# Never Stare Down a Korean Vice-President (International Doper feedback?)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 20, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-stare-down-a-korean-vice-president-international-doper-feedback/246246 "2004-05-20T21:17:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-stare-down-a-korean-vice-president-international-doper-feedback/246246/41 "2004-05-25T00:09:16Z")

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Was this site produced by the same folks who translated the Hungarian phrase meaning 'Can you direct me to the station? as ‘Please fondle my bum’?

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**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-stare-down-a-korean-vice-president-international-doper-feedback/246246/42 "2004-05-25T16:57:30Z")

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The Germany section seems to be a bit dated (on manners, role of women, etc. by some 2-3 decades). One gesture mentioned (the two-fisted one) is unknown to me.

For business purposes I consider [this site](http://www.executiveplanet.com/business-etiquette/Germany.html) to be more accurate. (The site seems to be targeted at a truly worldwide audience so it expressly mentions some things that are pretty universal in modern European/North American cultures but maybe not in others.)

> [@Einmon](#):
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> …  
> _Do not leave any food on your plate when you are finished eating._
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> That’s a strange suggestion. Am I supposed to hide left-overs under my napkin? Push them off the plate onto the table? Drop them onto the floor and say “Oops”? Put them in my handbag and rejoice about the snack for the afternoon?  
> …

I suspect the author referred to heaping food on one’s plate and then not eating up (what Germans refer to as the eyes having been larger than the stomach).

> [@Shade](#):
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> I think they missed one:
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> > [@](#):
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> > Germany: Don’t mention the war!

That’s actually not an absolute rule, Mr. F. Of course any really serious topic is a perilous one in conversation, but where pertinent (and not gratuitous, like usually in the British press ☹ ) it’s mentionable.

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