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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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 Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:28 pm Post subject: Tell me about Cracker Day. |
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I don't mean April 20th, I mean October 31st. I can't make out what my coworkers have said . . . Ace Day? H Day? All I know is they buy a certain brand of saltine crackers and give them out. My coworkers are all about it, though I find it a little ridiculous. I just had a guy ask me if we had crackers like this in America.
Anyway, I'm curious to know when this "holiday" started, what the purpose is, and stuff like that. I don't remember it happening the last two years I've been here. I wonder if it's Japanese. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| It's an off-shoot of February's Black History Month, but whites only get one day, and it overlaps with Halloween. It's no big deal. |
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jhaelin
Joined: 30 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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cracker day is when a buncha asians, blacks, arabs, hispanics and disposessed indigenous folks sit around making fun of the red-necked minority on this planet...
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Been here over 3 years and it's the first I've heard of it. Could be another company trying to felch off the success of the "Peppero Day" craze.
Pretty soon, every single day of the year will be somehow dedicated to relationships, colors, and food.
I can see it now. "
Teacher, today is 'Periwinkle Blue Day.' Let's trim our nails, exchange the clippings and chew on them to show our appreciation for steamed dumplings." |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I don't remember it at all the last two years, but this year all my coworkers are big into it. I can't find any information online because I don't know the name. The crackers are "에이스," so it might be "Ace Day," but I don't know. It's actually quite bizarre how into it my coworkers are. Their chips must've received a signal a few days ago. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| jhaelin wrote: |
| cracker day is when a buncha asians, blacks, arabs, hispanics and disposessed indigenous folks sit around making fun of the red-necked minority on this planet... |
...who ironically control the wealth of and oppress them. However, if you ask people why February is black history month and why there isn't a white history month, they will say every month is cracker month!
That's ONE refreshing thing about living in a homogeneous country. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm looking forward to 11/8. Anyone have a guess what that day celebrates? |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
Location: Boo-sahn
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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I think most answers can be found through the wonderful links found on naver...
Ace
Your co-workers are children, right?  |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| It's an off-shoot of February's Black History Month, but whites only get one day, and it overlaps with Halloween. It's no big deal. |
Before I moved to the US I had no idea it was supposed to be an insulting term. In Canada I've heard 'Cracker Jack' used to describe something or someone top-notch, but 'cracker' wasn't in common use when I was growing up. The first time I walked past some black kids and one of them called me cracker I just smiled and waved, thinking he was just being friendly. Nice to know that Korea isn't the only place with rude children insulting clueless foreigners. |
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KimchiExplosion
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
Location: Nowhere near Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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My students call them biscuits, instead of crackers. Ace Day is obviously the Korean version of a Hallmark Holiday (remember Sweetest Day?). The good news is now I've got enough crackers to last me until next year. Literally dozens of the little packages, and individually gift-wrapped.
BTW, do people really use "cracker" as a derogatory term? The only place I ever hear it any more is on Jeffersons reruns. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| KimchiExplosion wrote: |
My students call them biscuits, instead of crackers. Ace Day is obviously the Korean version of a Hallmark Holiday (remember Sweetest Day?). The good news is now I've got enough crackers to last me until next year. Literally dozens of the little packages, and individually gift-wrapped.
BTW, do people really use "cracker" as a derogatory term? The only place I ever hear it any more is on Jeffersons reruns. |
In the real world I've only heard the term used with other words that
you can't say in a TV series. |
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kat2
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| KimchiExplosion wrote: |
My students call them biscuits, instead of crackers. Ace Day is obviously the Korean version of a Hallmark Holiday (remember Sweetest Day?). The good news is now I've got enough crackers to last me until next year. Literally dozens of the little packages, and individually gift-wrapped.
BTW, do people really use "cracker" as a derogatory term? The only place I ever hear it any more is on Jeffersons reruns. |
Yes, they really use it. I would have loved to have seen YBS first exposure to the term. Hilarious.
It's usually used by non-whites (ok, mainly blacks) to call someone a racist, ignorant, backward jerk. It's fairly common where I come from and I would be deeply offended if someone ever called me a cracker. |
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