On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Gautam John [29/08/08 18:40 +0530]: > >> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:35 PM, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> its a politeness thing. And not Asian >>> >> >> You don't have to ask if someone has eaten to be polite, yes? >> > > I wonder if there's a culture somewhere where the question is "have you > crapped today?" Now I am having Nishant's symptoms, with Mohan giving me somewhat apprehensive looks. Well...I used to go regularly to the old age home on Hosur Road....and this was a hot topic of discussion amongst the elderly men there. (Never, as far as I heard, amongst the women.) That, and the "gas" problems.... it sometimes seemed that they were considering each other (Shiv!) gastro-enterologists. So yes, I would say that in a geriatric culture, this might be so! Deepa.
