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Why don't you be helpful for once and suggest a Cantonese remedy or two for this ailment.

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Well when the imaginary boyfriend and I were touring Kyushu in the 1980s we put up in a magnificent hot spring hotel overloooking the port at Beppu. There, we were able to soak in a suspension of volcanic sludge whilst admiring the view. This place issued us with talc that had a mild tingling effect that we found very pleasant in the humid clime. One suspects that the same effect might be had by crushing chilli or rosehip seeds and mixing with talc. Perhaps you could try it and let us know the results.  

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If it's a fungus; before the chilli and talc use a vinegar and water rinse--And douch with it.  You certainly don't want that stuff to spread!...The health department would make you wear a quarantine sign on your arse--And that would be a real kick in the seat!





I've seen photos of hot white-mud baths at a spa somewhere in Thailand.  Anyone know where it's located?



 





  

Edited by: Edith at: 27/10/05 8:16 am

We said Cantonese, not Japanese.



Anyway, did the staff at the "magnificent hot spring hotel" go into a fussing frenzy as Empress davidcal made her grand entrance in her new clothes?



PS Did they charge a joiner's fee for the Pekinese?

Edited by: Yimsuai  at: 27/10/05 8:11 am

Hey, Davidcal, if you're so concerned about trolling, why would you complain about trolling in this post, then repost again and again, within the same topic?  Seems like you enjoyed this post, but lack the courage to admit you enjoyed it.  If not true, why on earth would you bother to reply, over and over, within the same topic?  



Hypocrisy, as usual.

Engaging in discourse is not trolling Richard. Suggesting that my fellow countryman do not bathe, is, as is repeatedly suggesting that my partner is canine, Yimsewage. It was never funny in the first place and its daily repitition is wet, sad, lame and tired.



 

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Edited by: davidcal  at: 27/10/05 9:43 am

Again, another one guilty of the worst possible crime:  lack of a sense of humor.  How sad.  If it's any consolation, the French bathe less than the British, or so I'm told.  



 

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If it's any consolation, the French bathe less than the British,

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Very true! It is strange how many stereotypes are in fact true.



17 May 2005

EVERYONE IN EUROPE DISLIKES THE FRENCH

By Ian Sparks



THE French are rude, unhygienic and humourless according to a survey...by the FRENCH.



The unflattering poll confirms the deep-rooted prejudices against them across the rest of Europe.



The Germans see them as pretentious and frivolous, while the Dutch find them unreliable and too talkative.



The Spanish say they are unfriendly, vain and rude and the Swedes reckon they are immoral, disorganised and dirty.



And the insults continue - with the Portuguese branding them conceited and the Italians finding them arrogant and inward-looking.



Not quite as bad as the Greeks who say they are "stupid, egocentric bigmouths". The British view is that President Jacques Chirac's people are stubborn, chauvinistic and lack humour.



The devastating study was conducted by French journalist Jose-Manuel Lamarque and Paris-based sociology professor Olivier Clodong. They wanted to see if the damning findings of a similar poll two years ago were still true - and they are.



Lamarque said: "If anything, it's worse. Perhaps we should wake up to what people think about us."



The survey also found the French think the British are snobbish, impolite...and hate the French.

Edited by: Dr Anne Thrope at: 27/10/05 11:57 am

It is amazing how some posters are able to quickly come up with articles relevant to the topic, so quickly.  If I had to give an award, though, I'd have to give it to those that found the London double-decker bus second floor slashing articles.  



I forgot what this topic was all about, but if it's OK to do some French bashing, I was once on a non-air conditioned bus in Dijon, and a woman in a strapless dress shoved her hairy armpit right into my face.  I thought I was going to die right there.  



Joan Rivers used to have a joke about Christina Onassis, which was, "I met Christina Onassis at a party, I said what a lovely fur you have on... turned out she was in a strapless dress."



 

I am going to stand by the side of the road and look at every bhat bus that goes by in hopes Pearl might be in it. I would not stare but sure would get an eye full as she  went by getting full benefit of the wind in her sails.