tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489562395997565051.post7094583078872156325..comments2024-02-25T23:43:17.971-05:00Comments on In A New York Minute: History LessonPathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12009295013965711883noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489562395997565051.post-21894912126981789692017-06-21T21:37:16.882-04:002017-06-21T21:37:16.882-04:00No, they showed a bunch of men with brown crusty s...No, they showed a bunch of men with brown crusty stuff on their left hands... which reminds me of this Nigerian man I knew once who would eat with his right hand only... would never pick up a potato chip or anything with left hand due to tradition. I imagine he used TP but the taboo was that strong.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12009295013965711883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489562395997565051.post-27871005077140635772017-06-21T20:02:56.992-04:002017-06-21T20:02:56.992-04:00Surely they washed their hands....Surely they washed their hands....Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489562395997565051.post-59989809351799146822017-06-19T23:22:06.753-04:002017-06-19T23:22:06.753-04:00Yes, Amy is right -- I saw some USO type show on T...Yes, Amy is right -- I saw some USO type show on TV during the Afghan war where some comedian met local Afghans, nomadic types, and she (it may have been Kathy Griffin) somehow held the hand of one, sort of in a friendly way, and thought the dried brown stuff on these men's hands was from gardening or something and then someone told her the truth. Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12009295013965711883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489562395997565051.post-32505825760998764642017-06-19T19:25:06.433-04:002017-06-19T19:25:06.433-04:00That woman was correct, and probably traveled in A...That woman was correct, and probably traveled in Africa and the middle East, where those customs come from. I can back her up.Amy Labodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610961314637480246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489562395997565051.post-74701869002170965912017-06-19T19:00:05.188-04:002017-06-19T19:00:05.188-04:00In my twenties, an older woman I worked with, who ...In my twenties, an older woman I worked with, who was much traveled, told me that throughout the undeveloped world, people use their left hand for wiping. She said that is why you always offer your right hand to a stranger - to offer your left hand is an insult. At the time I totally believed the older woman (who was probably about 35), but I have never heard about this anywhere else.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00354563481503138983noreply@blogger.com