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To: epicure who wrote (71710)	1/9/2000 1:30:00 AM
From: Michael M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

J. Buffet warns us, "Don't try to describe the ocean, if you've never seen it....." It is obvious that you HAVE seen China. The nose-picking thing is beyond belief. Farting and spitting is also popular. Did you eat where the custom was not to wait somewhere else until your table was ready -- but, to simply stand behind a chair until that eater finished? M

To: epicure who wrote (71710)	1/9/2000 1:11:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Your descriptions of China are just about as I had imagined from travel films, other travelers' descriptions, and the unfortunate personal habits of some of San Francisco's most recent Asian immigrants. I am not particularly afraid of nice, polite and familiar domestic germs like those which live on members of my immediate family, but I do skip and jump to avoid frequent dollops of what Mr. Christine indelicately refers to as "lung butter" on San Francisco city sidewalks, and do not ride the buses here because there is a genuine tuberculosis risk. However, I do believe China is one of those places that you either love or hate. I have large white friend at work who takes several long vacations there every year, and avidly looks forward to the next one.