Different gustatory standards

Via Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency, this is labeled Two Lists of Complaints, by Stuart Zehner:

1.

Complaints
My Middle-School Students
in Korea Had About Our
School's Food.

"The rice is cold."

"The kimchi is dry."

2.

Complaints
American Middle-School
Students Would Have If
They Were Served
Korean Food.

"There's an entire fish in my soup."

"The fish in my soup still has eyes."

"The fish in my soup with eyes is full of fish eggs."

"What is this?"

"They made me eat off a metal tray with chopsticks."

"I was served a vertebra."

"This salad is clearly made from the bush in the front of the school."

"I told you last week I don't like fish eggs!"

"The menu says we're having chicken anus for lunch."

"The live baby octopus you served me stuck to my throat and died."

"There wasn't any pizza."

"This is dog meat."

"It's too spicy."

"The rice is cold."

"The kimchi is dry."

Other good lists worth checking out are ( after the jump... )

Different gustatory standards

Via Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency, this is labeled Two Lists of Complaints, by Stuart Zehner:

1.

Complaints
My Middle-School Students
in Korea Had About Our
School's Food.

"The rice is cold."

"The kimchi is dry."

2.

Complaints
American Middle-School
Students Would Have If
They Were Served
Korean Food.

"There's an entire fish in my soup."

"The fish in my soup still has eyes."

"The fish in my soup with eyes is full of fish eggs."

"What is this?"

"They made me eat off a metal tray with chopsticks."

"I was served a vertebra."

"This salad is clearly made from the bush in the front of the school."

"I told you last week I don't like fish eggs!"

"The menu says we're having chicken anus for lunch."

"The live baby octopus you served me stuck to my throat and died."

"There wasn't any pizza."

"This is dog meat."

"It's too spicy."

"The rice is cold."

"The kimchi is dry."

Other good lists worth checking out are ( after the jump... )

I love being monogamous...

...because my monogamy is with the man I love best. :-) (As I said to my friend cogitationitis at dinner last night, "It means never having to worry about calling someone by the wrong name in the morning.")

But it's nice to know that my understanding of what constitutes "safe sex" ( is at the 100% level...at least based on this test. )

I love being monogamous...

...because my monogamy is with the man I love best. :-) (As I said to my friend cogitationitis at dinner last night, "It means never having to worry about calling someone by the wrong name in the morning.")

But it's nice to know that my understanding of what constitutes "safe sex" ( is at the 100% level...at least based on this test. )

The space race began here

The Boston Globe offers this interesting look at Baikonur, Kazakhstan -- the launching pad of the space race -- and its future in space exploration.

The space race began here

The Boston Globe offers this interesting look at Baikonur, Kazakhstan -- the launching pad of the space race -- and its future in space exploration.

Ve haff your vok...

...und ve vill race it. German lunatics, racing modified Chinese woks down an Olympic bobsled track. (They even have four-peron events. Via Neat-O-Rama.)

Ve haff your vok...

...und ve vill race it. German lunatics, racing modified Chinese woks down an Olympic bobsled track. (They even have four-peron events. Via Neat-O-Rama.)