This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 27 September, 2009.

Upon entering the lab, I gave an enthusiastic “thumbs up” to a classmate of mine, Maria. She’s from Kyrgyzstan. Then, I got to thinking… isn’t that “the foulest of gesticular insults” in some countries? Hmm.

So I looked it up.

If you find yourself in these places in the world:

• Parts of West Africa, South America, and Sardinia
• Bangladesh
• Iran
• Iraq
• Thailand

… you’ll want to go ahead and not use the thumbs up. Elsewhere (including Russia!) you should be ok.

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