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Mike A (snowblind) Posted May 12, 2000
Vandels were some of the barbarien guys who trashed Rome and destroyed the empire. Proving that no matter how much fancy show-off you can do, brute force will always prevail
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Princess Bride Posted May 25, 2000
Ahhh. I think I've heard of them after all. But I thought Rome just got corrupt and too big to handle..?
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Princess Bride Posted May 30, 2000
I just saw the new Jackie Chan movie called Shanghai Noon and the main character gave someone else his chopsticks to dig himself out of a hole-- someone had buried him up to his neck. A new use-- digging?
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Mike A (snowblind) Posted May 30, 2000
How long did it take to dig himself out with chopstyx?!
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Princess Bride Posted May 30, 2000
Well the movie doesn't say. But a few days(?) later Jackie runs into the man he gave his chopsticks to and he's alive and well. A bit unbelievable, true, but it is funny.
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Researcher 155628 Posted Dec 21, 2000
I've traveled through China for two weeks in the summer of 1999. Of course, we all tried to use chopsticks -- which actually went pretty well after a few days -- but indeed a lot of the Chinese people we saw in the restaurants were using a knife and fork. Moreover, they were quite surprised to see us Europeans using chopsticks.
I was later told by our guide (who grew up in Shanghai) that currently, anything Western (and American in particular) is very popular at the moment. That's why it's currently quite chique to use a knife and fork.
This also explains the state-of-the-art bowling alley and pool hall combo we encountered in Xi'an.
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