# East or West? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550 "2011-06-15T12:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/61 "2011-06-21T00:46:05Z")
Why is a Swedish pancake like the sun? “Bork bork?” No, this joke is way older than that shtik. Why is a Swedish pancake like the sun? Because it rises in the yeast and sets in the vest. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/62 "2011-06-21T04:24:46Z")
East coast girls are hip. I really dig those styles they wear. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/63 "2011-06-21T08:27:09Z")
If we’re just talking weather in the US, West really IS best. East is a BEAST, especially in the winter. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/64 "2011-06-21T13:31:16Z")
> [@ThelastGentlemanOnEarth](#): > > Considering you’re trying to compare Oriental/Indian and Western cultures per Rudyard Kipling’s poem, both have their own merits: > > East, to find perfect love. > West, to find perfect happiness. > > East, to find perfect health. > West, to find perfect energy. > > East, to find perfect loyalty and kinship. > West, to find perfect honour. > > East, to find perfect food. > West, to find perfect nutrition. > > East, to find perfect natural beauty. > West, to find perfect aesthetics, architecture and man-made creations. > > East, to find perfect spirituality. > West, to find perfect real world knowledge. > > I could go on and on…🙂 Written like a true gentleman, Keep it going Sir!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/65 "2011-06-21T13:33:05Z")
Hmm… I thought happiness results from love.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/66 "2011-06-21T13:35:33Z")
> [@indian](#): > > I thought happiness results from love.🙂 Money won’t buy you happiness, but it’s nice to have it around to be sure you don’t _need_ anything. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/67 "2011-06-21T14:12:52Z")
> [@indian](#): > > **East or West?** > I am curious. Judging by your location, East. Can’t _you_ tell? ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/68 "2011-06-21T14:18:55Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Judging by your location, East. Can’t _you_ tell? Let us transcend locations. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/69 "2011-06-21T15:40:49Z")
East with a decidedly West coast mindset. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/70 "2011-06-21T17:00:16Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Oh, it’s beautiful out there. But you can’t get anywhere with less than a 6 hour drive. Here in the East it will take 6 hours to go nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/71 "2011-06-21T17:43:10Z")
Can’t discuss now. Busy! Sailing seas, east of Java, looking for Krakatoa. Will let you know after we make landfall… ---
**Author:** ![A.Gwilliam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@A.Gwilliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.Gwilliam)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/72 "2011-06-21T18:13:42Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > Can’t discuss now. Busy! Sailing seas, east of Java, looking for Krakatoa. Will let you know after we make landfall… = wins thread ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/73 "2011-06-22T03:02:38Z")
May take him awhile, since Krakatoa’s actually west of Java. ---
**Author:** ![combatko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@combatko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/combatko)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/74 "2011-06-22T15:22:18Z")
> [@indian](#): > > Hmm.. > > I thought happiness results from love.🙂 You’ve obviously never been married. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![A.Gwilliam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@A.Gwilliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.Gwilliam)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/75 "2011-06-26T13:21:25Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > May take him awhile, since Krakatoa’s actually west of Java. I believe you have been wooshed. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/76 "2011-06-26T13:46:10Z")
And a Google fight says West : 2.98B East 2.15B West \> East. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/77 "2011-06-26T14:44:45Z")
Over the ocean. Thanks for the [earworm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz0MhWZ9MJI). West ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/78 "2011-06-26T15:35:38Z")
> [@A.Gwilliam](#): > > I believe you have been wooshed. 🆒 It wouldn’t be the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/79 "2011-06-30T08:06:51Z")
If you go far enough east, you end up in the west. And vice versa. so I remain ‘midway between’. > [@indian](#): > > I thought happiness results from love.🙂 Happiness results from endorphins. And the world only goes around because there’s a guy pedaling in the middle. Sorry to burst your bubble. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550.md?page=3)