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groundpound
Joined: 05 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:46 am Post subject: Gum snapping ajumas |
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| Can chewing gum be a silent exercise? |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:50 am Post subject: |
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I hate this!
I get the whole "making noise whilst eating" thing. Yes, you are enjoying a delicious meal and are showing the cook just how much you appreciate it.
Gum, though? Freaking cows chewing cud. |
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WadRUG'naDoo
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| Try it on a long bus trip. I almost went berserk this one time. Should have. |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| This is why I always carry an ipod and close my eyes on long trips. That, and the motion sickness. |
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groundpound
Joined: 05 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| pretty empty on the subway...ajuma sits right beside me..my ears are still ringing |
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Panda
Joined: 25 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| For the same reason that some ajoshi steps out and asks you (foreigners) to shut up. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| groundpound wrote: |
| pretty empty on the subway...ajuma sits right beside me..my ears are still ringing |
Haha I had JUST this on... Friday I think. I swear she was looking at me as she chewed for about 25 minutes too. I kept looking round to check but she'd look away. |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| IPOD is the golden rule of travel and commuting. I don't so much care about a little gum smacking, I wish people would freshen up a bit more before venturing out from home so you don't have to smell all that funkyness. |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: On your computer screen!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: Gum snapping ajumas |
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| groundpound wrote: |
| Can chewing gum be a silent exercise? |
Now you know the difference between a lady and a woman/female.
I am not trying to be facetious...but I do not ever recall seeing, meeting or knowing a "socially" educated, refined, sophisticated korean woman.
At first meeting, I am thinking...she has it together! And then after getting to know her....no grace, no tact, no social skills, etc...
Have any of you meet a korean women that has grace and is sophisticated like your mom? Or like The Beav's mom!
I mean, even back home, we have bimbos...and folks know right away that "this person has no grace, etc." But korean seems to be full of bimbos.... |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Never mind the gum smacking. What about all the spitting? Now that's really sophistocated. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| oldfatfarang wrote: |
| Never mind the gum smacking. What about all the spitting? Now that's really sophistocated. |
Yet spitting is ubiquitous throughout a pretty big chunk of Asia. Don't lay that one on Korea's doorstep. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Is this a Seoul thing? I don't think I've ever met a Korean woman over university age who smacked their gum. |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| Is this a Seoul thing? I don't think I've ever met a Korean woman over university age who smacked their gum. |
See it all the time from "WAY over university age" women all over korea.
And I know most reading this have also. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Where are these gum smacking ajumas? In restaurants? On the bus? Maybe I'm in a no-gum-smacking zone or something. Six years here and I can't think of a single incident with gum smacking that sticks out. I'm sure I've heard it here before, but nowhere near on the level to attribute it "phenomenon" status. |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| You're fortunate. It's a near constant on buses and the subway in Seoul and Incheon. I heard it a few times in Busan, but I've only been there a couple of times. |
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