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Qinella
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 Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:22 am Post subject: Dave Chapelle and Waygookin Self-consciousness |
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Dave Chapelle has a stand-up CD entitled Killin' Them Softly. One of the tracks features Dave relating an incident that happened to him in Mississippi. Here it is, roughly paraphrased.
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So I was walking into a restaurant in Mississippi and I walked up to the counter to order. "Yeah, I'd like ... " and before I could even finish the sentence, the guy yells, "The chicken!" I was like, what the f*ck? This man was absolutely right! How did he know I was gonna order some chicken? So I asked him, "How'd you know I was gonna get some chicken?" He says to me, "Come on, buddy. Come ooooon, buddy. Everybody in here knew soon as you walked through the goddamn door that you was gonna order you some chicken. It's no secret down here that blacks and chickens are quite fond of one another."
And that just made me so upset. I wasn't ready to hear that. Here I'd always thought that I liked chicken because it's delicious, but it turns out I'm genetically predisposed to liking chicken! So now every time I go out now I'm afraid to order it. I don't want some people to see me and be like, "Lllooook at him - he loves it! It's just like the encyclopedia says!"
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This is exactly the feeling I have going into a fast food restaurant in Korea. You know how the English textbooks give the impression that English speakers eat nothing but hamburgers, hot dogs and pizza? I can just imagine some Koreans looking at me and thinking, "How is he not fat if all he eats is fast food?" or something. It's actually stopped me from going into KFC a couple times. |
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buddy bradley
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:24 am Post subject: |
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| Well, if you're that self-conscious and can't stop worrying what total strangers think of you, welcome to Korea! You'll fit right in with most of the losers teaching here! |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:27 am Post subject: Re: Dave Chapelle and Waygookin Self-consciousness |
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| Qinella wrote: |
| "Yeah, I'd like ... " and before I could even finish the sentence, the guy yells, "The chicken!" I was like, what the f*ck? This man was absolutely right! How did he know I was gonna order some chicken? |
Great story, great post. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:48 am Post subject: |
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Once, just once, I felt a twinge of cultural guilt when in line at a McDonalds. Like the OP says, all those Koreans looking at the whitey and seeing their assumptions realised.
"See! They do all eat hamburgers!!!"
Then I thought, "f_uck 'em!".... and enjoyed my Big Mac set. Large-uh.. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:23 am Post subject: |
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| buddy bradley wrote: |
| Well, if you're that self-conscious and can't stop worrying what total strangers think of you, welcome to Korea! You'll fit right in with most of the losers teaching here! |
 Thanks for the lesson in non-sequitur construction. Also, your latter sentence had ambiguous meaning, so you may want to brush up on your diction if you're teaching above, say, elementary level. Did you mean to say that I'd fit in with those teachers who are losers, or did you mean that all the teachers here are losers and I'd fit in with most of them?
Anyway, I hope others enjoyed the humor.
Cheers~
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:24 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| Then I thought, "f_uck 'em!".... and enjoyed my Big Mac set. Large-uh.. |
That's pretty much what I had to make myself think the few times I've ventured in to enjoy a luxurious spicy chicken sandwich at K eppuh C. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| You know, the watermelon in Korea is mighty fine too, not to mention cheap this time of year. |
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Dave Chapelle and Waygookin Self-consciousness |
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| Qinella wrote: |
| It's actually stopped me from going into KFC a couple times. |
I'm sometimes stopped by the notion that, as good as greasy stuff tastes, it would be better to ingest actual food.
That documentary "Supersize Me" messed me up. If current trends continue, poor dietary habits will overtake smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in America. That's freaky. Now I think of eating junk food as the same as smoking cigarettes. I'm embarrassed to go in there because it shows such little regard for my own well-being.
I really miss cheeseburgers, though.
I'm going to go kick the cat now. |
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Butterfly
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| dogbert wrote: |
| You know, the watermelon in Korea is mighty fine too, not to mention cheap this time of year. |
mmmmmmm HMM~! |
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coldcrush
Joined: 02 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| dogbert wrote: |
| You know, the watermelon in Korea is mighty fine too, not to mention cheap this time of year. |
gold, man. just gold. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: Dave Chapelle and Waygookin Self-consciousness |
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| manlyboy wrote: |
| Qinella wrote: |
| It's actually stopped me from going into KFC a couple times. |
I'm sometimes stopped by the notion that, as good as greasy stuff tastes, it would be better to ingest actual food.
That documentary "Supersize Me" messed me up. If current trends continue, poor dietary habits will overtake smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in America. That's freaky. Now I think of eating junk food as the same as smoking cigarettes. I'm embarrassed to go in there because it shows such little regard for my own well-being. |
Yeah, I actually swore off fast food a couple years ago when I was still living in the US, and dropped 30 pounds in about 2 months because of it. But for some reason, here in Korea, I just start craving something other than Korean food sometimes, and I really can't afford a $30+ meal at TGIFridays or Outback. I think once every couple weeks isn't a big deal, as the doctor consultant on Supersize Me pointed out. Wasn't that movie nasty? Aww..
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I really miss cheeseburgers, though.
I'm going to go kick the cat now. |
That sounds pretty dangerous! |
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Qinella
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| dogbert wrote: |
| You know, the watermelon in Korea is mighty fine too, not to mention cheap this time of year. |
I don't think they have that stereotype over here. Just ate some yesterday and the Koreans I was eating with were slurping like pros. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Qinella wrote: |
| dogbert wrote: |
| You know, the watermelon in Korea is mighty fine too, not to mention cheap this time of year. |
I don't think they have that stereotype over here. Just ate some yesterday and the Koreans I was eating with were slurping like pros. |
What stereotype? I'm missing something here. What have watermelons got to do with fast food? |
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peony
Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| do they have fruit punch in Korea? grape soda is good too... |
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AdamH
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
What stereotype? I'm missing something here. What have watermelons got to do with fast food? |
If I'm not mistaken, there is a stereotype about some non-Koreans who enjoy a combo of fried chicken and watermelon. The drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket makes a quip about it. I'm told it can also be served with a side-order of corn bread too, which might make a good business idea for the other thread: A new Waegukin sikdang chain that serves a "Chi-kin, wat-tuh-melon, kon buh-red-uh SET". |
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