This is a quick lesson in learning Chinese, which should hopefully prove invaluable for you if you are a Westerner like me and the first hurdle is the fact that you can’t even read the characters, let alone pronounce them. For many of us whose native language is English, even […]
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Murphy was standing at the bar in his local pub in Ireland when this small Chinese guy came in, stood next to him and started drinking a beer. Murphy asked him, “Do you know any of those martial arts things, like Kung-Fu, Karate or Ju-Jitsu?” The man said, “No, why […]
With so many names sounding the same, can you imagine what it must be like working on a Chinese switchboard. Can you imagine all those calls going in and out and the sheer volume of noise. I wonder if Chinese people ever get confused over their “L’s” and “R’s” in […]
My dad once told me that he reckoned that if Adam and Eve were Chinese, we would be still in Paradise. Why? Because they would have eaten the snake instead of the bloody apple! Image used under a Collective Commons License from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Brueghel_de_Oude_en_Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Het_aards_paradijs_met_de_zondeval_van_Adam_en_Eva.jpg
A couple decide to go for a meal at a Chinese restaurant. They study the menu and order the “Chicken Surprise” which sounds like a rather interesting dish. About 20 minutes later, the waiter brings their meal, which has been served in a cast iron pot with a lid. Just […]
I was standing at the bar in the International Terminal at the Airport, when this small Chinese man comes in. He goes up to the bar, stands next to me and starts drinking a beer. I asked him, “Do you know any of those martial arts things, like Kung-Fu, Karate […]
A Chinese man gets a job as a Garbage Collector in Southern Ireland. He turns up at a house in a rough area on the north side of Cork and knocks on the door. The door opens, and there is a man wearing a tight tee shirt, with crew-cut hair […]
On a chain of beautiful deserted islands in the middle of nowhere, the following people are stranded: Two Italian Men and one Italian woman Two French men and one French woman Two German men and one German woman Two Greek men and one Greek woman Two English men and one […]
A man went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. He was told by the maitre’d that there would be at least a twenty minute wait for a table and he would have to wait in the bar. So, while he waited for a table, he went and had a seat […]
If you ever have the need to go to China in a hurry, your trip will be far more successful if you are able to communicate a bit with the locals in their own language. To help you in your communication endeavours while in China, here are a few simple […]
