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Aristus

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6. Yet another reason why one does not want to fuck with the Vietnamese.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 11:30 AM

Aug 2014

The culture that gave us pho, ao dais, and what one author described as "shockingly beautiful" women, also gave us endless nasty wars, punji stakes, and walking in someone else's stomach with wooden shoes on...

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Saturday, August 23rd. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day. [View all] Aristus Aug 2014 OP

I think some people just have a secret fantasy of killing someone. Tobin S. Aug 2014 #1

What a great line, my dear Aristus! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2014 #2

The Vietnamese have an expression pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #3

A culture that is 3,000 years old will almost always have a great way Aristus Aug 2014 #4

One expression I have always marveled at was taught to me by a South Vietnamese Army officer pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #5

Yet another reason why one does not want to fuck with the Vietnamese. Aristus Aug 2014 #6

Bah. Amateurs. malthaussen Aug 2014 #8

The punji stakes and wooden shoes expression are not really good examples pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #9

I find Vietnamese culture very complex and interesting. Aristus Aug 2014 #10

Your classmate sounds like a friend of mine pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #11

I've wanted to visit Vietnam for years. Aristus Aug 2014 #12

I've seen net posts advising people to visit VN soon, while it's still an 'adventure destination' pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #13

My hovercraft is full of eels. antiquie Aug 2014 #7