Archive for November, 2011
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Not the first thing I was expecting to see at the base of the Great Wall… Chinese parking not at its best.
Tags: car, crash, great wall
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
While washing your hands might not help you, we agree with Paris Baguette that sanity is the most important…
Tags: beijing, clean, paris baguette
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Monday, November 28th, 2011
Today is a special day at FeichangFunny.com: we have a multi-photo post of the CD catalogue for China’s most coveted female military singer. Feel free to make up your own captions for this “I’m every woman” photoshoot:
Tags: army, female, military, music, performance, photo, singer
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Friday, November 25th, 2011
When you live here, there’s no reason to cross the train tracks to find a decent haircut. Fancy hairwash-while-sitting not included (nor necessary).
Tags: beijing, haircut
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
“Rome’s Pizzeria Italiana” – serving nothing but… Chinese food that looks nothing like pizza besides the fact the dishes look circular. Pizza in China; not the same as pizza everywhere else.
Tags: Hangzhou, pizza
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
The local supermarket - where items like flummery, puffed food, mi congealed, and aquatic products all get their own sections.
Tags: beijing, food, groceries, supermarket
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Monday, November 21st, 2011
This is one magical soup – helps insomnia, irritability, soft knee lumbar acid (?), relieves coughing and shortness of breath, and of course, acts as an aphrodisiac. Who comes up with these health benefits anyway?
Tags: benefits, menu, soup
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Friday, November 18th, 2011
Me: “This is a knockoff of Abercrombie & Fitch!”
Store: “No, this is Chinese designer: Apfrgrowelb & Fitch.”
Tags: beijing, knockoff, shorts
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
There’s something about airport employees biking around the tarmac and waving goodbye to passengers that’s just so friendly. Goodbye Hangzhou!
Tags: airport, bicycle, employee, Hangzhou
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
Happy shot in the butt! I don’t know why anyone would give this cake to someone else. ”Congrats, you’ve been vaccinated!”
Tags: beijing, cake, medical, shot
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Friday, November 11th, 2011
Black corn, yummm!
Tags: corn, Hangzhou, lunch
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Teenie Weenie – one of the more emasculating clothing stores in China.
Tags: beijing, clothing, emasculating, store
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
“Toilet paper available at the entrance” – not something you want to read once your sitting…
Tags: beijing, toilet
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
It’s sad knowing “Similar To As Seen On TV” is a selling point in America for a plastic shoe rack. Where on TV could one find this product? And why does that make anyone want it more?
Tags: america, box, seen on tv
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
You can safely assume your produce has been thoroughly washed when the guy inside the supermarket selling them is smoking a cigarette; his job must have been completed.
Tags: beijing, smoking, supermarket, vegetables
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