When cultures meet

This is actually untrue, sneezing loudly is just as considered disgusting as blowing your nose in public. The expectation is that you would wear a mouth mask if prone to sneezing (sick, allergies, etc).

@iEatEmoKids In the last panel, I wished for brother Japan to join, wearing such a mask, perhaps sending a stack of masks to brother Korea by robot. Or handing them over with a really long stick.

Hey, i would love to see more Poland in your comics! We have a mermaid and a dragon in our culture, which would be fun to see you take on that, or an easter tradition called smigus dyngus! I would love to see more poland.

@LoveIsLoveandfood +1 Because the mermaid in Warsaw is actually the sister of the one in Copenhagen

@Zeust so.. Poland and danish are actualy siblings?

@Zuperkrunch #9715787 Twins even if I remember correctly

@Zeust That would make an interesting comic.

Meanwhile in India...

Hehehehe....

@chaosgirl13
At first i couldn't believe it, then i saw pictures.

@Liki What do people in india do?

@SiriaEdenbreath
In India it is ok to poop in streets. Just google "india poop in street" or something like that.

@Liki They don't exactly have an abundance of toilets

@Agrandoldtime
Neither do we, yet you won't see a group of people taking shit together in Serbia.

@Liki Well, at least they have a campaign going for everyone to get access to a toilet, by the end of the century or so. Including all those villages which missed the invention of the outhouse by a few millennia.

@Liki
just to make sure we're on the same page, are you referring to the world's largest toilet?

@chaosgirl13
We are on the same page

@Liki
Poo in da loo!!!

Aaaaa also, the flag on South Korea's shirt is wrong in the last two panels.... XD the red is supposed to increase towards the left, the blue to the right and not the other way round.

Can you please make a comic about the philippines offering sweden or norway biscuits of hers called Fita? It's great, it's fish flavoured!
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1493/0474/products/Fita_Spreadz_Spicy_Tuna_Flavor_90g_large.jpg?v=1488340151

Kind of a thing here in Iceland, too. Not as much of the spitting, but a hell of a lot of snorting, and not a lot of nose-blowing. Best case was when I was talking to this extremely well-dressed lady, with the sweetest nature. Totally thrown off guard when she started snorting.

@HelsinkiAngels Actually snorting (meaning pulling up slime and nasal liquids by inhaling fiercely) is much more healthy than blowing one's nose. The high air pressure caused by vigorously blowing through a (partial) blocked nose presses everything including germs into the paranasal sinuses. Which are nice warm and humid semi locked cavities where named germs can live long and prosper :-)
Spitting and coughing or sneezing without measures to stop the infectious spit flying all around the room does not harm the spitter's, cougher's or sneezer's health, but everyone else's.
Lessons learned: use a handkerchief or tissue to catch your germs when sneezing or coughing (or your elbow, otherwise you get the infectious stuff on your hands ready to distribute everywhere you touch) to protect your fellow humans, and snort up all that stuff to guard your own health. And don't spit under any circumstances.

@Eldkatten Good thing I didn't mention anything about health, but thanks for the info?

@HelsinkiAngels (an Icelander here) I never really got how blowing ones nose is any less disruptive than sniffling/snorting, much less how it is not concidered disgusting as well. I mean, loudly removing ones mucus from ones nose is better than audably, but much less so, keeping it in ones body. I mean, if it is really bad and you're sniffling every second or so you might blow your nose, but you go to the bathroom to do it rather than to in publicly in front of everyone else.
Of course it is not really thought to be outwrite rude to blow ones nose publicly (it is distracting as hell though, so expect some attention), but there are also some places one should NEVER blow ones nose. Prime example being at the dinner table. I remember once reading a complaint of sorts that someone wrote about the lack of table manners in Iceland (which, ok, it is true we have less than some other countries) and one of the things he mentioned was people snorting rather than blowing their nose. And, I mean, that's not lack of manners, that's DIFFERENT manners. You DON'T blow your nose when you're eating. If you really want to blow it, excuse yourself and go to a bathroom or something, but don't expect the fact that it's ok in your country change that it isn't ok here.

Sorry for my rant here xp. Wasn't really saying againts your comment, your just happened to grab my attention when already kinda ready to write about this from the comic.
Basically, I do get that different cultures mean different things are concidered rude and/or uncouth. But it does kinda annoy me when people find it strange that other cultures manners are different from their when, really, there aren't really that good reasons for theirs to be concidered more natural or better than the others.

Anyways, sorry again for bothering you with this. Wish you a good day, and a happy new year

FIRST

...We need a Sister South Korea comic

@ABCEastPonymon

Interesting. What would she be like, I wonder? (Aside from appearing Korean). Let's remember that the premise of this comic is that the country characters are based on the stereotypes other countries (particularly Scandinavian countries) have of them, and not necessarily an accurate emulation of people from that country.

Maybe like these Girls Generation, or some other K-pop group? (Yes I know they're not all Korean).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ

When I think "South Korean Girl", I do mostly imagine the stylish, sophisticated, city-girl type. With well-done hair and makeup, a frilly loose blouse, a very short skirt, and high heels. (Probably a bit biased because these are the sort of girls having their picture taken most often, but that IS part of how modern stereotypes form).

"That is not lost which falls from the nose into the mouth." Danish proverb.

@Klaus Perfect.

@Klaus but in this case better just blow from nose..lol..

Happy new year f***ers

@albertest Happy year to you too. But its motherf***ers. Remember to add that too... And dot to end of sentence!

@Mixu thanks