I was at a travel agency in Shanghai and I asked the pretty Chinese girl behind the counter if she could escort me on a tour of the city. She nodded in agreement and so I asked her for her mobile number, so I could call her to make arrangements. […]
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Here’s a good question for you. Do you know who invented the car backup sensor? I bet you think it had to be Ford, maybe General Motors or another of the big American automobile manufacturers. Maybe you think it was one of the European innovators like Mercedes Benz, or annovation […]
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 […]
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 a typical day working on a Chinese switchboard must be like. Can you imagine all those telephone calls going in and out and the sheer volume of noise. I wonder if Chinese people ever get confused over their “L’s” […]
My dad once told me that he reckoned if Adam and Eve were Chinese, we would be still all be living in Paradise. “Why is that Dad?” I asked him. “Son”, he said, “Because if Adam and Eve were Chinese, they would have eaten the snake instead of the bloody […]
A couple decided to go for a meal at a Chinese restaurant. They studied the menu and ordered the “Chicken Surprise” which sounded like a rather interesting dish. About twenty minutes later, the waiter brought out their meal, which has been served in a cast iron pot with a lid. […]
I was standing at the bar in the International Terminal at the Airport, when this small Chinese man came in. He walked up to the bar, stood right next to me and started drinking a beer. I asked him, “Do you know any of those martial arts things, like Kung-Fu, […]
A Chinese man got a job as a Garbage Collector in Southern Ireland and you can just imagine the chaos that followed with his accent. One day, he turned up at a house in a really rough area on the north side of Cork and knocked on the door. The […]
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 and was told by the maitre’d that there would be at least a twenty minute wait for a table, so he would have to wait in the bar until he could be seated. So, while he waited for a table, he […]
You never know when you might need some helpful Chinese phrases do you. 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 […]