# Another rant of mine. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 30, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269 "2004-11-30T03:00:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/41 "2004-11-30T21:33:57Z")
Ha, I’m Korean, and I think I scored a 6 out of 10 on the “Am I Asian or Not” quiz I found on the internet a while ago. That’s tough stuff there. Seriously though, go **gobear** with the KP (Korean Pride). I blame it on the Korean’s not having actively attacked any major world powers in recent history. That, and the Japanese seem to make all the good candy. At least that’s what I’ve discovered in the Korean grocery stores everywhere I’ve lived. More on topic, I hope your friend was joking. My friends and I joke like that all the time. If he/she wasn’t, though, then it’s all about breaking out the hapkido on him/her. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/42 "2004-11-30T21:35:14Z")
See, the correct response is to roll your eyes and say, “What the fuck is wrong with you Italians?” That is, of course, assuming that your friend isn’t of Italian ancestry. You **do** know, right? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/43 "2004-11-30T22:28:27Z")
> [@audiobottle](#): > > I blame it on the Korean’s not having actively attacked any major world powers in recent history. You are right. Look at the Canadians? Exactly. Korea is the Canada of Asia. ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/44 "2004-11-30T23:33:12Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > You are right. > Look at the Canadians? > > Exactly. > > Korea is the Canada of Asia. Wow, I get the best of both worlds then. I’m also a Torontonian. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/45 "2004-11-30T23:37:27Z")
> [@dare\_devil007\_](#): > > Oh, and another thing. Korean martial arts is known as “tae kwon do.” 😛 … and hwa rang do, hapkido, jeet kune do, tae kyon… I knew that, and I’m one another of them round-eyed Americans who pronounces them all whoop-ass. VunderBob, the fattest TKD 1st Dan in Virginia ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/46 "2004-12-01T01:34:08Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > … and hwa rang do, hapkido, jeet kune do, tae kyon… > > I knew that, and I’m one another of them round-eyed Americans who pronounces them all whoop-ass. > > VunderBob, the fattest TKD 1st Dan in Virginia 1st Dan. what about the 2nd dan or third…did you whoop ass on any Tim’s or Mike’s. Or is Dan the Man? ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/47 "2004-12-01T01:39:50Z")
Dan’s definitely the man. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/48 "2004-12-01T01:47:34Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > 1st Dan. what about the 2nd dan or third…did you whoop ass on any Tim’s or Mike’s. Or is Dan the Man? Busted my foot (2 toes and the matching metatarsals) in a tournament when my roundhouse kick connected with the elbow of a guy named Steve… ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/49 "2004-12-01T01:55:02Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Busted my foot (2 toes and the matching metatarsals) in a tournament when my roundhouse kick connected with the elbow of a guy named Steve… Wow…and I thought stubbing my toe on my desk was painful. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/50 "2004-12-01T01:56:40Z")
> [@dare\_devil007\_](#): > > Wow…and I thought stubbing my toe on my desk was painful. I didn’t even know I had any metatarsals to break… ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/51 "2004-12-01T01:58:03Z")
On reflection, I think it’s a jock thing, because David Beckham has them as well. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269/52 "2004-12-01T03:01:36Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > When I was in college, my freshman year roommate was rather impressed with a Pitt football player who had the same last name that I do. My last name is fairly common, so this is not in and of itself indicative of anything. > > She asked if he was my brother. > > I was somewhat dumbfounded as I am a white Russian/Polish/German descedant and he is black. Maybe it’s just that I know a lot of transracial adoptive families, but I might have asked the same question (well, it was kinda dumb seeing as the name was common, but you get my point). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-rant-of-mine/277269.md?page=2)