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Posted September 28, 2016
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Goodaltgamer: Actually in parts of Germany that is what you do when you get married.

Throwing white dishes/porcelain. It is supposed to bring luck to the newly wed couple.
I thought that was a Greek tradition. :-)
Posted September 28, 2016
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Gede: I thought that was a Greek tradition. :-)
hmmmm....and what about Portugal? Now such tradition?

And I admit, I have no idea where this tradition comes from ;)
Posted September 28, 2016
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Goodaltgamer: hmmmm....and what about Portugal? Now such tradition?
No. It is the standard western weddings: church, bride, photos, food, dance, cake.
Posted September 28, 2016
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Gede: No. It is the standard western weddings: church, bride, photos, food, dance, cake.
Are you sure? Are you really sure? Are you sure that you are sure? Are you sure about that you are sure about being sure?

No big stick involved? ;)
Posted September 28, 2016
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zeogold: Uh...would you mind translating that page for me? I can understand a fair bit of Spanish, but Portuguese, while similar, is a ways out of my league.
What are the sticks for?
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Gede: The Caretos wear crude masks, where the pointy nose stands out, made of leather, wood or common tin, painted in red, black, yellow or green. Colour is also one of the most noticeable attributes of their dressing: costumes of stranded quilts of red wool, green and yellow, with a strand of bells around the waist and [those strips of leather crossed on their torso] with bells. Their costume also includes a stick that supports them while running and jumping.
The rustic environment cannot be dissociated from this mysterious figure.
Ah, thank you. That makes much more sense than my translation of "Add more ostrich to rudimentary macara with a side of beef noses, false tongues, and swearing green piñatas made of socks".

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Gede: Moving along to something that includes no sticks.
In that case, how can it be a celebration?
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Gede: On midnight people may eat 12 raisins (some times standing on a chair) and some throw dishes out the window.
...they do LOOK out the window before throwing, right? o_O
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Goodaltgamer: No big stick involved? ;)
I think that comes AFTER the wedding.
Edit: Good Lord. I've been on this place too long. Now I'M starting to make innuendo jokes.
Post edited September 28, 2016 by zeogold
Posted September 28, 2016
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zeogold: "Add more ostrich to rudimentary macara with a side of beef noses, false tongues, and swearing green piñatas made of socks".
You United Statesians, you kill me.
Posted September 28, 2016
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zeogold: I think that comes AFTER the wedding.
Edit: Good Lord. I've been on this place too long. Now I'M starting to make innuendo jokes.
I think you just watched too much of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge9HiWdGBOo

(ignore the German, just saying about celebrating KNUT ;) )
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zeogold: ...they do LOOK out the window before throwing, right? o_O
Why shall they?

unlike people in the US they are used to watch out 360*360 ;)

Ever driving in Portugal? OK, really, and I mean really not as bad as Italy or France!!!!!!!!
Post edited September 28, 2016 by Goodaltgamer
Posted September 28, 2016
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zeogold: ...they do LOOK out the window before throwing, right? o_O
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Goodaltgamer: Why shall they?
To make sure they clock in the 5 points they get for every pedestrian they hit, 3 points for every squirrel, and 10 points for every car?
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Goodaltgamer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge9HiWdGBOo
Knuthing about that made sense.
Post edited September 28, 2016 by zeogold
Posted September 28, 2016
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zeogold: To make sure they clock in the 5 points they get for every pedestrian they hit, 3 points for every squirrel, and 10 points for every car?
Sorry no squirrels, just Surströmming. And if you don't finish this, means -50 points!
Posted September 29, 2016
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Gede: Moving along to something that includes no sticks.
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zeogold: In that case, how can it be a celebration?
OK, OK, you got me there. Here you go. Or more seriously, this one (but that is from Brazil!).

Oh, I do hope people look before they throw stuff out the window, but I believe accidents may have happened. ;-)
Post edited September 29, 2016 by Gede
Posted September 29, 2016
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timppu: 1. The front doors of our homes open outwards, not inwards. This seems to blow the minds of furriners over and over again, they just can't get over it. I mean, doors opening outwards! Who could have thought that?
This raises some questions: can't you accidentally hit a passer by on the face while opening the door? Also, what about snow? Doesn't the snow pile up in front of your door preventing you from opening it?
Posted September 29, 2016
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Gede: This raises some questions: can't you accidentally hit a passer by on the face while opening the door? Also, what about snow? Doesn't the snow pile up in front of your door preventing you from opening it?
Actually wrong thinking!

Imagine you are snowed in, you open the door, what will happen?

And the Finnish are even more protective of their privacy as some other folks, the main question is, WTF have you got to do in front of my door ;).
Posted September 29, 2016
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timppu: 1. The front doors of our homes open outwards, not inwards. This seems to blow the minds of furriners over and over again, they just can't get over it. I mean, doors opening outwards! Who could have thought that?
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Gede: This raises some questions: can't you accidentally hit a passer by on the face while opening the door? Also, what about snow? Doesn't the snow pile up in front of your door preventing you from opening it?
I saw the same thing in Japan. The main problem I see is in principle:

If it's a house with a yard, fine, but if it's an apartment then when you open the door your private property (your door) will be taking up public space (the hallway).

That's the reason why in my house we had to put glass blocks in the kitchen instead of a window that opens outwards. Because even though the neighbouring property is a house, and we are several stories high, we would be intruding upon his property.
Posted September 29, 2016
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timppu: 1. The front doors of our homes open outwards, not inwards. This seems to blow the minds of furriners over and over again, they just can't get over it. I mean, doors opening outwards! Who could have thought that?
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Gede: This raises some questions: can't you accidentally hit a passer by on the face while opening the door?
I guess we don't tend to throw a door wide open at full force when going outside, but open it a bit more slowly.

Likewise, people probably don't tend to walk right next to the wall either so that they'd instantly get hit by a door if it opened even a bit.

Frankly, I never recall this being an issue, either me hitting someone on their face with my door, or someone hitting me with their door. When people e.g. ring a doorbell in other countries, do they always stay their nose stuck to the door when waiting for it to open? :)

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Gede: Also, what about snow? Doesn't the snow pile up in front of your door preventing you from opening it?
I never recall that being an issue either for some reason. Maybe we don't get that much snow then. :) More likely it is because the front doors are usually decked so snow doesn't really pile up right in front of the doors. For instance this is quite a common type of house in Finland:

http://asunnot.oikotie.fi/myytavat-asunnot/h%C3%A4meenlinna/13497921

or this older apartment house in a city:

http://asunnot.oikotie.fi/myytavat-asunnot/helsinki/13497617

As you can see their front doors are decked and also raised so there should really be snowing a lot (and no one ever sweeping the snow away) before it could block those doors. When we are thinking of apartment doors (which is what I was more thinking when writing about the doors), the hallways where those apartment doors are are usually indoors where snow is naturally not an issue.

On the other hand if we are talking about room doors inside the apartments and houses, they usually open inwards towards the rooms, except for bathrooms and toilets.
Post edited September 29, 2016 by timppu
Posted September 29, 2016
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DaCostaBR: That's the reason why in my house we had to put glass blocks in the kitchen instead of a window that opens outwards.
I like to pull my pants down and press my arse against those glass bricks.

It looks awesome from the other side, like a windscreen roadkill.
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