Toilet Humour
Posted by Andrew | Filed under Living in Korea
Whilst perusing another unit of the Kimchi Girls Korean Lessons (first book), I came across a fascinating insight into how a person's blood group is considered to dictate their personality – and as I am English and love lavatorial humour of even the slightest magnitude, I just couldn't resist!
Knowledge often comes to us in the strangest ways . . as it happens, we finished the 2010 winter camp yesterday, and as our vacation does not begin until the end of the week and no work of any kind was allocated to us, I decided to actually, er, study some more Korean, this time using the first book by the Kimchi Girls [1].
And it came to pass that I read (and listened [2]) my way through "Lesson #13: Asking for the Toilet", where, lo, there was a discussion relating one's blood group to behaviour in the John after doing a Number 2. Basically, it goes like this:
Blood Group O: People with this blood group are considered the type who will adapt rapidly to a situation, are outgoing and have high self-esteem.
Blood Group AB: People with this blood group are thought of as analytical and self-confident, and who will try every possible opportunity to get a job done.
Blood Group B: People in this blood group don't care about what others think of them and just do whatever it takes; they are extroverts.
Blood Group A: These people are introverted, shy, deep thinkers, and very concerned about what others think of them.
So, can you guess how they are supposed to respond to this situation?
You go into a public toilet to do a Number Two. However, when the dirty deed is done, you discover to your horror that you should have brought your little plastic bag of napkins with you, because the toilet roll is utterly naked and bereft of embarrassment-saving tissue. What do you do???
Option 1: You just pull up your pants and walk out.
Option 2: You use what look like the cleanest used tissues in the waste basket.
Option 3: You just use your hands, and wash them afterwards.
Option 4: You wait until the cleaning lady arrives – no matter how long it takes.
Which blood group response applies to each of the above? Try to guess. Answers at the bottom of the blog.
A. π
[1] μ νμ and κΉ μ²μ, Kimchi Girls Korean Lessons. Dasan Books, Seoul, 2008. ISBN 978-89-93285-50-5. http://www.dasanbooks.com/
[2] http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/36250
[3] http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21326420510&ref=ts
And the answers are: Option 1 – blood group O; Option 2 – blood group AB; Option 3 – blood group B; Option 4 – blood group A.
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