I wonder
2006-09-24 22:24:38 · 23 answers · asked by david 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Entertaining
ha ha ha
2006-09-24 22:32:42 · answer #1 · answered by traveller 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't know if it's still the custom to throw rice. Did you know that it is recommended that wedding participants not throw rice because it kills birds that eat it off the ground. The rice expands in their little stomachs and kills them.
Hamburgers would be an improvement for the birds anyway.
2006-09-25 11:14:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ACTUALLY...The custom of throwing rice came from the Buddhist...(primarily Asian religion). This tradition was thought to increase fertility of the couple. The US on the other hand, has converted to throwing bird seed. Birds where eating the rice left on the ground and dying. This is because, uncooked rice absorbs 3 times it weight in water. When birds eat rice, they eat more than their bodies can handle and literally dehydrate themselves to death. Basically all the fluid in their bodies is absorbed by the rice and they bloat themselves to death. Cool huh?
2006-09-25 10:12:39 · answer #3 · answered by mslorikoch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish they would - the more the merrier. If all the Chinese in the world threw three hamburgers every day for two weeks, would that be the end of the hamburger?
2006-09-25 05:47:52 · answer #4 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually, it is illegal to throw rice at Amercan weddings now because the birds would come and eat the rice and then get sick and die. So now you can't do that anymore. I don't know what they do in China
2006-09-25 11:04:14 · answer #5 · answered by paige 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do. That is why I absolutely refuse to attend another Chinese wedding. The last time I was unable to get the mustard out of my best dress.
2006-09-25 05:40:47 · answer #6 · answered by Patti C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No they throw beef jerky, its dried beef after all. And the rice is dried that the Yanks throw
2006-09-25 05:30:50 · answer #7 · answered by poli_b2001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO. they throw goods, the ones they manufacture to sell to your country.
2006-09-25 05:37:46 · answer #8 · answered by ang-pogi-ko 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you now have to throw bird seed, rice is bad for the birds.
2006-09-25 08:01:35 · answer #9 · answered by kathkrumm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly... but what do Canadians throw?
2006-09-25 05:30:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No! But Im sure they'll throw daggers when you're there! hahaha...
2006-09-25 06:05:02 · answer #11 · answered by atlanta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋