now I find we go to people's houses ( like my Turkish friends) and they demand you take your shoes off at the door, not good if it is wash day eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 First thing my Irish dad-in-law said to me when I got off the plane to visit the holiday home in Turkey was, ?Brendan I?m just warning you now so you are prepared. Men are going to kiss you!?I was quite relieved when I realised all he meant was that it was a normal local greeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dulwich Born And Bred Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Brendan Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> First thing my Irish dad-in-law said to me when I> got off the plane to visit the holiday home in> Turkey was, ?Brendan I?m just warning you now so> you are prepared. Men are going to kiss you!?> > I was quite relieved when I realised all he meant> was that it was a normal local greeting.LMAO!! I remember when I went to Turkey when I was a wee little girl, more wee then now! and I was sure ALL the Turkish men were gay because they all kissed each other! It was only when I was in London and made Turkish friends that I realised it was normal, every Hakan, Tarkan and Erkan kissing you is normal. That and wearing horrible nasty slippers when you go in their houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Lest they spot the toe sticking out of ones sock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dulwich Born And Bred Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Michael Palaeologus Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Lest they spot the toe sticking out of ones sockI have very pretty amusing socks, so when I kick my shoes off and one is bored, I can read and look at the pictures and funny writing on my socks....yes, it is a sad life I lead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 I have longed waged war against indiscriminate kissing, especially when it comes to strangers. I offer a hand to anyone new I meet, and might kiss a woman or gay man if we get on especially well when we part. I just think it's false and is based not on warmth and friendship but out of confusion, embarrassment and not wanting to look out of place. So if we meet and I offer you a hand, don't be offended. It is just difficult because now we have a mixture of different cultures - Er, that's that multiculturism for you. (Nothing wrong with multi-ethnicity, mind, but that's a different story.) Nero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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