klortho ([info]klortho) wrote,
@ 2007-08-02 00:52:00
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Chinglish jokes
Here are a couple more cold jokes for you all. These are great, because they are Chinglish jokes. I've only heard a couple of these, but I like them -- they're bad puns that mix the two languages together. Sorry that they're really only funny if you know a little Chinese (actually, they're not even funny then, so what the hell.) They are both riddles.

Q: Why don't vampires like spicy food?
A: Because they like blood (不辣的 bù là de, which means "not spicy").

Q: What is this? (hold up four fingers)
A: four
Q: What is this? (now hold up four fingers bent at the knuckles)
A: wonderful (弯的 four, wān de four, which means "bent four")

You should definitely be feeling pretty cold by now, eh?

Here's another random tidbit that I found on Danwei: Xinhua, a couple of days ago, had a serious news story about a scientific finding regarding genes associated with MS, and for some completely inexplicable reason, the picture they used to illustrate the story is an X-ray of Homer Simpson's brain.

Finally, one of the joys of living in China is reading the English on T-shirts that people wear around town. English is trendy, and many people buy and wear clothes that say things that are really wacky. Today I was walking down the street and passed by a young girl wearing a black T-shirt that said "When in doubt, whip it out". I couldn't help but burst out laughing. Of course, there's a lot of these (and much better ones) on Engrish.com, always worth a visit.



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