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[rapier]

Personally, the first Korean I see walking the streets of London, I'm going to purposely bump into in the street, point to them and say "Ahhh, Hanguk saram!!!", then giggle uncrontollably and run away laughing....
How about you?

[Tiger Beer]

Be careful they might love it and follow you home. Make sure she's pretty..

I loved meeting Koreans when I went back home. Actually anywhere outside of Korea. Very friendly and they are always so amazed and so happy to find that you not only know where they are from, but lived in their country for awhile.

[denz]

when i was back home i was sporting my old school korean soccer team tshirt (not that ubergay 'be the reds' one) and was casually walking back from the fish n' chip shop when two korean cuties ran up to me and say 'waaa. you know korea?'. we kicked it a little bit. flipped my lame arse korean on them. four pupils dilated. they invite me to go drinking with them. i decline.

ya'll can be charisma men, i'm a charsima jedi.

what was the OP about again?

[crazylemongirl]

I'm going to resist the temptation of rapier's approach but the thought has crossed my mind on more than one occasion.

[sakamuras]

yeah, that'll show 'em! they'll probably think you're just mentally challenged....or someone that "uses the drug".

[indiercj]

What's this? Dave's ESL nursery school?

[Mashimaro]

We had this one Korean guy in our class at Uni in Australia.. He was absolutely notorious for horking phlegm continuously through lectures.. Ironically I later met him in korea where he proceded to lecture me on korean manners and how I must to this and must do that (not in a nice way at all)

having said that, I met some wonderful kind koreans outside of korea, and they are some of my closest friends.

[tomato]

I tell Koreans "I never spoke Korean to Koreans in my country, so don't speak English to me here."

I'll try to keep my word.

[sakamuras]

right on! keepin' it real!

[Moldy Rutabaga]

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[matko]

I taught hundreds of Koreans back in Canada.
You can take the Korean out of Korea, but you can't take Korea out of the Korean.

[HardyandTiny]

"Excuse me, do you know where I can buy soju around here?"

[itaewonguy]

well from the way I see them treat Americans here I would love to organize a few bandits and start burning flags and pictures of koreans on fire and chant out HANG GUK go home!!
but I am not so STUPID or ignorant as they are!
anyone see BBC news today? see the warm welcome donald got?
koreans burning flags and burning pictures of him.. koreans were in good form again!!!

[steroidmaximus]

despite what some posters have mentioned about how Koreans behave outside of Korea, I'd think most of em wouldn't be the "stare at the waygook and ask stupid questions" variety. I would think that type has never or rarely left Korea, and doesn't spend a lot of time doing any sort of personal reflection, like the redneck yahoos back home who burn crosses and what not. . .

I would also think that most of em who came back to Korea after travelling wouldn't be the ones who stare, point, laugh make stupid comments.

[gomurr]

I like Rapier's approach with some changes. Go walking with my wife and when I see and hear someone who is Korean, tug on my wife's arm, point rather noticably and in a loud voice say "oh my god Hon, look a chinese person (for all the times I've been called a miguk).