User Comments - RJ
RJ
Posted on: No TP
December 24, 2012 at 1:40 AMIn all fairness, Bodawei never said anything about anybody stealing. I injected that as a possibility just as a guess. I do agree with you however that "China having many people" is over used as an excuse, but it is also often at least partly true. Im sure the real reason is a complex mixture of factors. When I stay at a hotel in China there is not only toilet paper in the restrooms, but there is also a guy there to hand me paper towels after I wash my hands. It just depends where you are. Out in the wild however, one is well advised to keep napkin in pocket.
Posted on: No TP
December 23, 2012 at 5:53 PMMaybe. Im guessing that at one time in China it was discovered or assumed that placement of paper in public restrooms would result in people taking entire rolls or packs home, which would quickly deplete the supply. This behavior being more prevalent in a poor economy. Perhaps in Norway they use $100 bills. The Chinese do deserve credit for inventing toilet paper however:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/08/toilet-paper-was-first-used-by-the-chinese/
Posted on: No TP
December 23, 2012 at 2:32 PMHi BW,
you must mean paper "airplanes" hehe. We should take advantage of this forum to learn about how English has evolved differently in different places (which is pretty much beyond our individual control). Knowledge is a good thing. We should however resist the temptation to resent it. Yes TP could mean many things, but context is key. The picture in the lesson does not look like a tent to me. :- Actually I tend to shy away from all things scatological. If it were up to me, we would all run on electricity, thereby "eliminating" this curse of nature.
Posted on: 8 Types of Chinese Cuisine
December 23, 2012 at 12:23 PMNice job Tom. You are a natural.
Posted on: Doomsday
December 22, 2012 at 3:23 AM2020? Not a problem. I will just use the same technique I used to avert the 2012 end of days. Seems to have worked quite well. Only now I have to go xmas shopping. Crap.
Posted on: A Present from Santa Claus
December 20, 2012 at 4:56 PM"sexual" is in the mind of the beholder. Ah yes, "the children", well then we would have to blindfold them all, because every billboard in America is more suggestive than this. Unless they spent the first grade watching porn, it shouldn't ring any bells for a small child anyway. There may be issues with cpod worthy of complaint, but this isn't one of them.
Posted on: Doomsday
December 20, 2012 at 1:26 PMYes, they had to stop somewhere, I suppose they thought at the time that 5000 years into the future was enough, at least for the moment, but you know the media. I am more concerned that you know there is such a thing as a playful puppy calendar, and even worse, Justin Bieber. Anyway its a good excuse for a party, or buying shoes. And Connie, tell that guy, no one can hate you for loving them.
Posted on: No TP
December 18, 2012 at 2:07 PMyea, those Americans, what can I say. Its an abbreviation, and a quite self evident one at that, especially when it is accompanied by a picture of a roll of toilet paper. Actually I can count on one hand the number or times I have seen or heard it, but even the first time it did not strike me as any kind of mystery.
Posted on: No TP
December 17, 2012 at 12:56 PMdown under humor? :-)
Posted on: 8 Types of Chinese Cuisine
December 24, 2012 at 11:09 AMI believe it originated in Hunan (湘菜 xiāngcài ) and it reportedly gave Mao the brainpower to defeat his enemies.
See:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7102740/China-sets-standard-for-Chairman-Maos-favourite-dish.html
According to stringent instructions from the government's food quality supervision and testing institute, true hong shao rou can only be made with the meat of rare pigs from Ningxiang county. Officials have designated the pig, which has been bred for nearly 1,000 years, as an "agricultural treasure".