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RJ
Posted on: Tea Tasting
May 27, 2009 at 9:27 AM龙井 (long jing) is still my favorite. I drink it every day. It can get quite pricey as well. I bring some back from every trip. Drinking loose tea brings a lot of strange looks in the US but at this point I would never use a tea bag. Just doesnt seem right.
Posted on: Funny Rice
May 26, 2009 at 1:20 PMok baba mate
I tried out the "joke". The good news is my co-worker had no problem understanding my Chinese (this does not always happen) and he got the joke, but he also said it was not a very good joke :-) Personally, Im shocked, but there you have it. Im just happy I got it out of my mouth right. He also told me a riddle that it brought to mind:
麻屋子 红帐子 ma wu zi hong zhang zi
里面 朱个白胖子 li mian zhu ge bai pang zi
"pocked room red curtain"
"inside lives a white fatso"
the answer is also "peanut"
Posted on: Funny Rice
May 26, 2009 at 9:00 AMinteresting baba
Im going to try it today. I have a funny feeling that the American Chinese audience may be tougher though. More later......:-)
Posted on: Funny Rice
May 25, 2009 at 7:19 PMah 42. now I get it.
Posted on: Funny Rice
May 25, 2009 at 1:54 PMA panda walks into a restaurant, sits down, and orders a sandwich.
He eats the sandwich, pulls out a gun, and shoots the waiter dead.
As the panda stands up to go, the manager shouts, "Hey! Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you didn't pay for your sandwich!"
The panda yells back at the manager, "Hey, man, I'm a PANDA! Look it up!"
The manager opens his dictionary and sees the following definition for panda:
A tree-dwelling marsupial of Asian origin, characterized by distinct black and white coloring. Eats shoots and leaves.
Posted on: Funny Rice
May 25, 2009 at 1:06 PMnow see, carolynh's joke works.
baba
keep working on it mate. :-)
Posted on: Funny Rice
May 25, 2009 at 12:12 PMHow about this one,
A monk, a panda bear, and a foreigner walk into a bar ..... Just kidding. :-)
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 11: Wang in the Doghouse
May 25, 2009 at 11:50 AMYep. She nailed it. My favorite is "All foam and no beer." 多沫不啤酒 maybe?
Posted on: Funny Rice
May 25, 2009 at 11:27 AMRaygo
you're in China so try it out and let me know how it goes. I would love to understand more about what the Chinese think is funny. I would like to hear some real Chinese jokes If there are such a thing. Cross talking is enertaining and it is similar to skits that used to be done in the west but is there such a thing as Chinese stand up comics? Do people ever tell dirty jokes? Are all Chinese jokes just wordplay? Anyone?
Posted on: Thinking of my Brothers by Moonlight -- 月夜忆舍兄
May 27, 2009 at 9:32 AMAnother great poem. I often think how lucky I am to have been born in a time and place relatively free of war. And to be out of touch with others is just unimaginable. Send them a text. Its truly a modern marvel. I can contact anyone anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds using something I carry in my pocket. Such a wonderful gift. Interesting take on nationalism pete. I have to give that some more thought.