Monday, January 5, 2009

Dinner Conversation

Yesterday was the great hurrah for many schools. Many went out for lunch to celebrate. Danny related this anecdote to me. He and his faculty went to dinner and after the food was finished, they made the motions to leave. After the women left, the men all went back inside and took off their shoes and coats. They continued to drink on into the afternoon. His art teacher leaned over and said something to Danny in Korean. The vice-principal then leaned over to translate saying, "He says his penis is short, fat, and powerful."

This statement was not intended as a "come on" or sexual harrasment, it was merely a point of fact. Korean men have no qualms about shouting to the heavens whenver they're eating one of the many foods that give them "power."

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