Archive for September, 2006

Beating a Dog With Meat Buns (Or, Why I Love Chinese)

They have some really cool idioms.
Bob: Jim, you’re beating that dog with meat buns.
Jim: But it’s the only thing I have — he won’t let go of my femur!
Bob: It’s OK Jim, let’s wet each other with saliva.

Posted by Kurt on September 30th, 2006

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Beijing’s Full of It

There are many exciting historical places to visit in Beijing, such as the Great Wall and Tianemen Square, a historically historical place in which visitors get to see the preserved bodies of approximately 203.5 million tourists who died standing in line to see Mao Tze Tung’s preserved dead body, and also the beautiful Forbidden City, [...]

Posted by Kurt on September 28th, 2006

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Eau de Vulva

Ha ha! Those wacky Germans. Condolences to the research team. (NSFW)

Posted by Kurt on September 25th, 2006

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Health Service Ad

This ad here is promoting painless abortions, I think. Or some testicle removal service. I wasn’t really paying attention to the text.

Posted by Kurt on September 23rd, 2006

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Fashion in Beijing: Frocked Up

Literal translation: Ugly Until Cry
But the good news is, no suede.

Posted by Kurt on September 21st, 2006

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Till Death Do Us Part

Traffic in Beijing may seem chaotic, but in reality, it is death incarnate. This is a good thing. Staring death in the face every time you step out to get to classes makes you appreciate life that much more, between waves of rabid oncoming traffic. Plus you get to swear like there’s no tomorrow, so [...]

Posted by Kurt on September 20th, 2006

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B-B-Beijing

So we’re finally in Beijing. The flight was good, as in it didn’t crash or explode in midair and no one tried to hijack the plane with extremely dangerous weapons such as infant formula and there were no snakes on the plane.

In fact, there wasn’t even any entertainment on the plane, unless you find secretly [...]

Posted by Kurt on September 16th, 2006

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Pocket-Sized Fun

I never thought it would happen, but I JUST WON THE SATURDAY OZ LOTTO DIVISION 1 PRIZE OF AUD3 MILLION!
Ha ha! Actually, I won Jack, but that sure woke you up, I bet. Which is good because I’m about to do this blog’s first official Product Review. Yes, you read that right. Product Review. For [...]

Posted by Kurt on September 11th, 2006

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