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Soulful sadnessA common trait among Swedish people is a deeply felt svårmod a dark melancholy born out of long winters high taxes and a sense of being stuck far out on a geopolitical and socioeconomic limb They brood a lot over the meaning of life in a selfabsorbed sort of way without ever arriving at satisfactory answersnbspLove allThe Swedes indulge in sport for leisure and sex for pleasure Some people treat sex as a sport in order to combine leisure with pleasure and thus save time and energynbspNurture natureThe Swedes have a dream to save Nature from Man This is more than just a visionits as close to a passion as the Swedes ever getnbspNet lossBecoming rich in Sweden has never been easy As Ingmar Bergman found out even millionaires can have difficulties making ends meet when income tax is levied at 102
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The Chinese are inordinately proud of having invented among a whole host of other things the compass without which the world would have got lost paper without which books would not exist the printing press ditto porcelain no pretty matching chinaware silk no decadence pasta what would the Italians eat the wheelbarrow how would civilisation have fared without it and the bristle toothbrushnbspA guide to understanding the Chinese which dispels or confirms preconceived prejudices with humor and insight
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France is a country that eats drinks and breathes philosophy There is not a farmer fisherman waiter carworker shop assistant or housewife who isnt a closet Diderot or Descartes a SaintSimon or a SartreFrench politicians look smart because power itself is chic attractive seductive and one should dress to look the part The French electorate would never allow any government to intervene in their lives if it were shabbily dressed
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La Dolce VitaThe Italians live life to the fullest and do not feel in the least bit guilty leading a life of leisure and pleasure 24 hours a day seven days a week 52 weeks a year This is what life is all about Italians do not live to work they work to livenbspAchoo BruteThe most common Italian illness is hypochondria Italians are in general extremely healthy people who spend a great deal of their time thinking that they should feel healthier than they donbspA little truth goes a long wayItalians grow up knowing that they have to be economical with the truth All other Italians are so if they didnt play the game they would be at a serious disadvantage They have to fabricate to keep one step aheadnbspAlways look on the bright side of lifeGenerally speaking the Italians tend to look on the bright side of lifea positive outlook aptly illustrated by their touching salutation May the saddest days of your future be the happiest days of your past
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To many the American is a strange creature brash loud and a tad on the prideful side This is a straightforward guide to all things American that explains mannerisms food choices attitudes and a bevy of other idiosyncratic characteristics with plenty of wit Perfect for novices to the country or Yankees looking for a bit of selfanalysis this is a noholdsbarred look at the red white and blue
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From the Character section of the eagerly awaited Xenophobes Guide to the Irish The Irish claimed Sigmund Freud are the only race who cannot be helped by psychoanalysis The general implication is that Irish people are a mass of contradictions and impervious to the rational thought processes that might resolve them
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The couth truthA popular perception of the Irish is that theyre all fiery frecklefaced redheads wholl start a fight at the slightest offence eg being called British The bit about the freckles is accurate enough but the typical Irish person has brown hair and blue eyes And while they may be descended from the Celts a fearless people whose warriors were known to run naked into battle most modernday Irish people would think twice before running naked into the bathroomnbspAvoid the voidTheres no use denying it Irish people talk a lot They dont know why It just seems to pour out of them Maybe its something to do with living on a lonely mistcovered island on the western fringe of Europe Whatever the reason they just cant abide silence Its a vacuum that must be fillednbspThe write stuffThe Irish devotion to literature is almost a character weakness It is said that every Irish person has a book inside him or her Very few of them can be persuaded to leave it therenbspFrom gags to richesThe myth of the thick Paddyonce especially popular in Britainhas waned in recent years But the stereotype of the Irish as a charmingyetfeckless people lingers They are seen as being ruled by their emotions incapable of organization and uninterested in material things This has become very useful in business negotiations The ability to pose as hopeless romantics with no concern for money has been a big factor in making Ireland one of the richest countries in the world
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The fabric of societyThe nation aspires towards a cultural mosaic something like a patchwork quilt whereas Americans have aimed for the melting pot Canadians are essentially practical and have figured out that the batbrained idea of a melting pot would simply never work in a country where 50 of the land never completely thaws at all A quilt is a much more pragmatic idea its cold outsidenbspOn a clear day you can see foreverHaving so much land has a great effect on the character customs and culture of the nation Take for example the prairies The plains of Canada stretch out endlessly The flattest spot in the world can be found here with nary a tree to obstruct the view which leaves the prairie observer with a remarkably huge view of nothing In Saskatchewan it is said that you can watch your dog running away for three daysnbspHonesty is the best policyIn the settling of the Canadian prairies the early pioneers had noone to rely on but themselves and their near neighbors Honesty and integrity were important not to mention things like a good reputation and a virtuous character Its an attitude that persists to this day In areas with sparse population one cannot underestimate the power of public opinion and the potential damage of the rumor mill Peer pressure promotes public propriety Politicians are expected to live up to their promises and are regularly voted out when they regularly dontnbspThe bear truthCanadians are downtoearth even earthy people and there are fewer extremes of class in Canadian society than in many others Arrogance is curtailed by a lack of things about which to brag although in your presence a Canadian might have caught a larger fish or climbed a higher mountain than you have and killed a more ferocious grizzly bear with his bare hands naturally
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Extracts from the book Fun in the sun Anyone attempting to understand the Spanish must first of all recognize the fact that they do not consider anything important except total enjoyment If it is not enjoyable it will be ignoredYou cant buy happiness The happiness of the individual is considered to be much more important than money The goatherd who strolls the countryside with his animals breathing in the fresh air and loving his problemless life is much more admired than the wealthy industrialist who hasnt time to enjoy life and spends quite a lot of his earnings on medicines to calm his peptic ulcersSexplicit In Spain lust is ever in the air There is nothing about the Spanish appreciation of sex that is inhibited or restrained It is accepted that both men and women love making love which is why there are very few sexual crimes in the country
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The quintessence of unspoken mutual understanding is to be found in the word yoroshiku You have understood what I want you to do I have understood that you have understood what I want you to do Therefore I leave it up to you to finish the task and I expect it to be done in the way I want it to be done And I thank you for understanding me and agreeing to take the trouble to do the task All this in four syllablesFor all the apparent worship of the way of the warrior being yasashii which means being gentle tender caring yielding and considerate is very important in Japan Asked what a Japanese values most in a potential spouse both sexes tend to put being being yasashii at the top of their list of desirable virtues The concept is even applied to the inanimate For instance a car or shampoo can be yasashii to you to the eye and to the environment
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Innate instinctsA Scotsman likes to feel that almost by instinct he could guddle a trout palm it out of the water or gralloch a deer disembowel it with his knife even if he spends his day driving a bus or designing softwarenbspA kilty coverupIf the Scots were to shed their seriousness they would be noisier than the Neapolitans and wilder than the dancing Dervishes Their reserve is not a defense against the rest of the world it is a protective cover like the lid of a nuclear reactornbspRob joyCalvinism is still deeply ingrained in the Scottish soul A Scottish poet overcome by the joy of sunshine and blue sky once cried out what a fine day it was The woman to whom he spoke replied Well pay for it well pay for itnbspCunning and cleverThe Scots respect cleverness and like to feel that they possess plenty of it themselves In Scotland there is nothing wrong with being clever so long as you show it by words or actions rather than by bragging You dont have to hide it To say of someone that he has a good conceit of himself is neither praise nor blame just a statement of fact
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