one of the funny and rather old fashioned things I enjoy about Turkey and the Turks are the little funny things they will claim and will really believe. Sayings along the lines of 'if you go outside with wet hair you will get sick' and therefore you will never catch a Turk with any pride outside with wet hair. So, okay, I'll go along with this when it is cold and rainy out....but in the middle of the summer when my hair will dry faster in the hot humid air than it would using up electricity and arm strength blowdrying my hair, really?? anyways, I've come to appreciate these idiosyncrasies over the past year but the other day I heard one that just absolutely tops the cake: yes, it was the end of November but it was sunny and 70 degrees outside, so it certainly felt like late spring and no one was wearing a coat. And so I had on my cute flats with open toes, not sandals mind you, just opened toed flats. I was with two Turks walking to lunch and we were talking and at one point my friend made a comment telling me I must be cold because of my shoes. I said no, it was gorgeous out, no reason to be cold. Then my other friend pointed out, first in turkish and then translated for me that if my toes get cold I will get diarrhea...!! seriously, that was first I had ever heard of such a connection....not sure I believe, but I do think I may spread such strange beliefs around the world, or at least to America, purely for entertainment purposes. Of course if anyone has scientific/medical proof that this is true, please, do enlighten me.
ps. also I've updated a lot of my picasa photo albums so if you get bored you can check them out
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