• @[email protected]
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    541 year ago

    I saw a video yesterday that in Japan, your hosts will offer to serve green tea on rice. Apparently this is a hint for the guests to leave.

      • @Viking_Hippie
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        271 year ago

        Which of course is never true in Poland 😁

    • @Viking_Hippie
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      321 year ago

      In Denmark, the host will sometimes serve soup or another light dish to signal that it’s time for them to leave. It’s actually informally known as “go away-food”

      I wish I had the confidence and rudimentary cooking abilities to serve guests go away-food 😆

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          91 year ago

          Leading to a training montage. Years later, your roommate tries your three thousandth attempt at fuck-off soup, smiles at you, stands up and says “whelp…”

          • @Viking_Hippie
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            81 year ago

            Nah, that’s different. Fuckoffee is coffee you drink to build up or maintain energy for prolonged sessions of fucking.

          • @[email protected]
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            61 year ago

            I think the literal translation of the name is “rot away coffee” so it might have something to do with tuberculosis or leprosy? The rest is reserved for special occasions, unless you’re from Rotterdam of course.

          • @Viking_Hippie
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            51 year ago

            Nah, that’s what you serve if a far right politician visits.

      • @[email protected]
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        141 year ago

        It isn’t that difficult.

        Go away food doesn’t need to taste good. In fact, it helps them go away much faster.

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          91 year ago

          It’s up to you, really. You can fuck off right away, eat the soup and then fuck off or you can have fucked off before the soup was served 🤷

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          111 year ago

          It very much is. Maybe it’s not a custom in your part of the country but here in Østjylland and in Himmerland, it definitely is.

          • Norgur
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            51 year ago

            So ist the logic behind this to say “looks we were planning on having dinner about now” implying that the guest is intruding but in order to show hospitality, you’d have to invite them to the meal, so you server some plain-ass soup that won’t cost you squat if the guest should accept your offer but is bland enough so that the guest will likely pass anyway?

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              71 year ago

              I think it’s more like “we’ll give you a bit of food for the journey. Nothing too heavy so you’ll want to sit down for a long time, but decent food nonetheless. Now kindly scram”

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      121 year ago

      I’m Brazilian and over here we can both, place a broom behind the front door or start doing the dishes

      • LemmyInRedditSux
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        111 year ago

        How does the act of placing a broom behind the front door signify the guest should leave? The broom is blocking the exit. 🤔

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Carrie Fisher would have her copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special if she wanted everyone to leave.