Posts Tagged ‘Humor’
Wait… where’s that triangle pointing?
Posted: 27th July 2009 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Humor, Simpsons
How to Play Badminton
Posted: 24th July 2009 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Badminton, Financial Consultants, Humor, JustBeer, Ministry of..., Sports
In case you haven’t heard… badminton is a rather major sport here. Not sure why, but I guess the Chinese like slooooow sports.
What were the Chinese talking about this weekend?
Posted: 20th July 2009 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: ChinaSmack, Chinese BBS, Humor, Media, Sex, Strange
Sinopenn is no ChinaSmack by far, but I do still have my resources into what the Chinese are posting on the various bbs’s (hint: it starts with “Google” and ends in “Translate”). When short skirts are too short… What do you get when you cross a short SHORT skirt with the digital age? You get [...]
More Lumbering Styrofoam Fortresses
Posted: 30th June 2009 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Bicycle, Big Bamboo, Humor, Strange, Styrofoam Tanks, Upper Tongren Road
Some things just amaze me. This Post on nikdaum.com reminded me of what a few of us watched going by Big Bamboo downtown last week. A bike, with a woman on there somewhere, surrounded by styrofoam boxes came rolling down Nanyang road in the early afternoon. Judging by the boxes in the front, it’s not [...]
Ministry of Weather: 6 more days of Cold, Clouds
Posted: 2nd March 2009 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Humor, Ministry of Time, Ministry of Weather, Ministry of..., Time Zones
The Ministry of Weather today announced that it will continue to heap rain & cold onto Shanghai for at least another week. “We gave people a week of sunshine,” says Li TianQi, Minister of Weather, “and all they really did is complain about it not being warmer.” When asked why the ministry is continuing to [...]
Breaking Story: Chinese Ministry of Seasons Declares it’s Still Winter
Posted: 16th February 2009 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Groundhog's Day, Humor, Melbourne, Ministry of Seasons, Ministry of..., Nationalism, Punxsutawney Phil, Time Zones, Weather
Despite temperatures as high as 76°F (24°C) last week, the Ministry of Seasons has indeed declared that the season continues to be winter. Locals across Shanghai are sighing, as they don their double and triple layers and thick coats & jackets once again for yet another week. Xue Shangdi, Vice Minister cites reliable sources for [...]
