The Ethnic Slur Thread (15 Viewers)
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Back in the days when it was formal, it was a sign of high social status but probably it originated as a precaution against heat and sun rays. Some sects required a head cover for a student as a sign of respect to the scholar and what he's got to say which back in the day was a turban.
I, personally, never wore one myself though I don't mind wearing them.
I, personally, never wore one myself though I don't mind wearing them.
That whole tradition thing is so arbitrary. Someone told me a story of when they were in university in Poland, I guess this was in the 50s. A kid comes in to take an exam, oral exam. He stretches out his arm to greet the highly esteemed professor. Who goes completely nuts. "Don't you know that you never reach out to shake the hand of an elder? He's supposed to do it to you, not you to him! What are you, from a farm?" I think his parents actually did live on a farm, but that's beside the point. These customs are just so stupid. Do this but not this. Why? Just because! At least when there's a justification for it (eg. protect from the sun) I can understand it.
lol .. especially table etiquette, don't put your elbows, eat the soup like this not this, order soup then appetizers then main course then side dish then desert. screw you all .. i will eat the way i like to eat 
) I like to keep one hand in my lap when I don't need them both. Much more comfortable. Which is obviously frowned upon lol.Actually the comfortable thing is another one of those. In Polish there's a saying people use when someone is being overly comfy "aren't you too comfortable?" Ridiculous, there's no such thing. There's comfortable and uncomfortable, no such thing as too much.
If you see me on the subway I'm the guy with his legs stretched out to the full.
