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Message:: [QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 225659, member: 51"]I worked with one. He told me they laugh at an old woman who falls!!!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /> I lived in Holland for 2 1/2 years in the late 80's, have to say I didn't notice that response if someone fell--HOWEVER, I recall going to a university award for someone and the person honored was kind of "roasted" ... it was a bit brutal by U.S. university standards.  Everything was fair game, weight, etc...   If similar happened in the U.S., the university would probably have a lawsuit on their hands, lol. As a child north of Chicago in the late 60's, early 70's, I remember the big thing where I lived was "Polish jokes".  Recently unearthed an interesting photo of my father.  My normally impeccably dressed Dad was wearing loud plaid pants and a mis-matched shirt.  I asked my mom what the heck that photo was, and she said, "Oh, that was a Polish Party your father went to".  I don't think you'd see something like that in the U.S. nowadays, thankfully.[/QUOTE]