The Danish writer Peter... «Debt: The First 5,000 Years»
zafu23 октября 2020The Danish writer Peter Freuchen, in his Book of the Eskimo, described how in Greenland, one could tell what a fine delicacy someone had to offer his guests by how much he belittled it beforehand: The old man laughed. “Some people don’t know much. I am such a poor hunter and my wife a terrible cook who ruins everything. I don’t have much, but I think there is a piece of meat outside. It might still be there as the dogs have refused it several times.” This was such a recommendation in the Eskimo way of backwards bragging that everyone’s mouths began to water …
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