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Post by kathleen34 on Feb 9, 2006 11:09:38 GMT -5
I was unable to complete the 'punch line' as to why sushi won. With all the other wonderful things about this story that I started out hating .... I'm sticking with it but am still troubled with fuzzy subtitles. My day will be made brighter if I someone would tell me the end of the 'joke'. Wasn't last nite's episode dark and wonderful all at the same time!
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Post by Lucy on Feb 9, 2006 11:36:42 GMT -5
Sushi won because dumpling had to go find the soy sauce (or wait for the soy sauce, one of the two). Yeah, I don't get it either. Maybe it's better in Korean. (What did one wall say to the other wall? Meetcha at the corner. --You know, that kind of thing.) Because you use soy sauce with sushi as well as dumplings, so maybe it's an aural pun or whatever you call 'em.
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Post by Lucy on Feb 9, 2006 11:38:58 GMT -5
By the way, I agree with you, K34. Last night's episode was great. Our little Bi did a good job. At first I thought his smile was so fake, but then I realized that's exactly what he was going for. It was as if he was saying, "You like me when I smile, don't you, little girl? Mwahahahaha." And that smile got more false and more menacing as their daylong "date" went on, didn't it? This is getting good.
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Post by kathleen34 on Feb 9, 2006 12:43:09 GMT -5
Thanks Lucy... you're right ... even if I HAD been able to read it I wouldn't have known what it meant. One of those 'you gotta be there' things.
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Post by donilpark on Feb 9, 2006 13:45:40 GMT -5
They translated it as sushi? Yeah, obviously, then it wouldn't have made sense because you use soy sauce with sushi as well. The actual word was kimbap. And you don't use soy sauce with kimbap. But even with sushi replaced with with kimbap, I don't think it's supposed to be funny. Yeah, that joke is exactly like the wall joke.
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Post by Lucy on Feb 9, 2006 14:16:14 GMT -5
Hey, thanks! Great to have you around on occasions like this, don il-ssi. Ha! They think we don't know what kimbap is. I actually think the joke is funny, in a mild, cute way. One other thing--can you translate it literally? I mean, did it go just the way Bokgu said it, or did we miss anything else? Thanks!
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Post by donilpark on Feb 9, 2006 15:02:06 GMT -5
I didn't see how it was translated, so I wouldn't know, but the joke goes like (as I remember) "A dumpling and a kimbap had a race. Who won? Kimbap, because dumpling had to dip into the soy sauce first." This is the way it was translated, right? And kimbap is a food that looks like sushi roll. (i.e. Japanese maki) But unlike sushi roll, which is somewhat simple and usually has fish or seafood in it, kimbap has all sorts of things in it together. See a picture. Yeah, I don't know why they would translate it as sushi, because they are different foods, and even if they were dying to translated it as sushi, at least they should've said sushi roll. (which still doesn't cut it, because you use soy sauce with sushi roll)
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Post by BAE on Feb 9, 2006 17:18:57 GMT -5
By the way, I agree with you, K34. Last night's episode was great. Our little Bi did a good job. At first I thought his smile was so fake, but then I realized that's exactly what he was going for. It was as if he was saying, "You like me when I smile, don't you, little girl? Mwahahahaha." And that smile got more false and more menacing as their daylong "date" went on, didn't it? This is getting good. I'd have to agree with you, Lucy. This drama is getting real good. I can't wait for tonight's episode because from the preview, it looks like our Bi might be having second thoughts on his whole plan to make Eunsook pay for what she "did" to his brother. But where does that leave poor Da-jung? She's dedicated a good portion of her life to serving him. I guess that's just her foolishness.
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Post by TheBo on Feb 9, 2006 17:19:38 GMT -5
Kimbap! Ummmm, ummmm, goooood! Now I want some.
Bo
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Post by Lucy on Feb 9, 2006 18:02:17 GMT -5
Well, in the contest between sushi and dumpling and kimbap, I'll pick either of the first two. I just don't like the look of them pickled vegetables, not to mention the other stuff in there I don't eat. How does it taste, though? Sort of like a sandwich rolled up, but with seaweed? I can't picture it. Do the flavors blend or what?
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Post by CaptainVideo on Feb 9, 2006 23:52:18 GMT -5
And kimbap is a food that looks like sushi roll. (i.e. Japanese maki) But unlike sushi roll, which is somewhat simple and usually has fish or seafood in it, kimbap has all sorts of things in it together. See a picture. Yeah, I don't know why they would translate it as sushi, because they are different foods, and even if they were dying to translated it as sushi, at least they should've said sushi roll. (which still doesn't cut it, because you use soy sauce with sushi roll) And these people, you provide even a full color picture, yet when I inquire about a simple watermelon refreshment, I get simply a name? Vhat am I, chopped liver? ;D
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Post by donilpark on Feb 10, 2006 1:10:42 GMT -5
Well, in the contest between sushi and dumpling and kimbap, I'll pick either of the first two. I just don't like the look of them pickled vegetables, not to mention the other stuff in there I don't eat. How does it taste, though? Sort of like a sandwich rolled up, but with seaweed? I can't picture it. Do the flavors blend or what? I thought I didn't like it when I first tried it, but I'm ok with it now. It usually has egg, carrot, burdock, beef, spinach, pickled radish in it. (this is kind of like the 'combination pizza'-the most common type) Of course, you can put just about anything you want in there, like cheese, green tea, kimchi, tuna and so on, just to name a few common ones. In any case, it makes a heartier meal by itself than a sushi does. But if you like simple taste, sushi roll might suit you better.
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Post by CaptainVideo on Feb 10, 2006 12:18:30 GMT -5
[I'd have to agree with you, Lucy. This drama is getting real good. I can't wait for tonight's episode because from the preview, it looks like our Bi might be having second thoughts on his whole plan to make Eunsook pay for what she "did" to his brother. But where does that leave poor Da-jung? She's dedicated a good portion of her life to serving him. I guess that's just her foolishness. Hey Bae, I wonder if I might add my thoughts. I am enjoying the show, although some of the leanings toward style versus substance are a little annoying. Just one example is the scene with the motorcycle attack, it seemed that the entire crowd reacted rather cooly in response to the incident, and Eunsuk's manager didn't come immediatedly to throw a blanket on her and console her. I hope many reading this rant have read my earlier objection to the beating of Bokgu, but perhaps that will be explained later. Actually, I think this guy is more insidious than you think. It reminds me of an episode of "The Prisoner" (the all time greatest mess with your mind show) where they convinced number 6 that he was an imposter playing himself in order to extract information out of the real number 6. In any event, Bokgu's trying to re-enact every page of Minku's diary to try and bring out her repressed memories and then crush her emotionally as she did his brother. Unfortunately, I also think he's going to really fall for her and end up hurting Da-jung just like he's doing.
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Post by TheBo on Feb 10, 2006 13:33:38 GMT -5
Since I'm only here to talk about kimbap (I don't watch the show, LOL), I will simply ignore Chopped Liver...I mean, Captain Video. My impression of the kimbap that I have had is that it tastes more "cooked" than sushi. It seemed more like a comfort food. Maybe it's because the rice is not "sushi'd" (fermented with vinegar) so it tastes more like a starch than a salad.
Bo
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Post by Lucy on Feb 10, 2006 13:39:50 GMT -5
Funny thing about sushi, I have almost NEVER tasted the vinegar dressing on sushi unless I made it myself according to a recipe. Seems like it's pretty much skipped commercially, or they use just a token amount, even though the use of vinegared rice pretty much defines sushi. According to cookbooks and whatnot.
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