Thursday, September 3, 2009

Things Koreans Love

- bad American restaurant chains (Outback Steak House, Bennigans, TGIFridays, Papa John's, On The Border)
- bad Canadian movies that probably never made it to America (anyone who has seen the coming of age werewolf biopic "Ginger Snaps" knows what I am talking about)
- ICE CREAM (I swear to god I have seen at least 100+ Baskin Robbins/Coldstone's)
- holding hands with someone of the same sex (not in a homosexual way, in a "we-are-friends-so-we-hold-hands, even-if-we-are-50-year-old-men-in-Prada-suits" way); (apparently there are no gay people here)
- getting SCHWASTED on Soju (rice whiskey, bottle for $2) akin to ethanol (wicked hangover)
- getting SCHWASTED after work and passing out in an alley, gutter or on a bench while wearing said suit and clutching a $2000 brief case
- getting SCHWASTED after school and passing out on the subway
- masks to protect against "swine flu"
- pork
- not tampons
- not deodorant
- not blondes
- red pepper
- corn
- mayonnaise and Kraft Singles
- fermented cabbage, cucumbers, onions, you name it.
- The North Face
- K-POP (really bad, I mean BAD, pop music, that is, you guessed it, from Korea)
- putting little blue foam rectangles (maybe 1x1x3 in) on the edge of each door so no one bangs said door (not effective)
- t-shirts with the name of ANY American city on it (I kid you not, I saw a "San Antonio" shirt just this morning)
- CostCo
- baseball
- Noraebong (BYOB private karaoke rooms), PC Bong (computer game tourneys), DVD Bong (high schoolers can make out in the privacy of their own movie room)
- poorly translated graphic tees/store awnings (see photo)


* I think this list is going to have to have a part 2...

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