Funny Facts III: When in China

Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 4:11 PM
China Fun Facts:

1. jellyfish salad > chicken neck > pig hairs > worms
2. two story hotel room > one story hotel room
3. the smell of chitlins
4. rain + canals + ancient gardens = romantic!
5. man on the phone, please close the door to your squatty potty in the rest-stop restroom
6. man with baby, please keep holding your boy over the trash can so he can finish peeing
7. sweet and sour chicken > sweet and sour bone chunks
8. rain + mountains + tea plantations = romantic!
9. high voltage powerline bundles of 6 cables (Guthrie, I got pictures! The insulators are longer than apartment buildings.)
10. A "cheeseburger" is two buns, cheese, lettuce, and ketchup.  What is missing?  Order the "steakburger" to find out.
11. We saw the sky yesterday!  We haven't really seen it yet with the pollution and some rainy days.
12. There is some great food here too.  We are getting our share of green tea, rice, and leeks. But I still dream of sandwiches.
13. One of our teachers says, "just know it!" and breaks the chalk a lot.  Words like "forbid," "punish," and "order" are frequently used in the classroom. (we told our teachers that, along with "cock" (rooster,) these words are not good to use in English.
14. Get people with small, distinct fingers to point to menus for you.  The "popcorn" (onion rings) wasn't very good.
15. When the man says that the hotel has cards, he means they don't have cards.
16. When the man says that you are forbidden in the restaurant in travel clothes, it means that you can come into the restaurant in travel clothes.
17. When the man says that they have free coffee, he means that they don't have free coffee.
18. If you do not feel well, you must be like the Chinese people and either a) drink more cold water, b) drink more hot water, c) get more sleep, d) don't get as much sleep, e) don't drink cold water, f) drink green tea every day but not all the time, g) wear heavier clothes when it is hot but lighter clothes when it is cool, h) get more fresh air, i) wear a mask when breathing outdoors, j) get excercise, k) don't excercise too much, and l) don't slip in the squatty potty.
19. trivia: when you are playing cards in the 4 star hotel lounge at night and someone starts banging on the kitchen door from the inside, do you let them out?
20. trivia: 150 pedestrians, 75 families on mopeds, 60 families on bicycles, 30 volkswagens, and 5 public busses enter an intersection at the same time.

Much love,
Riley and Diane