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I wonder if he asked them to say cheese

That was indeed enjoyable and I thank you for posting it. :laugh:

I cracked for shure, awsome picture

Hmm...

Amusing but slightly rude, though.

Unless the photo is staged, then I fail to see how it is rude or similar.

I couldn't help but chuckled a bit when I saw the picture. But then again - we have a very taboo free sense of humor in Denmark where few things are not "socially allowed" to be tied with humor.

Xandax wrote:Unless the photo is staged, then I fail to see how it is rude or similar.

Well not that I care, but I do think it's a bit rude to laugh at other people's cultural traditions, like the traditional clothing these women wear.

I did think exactly the same as Gwally though

C Elegans wrote:Well not that I care, but I do think it's a bit rude to laugh at other people's cultural traditions, like the traditional clothing these women wear.
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Well - a big part of humor is indeed to laugh at (with) other people, amongst other their cultural "traditions". The fact that we are not "laughing" out of malice because they are physical hurt or anything, but mearly because we see the humor in the photographing scene I do not see it as rude or similar.
We in Europe laugh at for instance the americans and some of their cultural traditions, as I'm sure the americans do towards europeans. It is just because this area is soaked in "religion" that it is now suddenly more taboo.

In my view it is much more rude to laugh at somebody getting hurt, for instance like in almost every home video show known to mankind (yet I often do so myself) because thoese people got physical hurt - unless of course it is because they do something stupid and thus warrents them getting hurt

C Elegans wrote:Well not that I care, but I do think it's a bit rude to laugh at other people's cultural traditions, like the traditional clothing these women wear.

I take a different view in this particular case. I'm not laughing at anyone's culture; what I'm laughing at might be described as a "clash of cultures". I'm not laughing at what the women are wearing. But their traditons pre-date the time when cameras were available, so it's funny how a new technology--from another culture, if you will--clashes with their traditions. They want to be "modern" and have their photos taken, but there's a certain, uh, practical difficulty involved that is quite humorous. Like trying to look at your date when you take her to dinner when there's a large floral arrangment in the way. That's the kind of thing that humor is all about.