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Snappy Answers to Stupid Korean Questions
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:05 am    Post subject: Snappy Answers to Stupid Korean Questions Reply with quote

"Can you use chopsticks?'

"No, I can't. What I'm eating with at the moment are actually a knife and a fork disguised as chopsticks. You could actually call them morphsticks or a morphknife and a morphspoon."
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Kimchieluver



Joined: 02 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"You can eat kimchie?" Isn't it too spicy for you?"

"Yes, even though I eat kimchie every lunch in the school cafeteria, when I go home a have a nice glass of kimchie juice"
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kiwiduncan



Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Location: New Zealand

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Did you know Korea has four distinct seasons?"

"What? Only four? You don't have Zlang?"
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can you speak Korea?

No, I speak Korean.
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Why aren't you married? Do you have a girlfriend?"

"No. Everybody hates me because I'm rude and I stink."
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jajdude wrote:
"Why aren't you married? Do you have a girlfriend?"

"No. Everybody hates me because I'm rude and I stink."

Yeah, but you forgot to include the snappy answer.
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ESL Milk "Everyday



Joined: 12 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"What do you like about Korea?"

"The fact that it sucks so much that any place that I go to in the future will, by default, be infinitely better."
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I'm no Picasso



Joined: 28 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Why did you come to Korea?"

"I don't know."
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denverdeath



Joined: 21 May 2005
Location: Boo-sahn

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Hello!!!!"


"Good-bye!!!!"
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Straphanger



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why did you come to Korea?

I work here.

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Do you like Korean women?

Sure, do you know any?

[Above adapted from "Do you like Sex & the City?" "Never had it, do you know somebody?"] -- Actual conversation.
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T-J



Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm no Picasso wrote:
"Why did you come to Korea?"

"I don't know."


"I was flying from SF to Hawaii for vacation and I got on the wrong plane."

(I've actually used this one and the reaction is priceless.)
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Gollywog



Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Debussy's brain

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Where are you going?"

"To hell."

Oh, wait, I've already arrived.
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offtheoche



Joined: 21 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"When will you go home to your country?"

I always reply by saying..."I don't know....maybe never."

(the adults ie. Korean males really despise this answer)
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samd



Joined: 03 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

T-J wrote:
I'm no Picasso wrote:
"Why did you come to Korea?"

"I don't know."


"I was flying from SF to Hawaii for vacation and I got on the wrong plane."

(I've actually used this one and the reaction is priceless.)


Nice!
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

offtheoche wrote:
"When will you go home to your country?"

I always reply by saying..."I don't know....maybe never."

(the adults ie. Korean males really despise this answer)

That's the answer I always give. I've never had a negative reaction to it. Surprise, maybe, but not negative.
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