HEIDI
02-20-2008, 11:03 AM
Comparison of cultures
> On a group of beautiful deserted islands in the middle of the ocean,
the
> following groups of people are stranded on separate islands:
>
> 2 Italian men and 1 Italian woman
> 2 French men and 1 French woman
> 2 German men and 1 German woman
> 2 Greek men and 1 Greek woman
> 2 English men and 1 English woman
> 2 Bulgarian men and 1 Bulgarian woman
> 2 Japanese men and 1 Japanese woman
> 2 Chinese men and 1 Chinese woman
> 2 Irish men and 1 Irish woman
> 2 American men and 1 American woman
>
> One month later, on these absolutely stunning deserted islands in the
> middle
> of nowhere, the following has occurred:
>
> 1. One Italian man has killed the other Italian man in a jealous rage.
> 2. The French men and the woman are living happily in a
menage-a-trois.
> 3. The two German men have a strict weekly schedule alternating visits
> with
> the German woman.
> 4. The two Greek men are sleeping with each other. The woman is
cleaning
> and cooking for them.
> 5. The two English men are waiting for someone to introduce them to
the
> woman.
> 6. The two Bulgarian men took one long look at the ocean and another
long
> look at the Bulgarian woman and started swimming.
> 7. The Japanese have faxed Tokyo and are awaiting instructions.
> 8. The two Chinese men have set up a
> pharmacy/liquor/store/restaurant/laundry. The woman is pregnant with
their
> first employee.
> 9. The two Irish men divided the island into north and south and set
up a
> distillery. Things get sort of foggy each night and they can't
remember if
> they've had sex with the Irish woman or not but they're satisfied
because
> at
> least the English aren't having any fun.
> 10. The two American men are contemplating suicide because the
American
> woman keeps on complaining about sand in everything, insisting she can
do
> everything they can do, expressing the need to equally divide and
organize
> the chores, maintaining that her last boyfriend respected her opinion
and
> treated her nicer than they do, speculating about whether all this
means
> her
> relationship with her mother will improve and asking if the sand and
palm
> trees make her look fat.
> On a group of beautiful deserted islands in the middle of the ocean,
the
> following groups of people are stranded on separate islands:
>
> 2 Italian men and 1 Italian woman
> 2 French men and 1 French woman
> 2 German men and 1 German woman
> 2 Greek men and 1 Greek woman
> 2 English men and 1 English woman
> 2 Bulgarian men and 1 Bulgarian woman
> 2 Japanese men and 1 Japanese woman
> 2 Chinese men and 1 Chinese woman
> 2 Irish men and 1 Irish woman
> 2 American men and 1 American woman
>
> One month later, on these absolutely stunning deserted islands in the
> middle
> of nowhere, the following has occurred:
>
> 1. One Italian man has killed the other Italian man in a jealous rage.
> 2. The French men and the woman are living happily in a
menage-a-trois.
> 3. The two German men have a strict weekly schedule alternating visits
> with
> the German woman.
> 4. The two Greek men are sleeping with each other. The woman is
cleaning
> and cooking for them.
> 5. The two English men are waiting for someone to introduce them to
the
> woman.
> 6. The two Bulgarian men took one long look at the ocean and another
long
> look at the Bulgarian woman and started swimming.
> 7. The Japanese have faxed Tokyo and are awaiting instructions.
> 8. The two Chinese men have set up a
> pharmacy/liquor/store/restaurant/laundry. The woman is pregnant with
their
> first employee.
> 9. The two Irish men divided the island into north and south and set
up a
> distillery. Things get sort of foggy each night and they can't
remember if
> they've had sex with the Irish woman or not but they're satisfied
because
> at
> least the English aren't having any fun.
> 10. The two American men are contemplating suicide because the
American
> woman keeps on complaining about sand in everything, insisting she can
do
> everything they can do, expressing the need to equally divide and
organize
> the chores, maintaining that her last boyfriend respected her opinion
and
> treated her nicer than they do, speculating about whether all this
means
> her
> relationship with her mother will improve and asking if the sand and
palm
> trees make her look fat.