I learnt something today, well two things, if you call learning how to re-format and re-install windows on my parents PC. I learnt about something called "Paris syndrome".
Most westerners know about the almost legendary rudeness of the French, and particularly people from Paris. However, it comes as a shock to Japanese who have a romaticised view of the French, little knowing about their arrogance and attitude. Apparently four Japanese people have had to be re-patriated to Japan this year alone with medical assistance, so shocked have these Japanese people been.
Read more about it HERE.
Can anyone think of a UK equivilent or is there somewhere elsewhere in the world even worse than Paris that deserves a syndrome named after it ?
3 comments:
Nich, perhaps you are not that bright and that's why you have not heard of it ? It's all the talk in my part of the world, we never stop talking about Paris syndrome.
Seriously, i'd never heard of it either.
Jerusalem syndrome is well known - all sorts of mentally unstable pilgrims and tourists, from all of the major religions, seem to suffer from it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_syndrome
I know quite a few pwople that suffer from home syndrome, they are repatriated to the pub most nights
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