Why can't we just move!!!!!!!!

[Genral72]

Uhgg... It is just so annoying. We have gotten 2 contracts on our house and both have fallen through. Ahhhhhhh..... Well there is an interesting story to the second one. Okay so some oriental people came in they looked at the house once and said they liked it put an offer down. The offer was strong however there was a contingiency. Our house number is 2511 which adds up to nine. Nine, apparently, is an unlucky number. So the contingiency is that they will only buy the house if the number is changed to 2513. So you know we change our scheldule around my sister was taking the SAT. I was going on a campout(which we did in fact come in second place considering that we had a lot younger guys than the people in first place did that is pretty good.) The next day our realotor goes to a court changes our house number. after he is done with this the poeple tell us That it came to them while they were in bed that the numbers had to add up to 7. well the only number that we could get to add up to 7 was 2500. But we are on the wrong side of the street for an even number. anyways you can guess why I'm complaining. If we could just move I could get my 55.

Well I just had to complain Thank you for suffering. :sad:

[DeVitaf]

Is it bad ruck if the numbers add up to 9?

[Hannys_Papa]

Oriental ?
Isnt it some asiatic (chinese esp?) people that have this thing with numbers ?

Thanks for sharing that story - quite amusing. I hope you'll be able to get it straightened out - i know how it feels not to have the room for the tanks one would like to have.

[jazzbass]

Okay so some oriental people came in they looked at the house once and said they liked it put an offer down. The offer was strong however there was a contingiency. Our house number is 2511 which adds up to nine. Nine, apparently, is an unlucky number.

Erm... Do you mean Asian people? Oriental is adjective for food and rugs.

[Dangerdoll]

hmmm..... I thought I heard everything.... Instead of being so displaced by these people who can't seem to make up their minds or pick out superstitions from their beds by making you go out and so far as to change the number of your place, I would just opt for another bidder. These people seem to be more a problem than I'd like to be bothered with.

[graphicdesign_r]

Maybe because they are more oriental on changing the numbers of the address than oriented on whether or not they want to buy the house.

[125gJoe]

Paint the bottom section of the number " 2" the same color as the house, or whatever the background is, and tell them it's now a number " 7 ". Problem solved.


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[Genral72]

Paint the bottom section of the number " 2" the same color as the house, or whatever the background is, and tell them it's now a number " 7 ". Problem solved.


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Ya know I might just do that. Nevermind I don't think I want to sell to these people.

[Dangerdoll]

good idea

[ashdavid]

Hey , I live in Japan and I also built a house hear too. The Japanese have this kind of superstition with numbers too, plus many other things. You should have seen the stuff we had to do while planning the house(but it is all good, aquariums and gold fish bring good luck, :D ). The chinese however, seem to take this a step further, so I can understand your postion.

[hobie237]

Erm... Do you mean Asian people? Oriental is adjective for food and rugs.


Oriental is a term for anything that comes out of the Orient. The term came from early explorers who would orient their maps east in order to get there- and so the name stuck since thats where they were ALL going. Asian and Oriental mean the same thing, although many people from that corner of the world find the term "Oriental" to be somewhat derogatory, much like some other words that I wont mention that have fallen out of favor with certain minority communities.

As for the house thing, wow. thats all I can say. Wow. :duh:


PS-"oriental" rugs arent from the Far East, but from the Near East, and oriental food tends to come from the Far East. Interesting and useless facts of the day.

[msouth468]

off topic: My parents adopted my sister from Asia.

[jazzbass]

Oriental is a term for anything that comes out of the Orient. The term came from early explorers who would orient their maps east in order to get there- and so the name stuck since thats where they were ALL going. Asian and Oriental mean the same thing, although many people from that corner of the world find the term "Oriental" to be somewhat derogatory, much like some other words that I wont mention that have fallen out of favor with certain minority communities.




Uh... that was my point. 'Oriental' is considered offensive and derogatory in reference to people of Eastern Asian descent. Just something to remember....

[hobie237]

Uh... that was my point. 'Oriental' is considered offensive and derogatory in reference to people of Eastern Asian descent. Just something to remember....


Isnt it interesting how words go from being the norm to being considered derogatory? Who makes these decisions?

[jazzbass]

Isnt it interesting how words go from being the norm to being considered derogatory? Who makes these decisions?

I don't know, but it makes for the 'gaps' between generations, for sure. It's not just names for ethnic groups that change. Words that were commonly used back in the early 1900s are nearly taboo now or mean entirely different things.

In some cases, I wonder who came up with some of the words, slang, or catch-phrases. I know that Hollywood is responsible for some of that.

[125gJoe]

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In some cases, I wonder who came up with some of the words, slang, or catch-phrases. I know that Hollywood is responsible for some of that.

Good point. .. Hollywood.


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[LesbianChap]

So is that why all the building numbers here in Korea don't make any sense? You'll jump from 5 to 11 and back down to 6 as you walk down the street. Seriously, street numbers are useless here...only the cabs seem to understand them, and even then they get you lost half the time.

[hobie237]

So is that why all the building numbers here in Korea don't make any sense? You'll jump from 5 to 11 and back down to 6 as you walk down the street. Seriously, street numbers are useless here...only the cabs seem to understand them, and even then they get you lost half the time.


In Asia they number the homes in the order in which they are built.

[Genral72]

I don't know, but it makes for the 'gaps' between generations, for sure. It's not just names for ethnic groups that change. Words that were commonly used back in the early 1900s are nearly taboo now or mean entirely different things.

In some cases, I wonder who came up with some of the words, slang, or catch-phrases. I know that Hollywood is responsible for some of that.
Yeah for example Aweful. I mean think about it Full of Awe that is usually a good thing. Not anymore.

[Genral72]

Oh by the way I got a 20 gallon only $15.50.

[Genral72]

Yippee!!!! we have our third offer!! Hey one in five people who have looked at our house have put down an offer. One of them has to eventually make it to closing.

[graphicdesign_r]

Congratulations. Hope things go better this time!

[Genral72]

Yippe!!! We passed inspections. Now we just have to find a house!