....Brandes spoke good English, he said, and since eating him Meiwes English had improved...

...that's worth noting to any language students out there

lmao...

It is indeed, he should have sent it back

I'm sorry but its just too funny. I can't stop laughing. :laugh3:

Paris Syndrome

Paris syndrome is a condition exclusive to Japanese tourists and nationals, which causes them to have a mental breakdown while in the famous city. Of the millions of Japanese tourists that visit the city every year, around a dozen suffer this illness and have to be returned to their home country.

The condition is basically a severe form of ‘culture shock’. Polite Japanese tourists who come to the city are unable to separate their idyllic view of the city, seen in such films as Amelie, with the reality of a modern, bustling metropolis.

Japanese tourists who come into contact with, say, a rude French waiter, will be unable to argue back and be forced to bottle up their own anger which eventually leads to a full mental breakdown.

The Japanese embassy has a 24hr hotline for tourists suffering for severe culture shock, and can provide emergency hospital treatment if necessary.

i heard they dont have round abouts in japan

i used to no this guy - he kept writting crazy stupid meaningless poems on everything - they took him into hospital and sectioned him - i felt so sorry for him.

..Yeah, I know what you mean, but some are real and some are just nutjobs...I have a phobia of blood, I think it is a real phobia..I faint if I cut my finger or anything small like that...I thought I would grow out of it but haven't...I don't know if it is an actual phobia but it feels like one

I've always been fascinated by Munchausen Syndrome

Most people would know what this mental disorder is all about: the sufferer feigns, exaggerates, or creates symptoms of illnesses in himself or herself in order to gain attention, sympathy, and comfort from medical personnel. While we all have a tiny spark of “attention *****” in us, patients who suffer from Munchausen sometimes go to dangerous and extreme measures, like this horrifying story about Sarena Sherrard, who “injected fecal matter into her infant daughter to bring attention to herself.”



Exploding head syndrome
I imagine this syndrome to not being very pleasant: The person occasionally experience a tremendously loud noise as if from within his or her own head, usually described as an explosion or a roar. I wonder if this would be like migraine

Aww those poor Japanese people. :laugh:

Munchausen syndrome by proxy, is the term for parents/adults causing illness to a child.
Exploding head syndrome ...yep i have thateverytime my kids p me off! lol. Phobias are different to a fear, i stopped a friend of mine from running off a cliff as she thought there was a wasp chasing her...the fear is all consuming you can not fake it.

They mentioned Paris Syndrome on QI once.

Im surprised more americans dont exhibit that in the UK, as we dont walk round speaking the queens english wearing bowler hats.

Good point. Maybe when they get home they tell all there friends not to come here :laugh:

yep if they want rude obnoxious people they can stay at home..:)

:amazed:

..Stephen Fry is an oracle

I'm sure lots of people do have phobias, like Kizzy friend, and Ammi's thing with blood... but lots of people don’t when they claim they do. They’re a bit scared of spiders so have arachnophobia. I used be terrified of spiders when I was little but my parents didn’t buy into it and now I can pick them up and throw them out now. If you watch I'm A Celebrity get Me Out Of Here, they've ALL got bloody phobias: rats, heights, water, snakes, cockroaches, spiders, the dark, enclosed spaces... gimme a break!

..surely you're not suggesting Gillian was faking it...surely not...poor woman..I was completely taken in...........

Can you really juggle spiders?....:)

Livia can do anything.....true story

I have a phobia of spider jugglers...

Sarcam Ammi, is the lowest form of wit, they say. I think they're wrong... I like it.

There will be a clinical term for it. Arachnotossaphobia. If it isn't that, it should be.

Thats it! thats what i have and its not just aracnotossers...its all tossers! ;)

Triskaidekaphobia – Who’s scared of “13″?
What’s your lucky number? Maybe anything but the “13″? Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number “13″, while the fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia.The fear is deeply rooted in numerous cultural and religious believes, often referred to as “evil”. Tetraphobia is the fear of the number 4 in China, Japan, and Korea.

...I love 13