Korea!
If you think I'm too hard on this back-asswards country, consider that Korean people believe that:
a) sleeping with a fan on will kill you (a phenomenon known as "fan death");
b) drinking Coke while eating ice cream causes foam to erupt from your mouth and nose; and
c) those "exercise" machines which consist of two belts that reciprocate across your stomach actually burn calories (and can be found in every single gym).
We Westerners have our own stupid superstitions, but they can usually be traced back to religious silliness (and most people don't take them seriously); whereas Korean superstitions are taken very seriously, and are supposedly scientific. Wheeeeeee!
a) sleeping with a fan on will kill you (a phenomenon known as "fan death");
b) drinking Coke while eating ice cream causes foam to erupt from your mouth and nose; and
c) those "exercise" machines which consist of two belts that reciprocate across your stomach actually burn calories (and can be found in every single gym).
We Westerners have our own stupid superstitions, but they can usually be traced back to religious silliness (and most people don't take them seriously); whereas Korean superstitions are taken very seriously, and are supposedly scientific. Wheeeeeee!
posted by Matthew at 8:06 PM
2 Comments:
I love those belt machines. Makes me feel like a pig in a blanket getting run over by an F-Zero car.
I might give 'em a go, but I sorta don't want to jiggle in front of a dozen jiggling Korean women reading fashion magazines... wouldn't want to break their stride, and what-not.
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