Asia Explained with a Sign

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They want you to wash your own crappy draws and socks. I usually wash those and jeans myself and find a dry cleaner or the best washer in town for the rest.

Jaded?? Why not go home to rural Indiana I think it is, find an antiseptic launderette and a Mom and Pop diner that does good fried breakfasts and settle down

Gadget from has written 831 comments

I deleted a few comments, I guess there are not many travelers in the crowd, and I just got people angry, wow what fun, the Brits would have a fun taking the Piss with these people.

This sign is tantamount to the saying in Thailand,
- Same Same but different.

The sign says,
- Mutual Hygienic Protection -

It for sure is better for the laundry, there is no benefit for me at all. In a Nigeria sort of way, they are trying to convince me a bad thing is a good thing.

A Western person will go into a restaurant and ask for soy sauce, they person will bring fish sauce. The person says, can I have Soy Sauce, the Thai person says,
- Same Same -

In West Africa, the Nigeria people never stop talking, they are like annoying salesmen who does not listen and continues to talk. Many leaders of the world talk and talk and talk, telling all sorts of jolly good comments. Somehow the people are happy listening to this gibberish, as if the way something is better than reality.

There is a patting on our shoulder in most Asian countries, stay calm, it is OK, and in the end we never get what they agreed to give us, however we probably got something we did not ask for. (A small childs sock came back with my clothes.)

All they have to say is
- Sock and underwear are not accepted.-

The mutual part makes me not trust them...

Here is the funny part, I went in, put my clothes on the counter, I seen the sign, and said,
- There are socks and underwear in the bundle. -

She says,
- No problem, the sign is not important.-

On and on, left and right, the goal of communication is to function, to work, to be clear, to have a meeting of the minds. In reality it is like a room full of people stumbling around in a room, once in awhile they accidentally meet and agree, however there is no clarity.

All people are dysfunctional, in a way, I am extremely dysfunctional in the Philippines, it just is not possible to talk with people and have a simple conversation. My way of looking at the world does not function here, I can survive, however the simple things in life are difficult, and the difficult things are easy.

If the writing above annoys you, please stay home, this is just a sign on a web page, the real things is a soap opera on steroids. I am tolerant, I have lived with this for 11 years, to get angry at this page is intolerant.. hehehe and fun.

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Sorry to say Andy but all countries mostly likely the same. Say one thing mean another. Trust me, I just got off the phone with 2 really nice ladies who take care of our kind of health insurance. I have a bill for your dad in one hand and a statement from in the insurance in the other hand. It says call this number if you need help with your claim, same number on both forms. I call and the lady answering says I have called incorrect number. I explain this is number on my form. Answer is we make lots of mistakes on forms so please call a different number. She gives it to me and tells me they will answer same questions just a different phone number. OK, I do and they ask if I called other number and of course I say yes. The lady says OK I will answer your question anyway since you have me on phone. She says we always pay a $20.00 co pay but this time we will pay a $12.50 co pay. I want to know why. She says do not worry about it as it will be fine. After a lot more silly stuff I give up and hope they send me a new insurance card with your dads name spelled correctly even if the lady says it does not matter but they will send a new one. They said this 3 months ago. OH WELL, that is life so relax and enjoy it.