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Posted on: An Invitation to the God of Wealth
February 17, 2010 at 5:14 AM

Who knew? Greek gods, Roman gods, Chinese gods.  I guess it all makes sense. Who is the Greek god of wealth? Or the Roman god?

Posted on: Rise and Shine!
February 16, 2010 at 3:25 PM

wow. Shàngchuáng means "have sex". What devildry/mischief can be done with such knowledge in the hands of an inexperienced user........

And I owe it to trying to find Dalek!

Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 7: A Guy's Advice on Women
February 16, 2010 at 3:13 PM

reinvent the wheel? Looks more like replacing the 1.6 liter engine in your Mazda Miata with a 7.2 liter v-8 from a $4000 kit. I guess some of the work has been started, as you point out, but i'm not sure how good the links below clarify your goal. I was thinking that I didn't hear any contractions in Chinese, but now I realize i'm still just too low a level to hear them.

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/yi/yispapers/Cheng_Xu_Interspeech2009.pdf

http://www.chinese-forums.com/showthread.php?t=288

Posted on: Chinese Zodiac Birth Year
February 16, 2010 at 3:00 PM

And being a tight-fisted dope with no girlfriend is better? I'm glad i'm no longer dating; it's too hard!

Posted on: Chinese Zodiac Birth Year
February 16, 2010 at 6:15 AM

So he just got asked for directions? She didn't ask him for a date?

Posted on: A Cell Phone Ad on TV
February 12, 2010 at 10:07 AM

And the reason that Cpod didn't give us this exciting, action-packed infomercial as a lesson is because...........

Posted on: Directions with a Map #1
February 12, 2010 at 8:02 AM

thanks amandali! I'll have to remember lùkǒu

Posted on: A Cell Phone Ad on TV
February 12, 2010 at 5:17 AM

yeah, you got that excited sales dude stuff right.  Now we just need a lesson where the guy selling us stuff is speaking at the top of his lungs, and saying everything at supersonic speeds.

Posted on: Leaky Pipes and Faucets
February 10, 2010 at 10:44 AM

yes, but then the challenge is that if you're an American, there are wastebaskets in American bathrooms all the time. But you don't throw used toilet paper in them, at least not in this way.

Posted on: Leaky Pipes and Faucets
February 10, 2010 at 8:09 AM

I agree! let's add 1 more:

6)if your hotel's name has Hilton, Marriott, Shangri-La, Mandarin Oriental, Westin, Four Seasons or something like that in the name, flush away! If the hotel's name has something like Guest house #3 in it, it is likely not safe to flush.