Written by a laowai. But since I'm a Twinkie in China (yellow on the outside, laowai on the inside), I found most of this pretty funny.
My favorites:
12. Any declaration or announcement from any Chinese authority that begins with the words “For your safety”.
14. Shops that only consist of a man in a bomber jacket smoking a cigarette next to a fridge. [the fridge is NEVER plugged in so all the drinks are lukewarm]
20. Websites that are not banned in China.
22. Un-labeled meat. [especially on the back of a bicycle]
23. ISO9001.
31. The information plaques in museums. [Serf Emancipation Day]
32. School textbooks. [my friend's English textbook had the n-word in its vocabulary list; useful if you ever visit Compton]
33. “And now on CCTV, news from our Tibet Correspondent.” [Serf Emancipation Day]
35. “Mei wenti”. [Leon's favorite words]
40. Claims of sovereignty. [Taiwan!]
45. Anyone who refers to you as “friend”, and especially anyone who refers to you as “old friend”.
47. The quality of a DVD purchase. [only ¥5 from street vendors]
48. Traffic signs, traffic lights, or traffic regulations of any kind.
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2 comments:
Hey,
did you take that picture of the meat on the back of the bicycle in front of the sign of the Hi-tech Park?
Yeah, I think it was on my 2nd trip in Aug-07. I took it with my RAZR cell phone. Ironic, eh?
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