Comments on: Well, You Wouldn’t Want the Digit to Go to Waste http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:46:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: hoju_saram http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102804 hoju_saram Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:29:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102804 At least they pay severance in Japan... At least they pay severance in Japan…

]]> By: Zonath http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102775 Zonath Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:11:01 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102775 Never ask a chick in Japan for her digits. :P Never ask a chick in Japan for her digits. :P

]]> By: austin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102774 austin Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:58:24 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102774 Unfortunately if you cut off a finger, whenever protesting an issue, the maximum times you can protest is 10, unless you start moving onto other digits, then it's 21! Unfortunately if you cut off a finger, whenever protesting an issue, the maximum times you can protest is 10, unless you start moving onto other digits, then it’s 21!

]]> By: slim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102763 slim Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:39:18 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102763 Yakuza have been cutting off fingers for decades. Wussified modern ones do it with local anathesia in outpatient surgery. Yakuza have been cutting off fingers for decades. Wussified modern ones do it with local anathesia in outpatient surgery.

]]> By: xixi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102760 xixi Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:21:04 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102760 It just confirms the fact that Japanese people and culture originated from Korea. I think it is the 25% Korean DNA that's behind the finger cutting. It just confirms the fact that Japanese people and culture originated from Korea. I think it is the 25% Korean DNA that’s behind the finger cutting.

]]> By: wjk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102756 wjk Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:48:20 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102756 so, western expats, are you now ready to accept that Korea is not the only country where men cut off their fingers to make a point? It's an East Asia thing, dating to many centuries, with probable origin from China. I wonder how that douchebag that was saying this was a Korean thing is taking this new event. Denial, most likely. I personally like my fingers. The most I would do is shave my head. so, western expats, are you now ready to accept that Korea is not the only country where men cut off their fingers to make a point?

It’s an East Asia thing, dating to many centuries, with probable origin from China.

I wonder how that douchebag that was saying this was a Korean thing is taking this new event. Denial, most likely.

I personally like my fingers. The most I would do is shave my head.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102754 R. Elgin Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:07:22 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/well-you-wouldnt-want-the-digit-to-go-to-waste/#comment-102754 First the Koreans, now the Japanese. The average Chinese seem to like their fingers but have horrible leadership, so maybe they should cut off their government and declare themselves better off than their neighbors. First the Koreans, now the Japanese. The average Chinese seem to like their fingers but have horrible leadership, so maybe they should cut off their government and declare themselves better off than their neighbors.

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