<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b3e9028a-2c84-474c-bb43-405ccb094913/C86DCA2A-AEF0-452A-8726-06AEC5860B8F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html" href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.darkroastedblend.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html">Some of the odd, unusual and somewhat bewildering things that took me by surprise:<BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><B>1)</B> Koreans don't whistle. In fact, many Koreans can't whistle. When I asked my students why, they said that whistling was taboo. I'll have to look into that one a bit more.<BR><BR><B>2)</B> Teachers must not correct books using a red pen! If you write someone's name in red, it means they are dead!<BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/2896CFAB-5375-4519-A9E6-0671C967CF2D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><B>3)</B> There is a TV channel devoted 24/7 to a board game called Paduk, which is a bit like chess. On-screen you see the board and hands occasionally moving pieces. I think that channel would slowly take over my life if it weren't for the other TV channels, which just show teenagers playing video games all day and night. In fact, it's the same video game all of the time and it's not even a very good one. I mean, if it were Age of Empires or something, at least it would look nice.<BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><B>4)</B> Commercial breaks are longer than the actual programmes. Sometimes, you'll </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><B aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">5)</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><B aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">6)</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/8354C4C4-D039-4EF9-A8F9-B057E13462F0" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/8EE54786-796C-454A-8A3F-9AF85CCC1074" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/4592C69D-42B0-49DB-9D71-A6DC907C2809" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html">Another abandoned building, probably a hotel, nearby -<BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/DD5F5D3E-8838-45B5-BF2B-8F7A4F357FF7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><B>8)</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><B aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">9)</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><B aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">10)</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><B aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">11)</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/3A2904F1-B604-42C9-BB54-D73C97DB2907" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><B aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">13)</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/09/surprising-findings-in-north-and-south.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/4BCD13A9-8A9D-4ABE-811C-343204FCEA6A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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