User Comments - carolynh
carolynh
Posted on: Son or Daughter?
July 03, 2009, 02:42 PMIs 'little emperor' just xiao(3)huang(2)di(4) or is there a special term?
Posted on: Funny Rice
May 28, 2009, 12:25 PMIs a lame joke 'leng(3)' or 'cold'? That's the response in the onion joke as well.
Posted on: Would You Like a Drink?
May 28, 2009, 12:16 PMThanks for the plug-in link, Dunderklumpen - very useful.
Posted on: Funny Rice
May 26, 2009, 12:23 PMMy two Chinese boys at school laughed at the peanut joke - but they've been here long enough to be cool Aussie teenagers as well, so they insisted it was 'really lame"!
BTW when you tell the termite joke there is ALWAYS a pause until someone gets it - try it out.
And yes, I'm Carolyn H. Thanks for a useful and enjoyable lesson C Pod.
Posted on: Funny Rice
May 25, 2009, 12:29 PMWestern word play:
A termite walks into a bar and says, 'Is the bar tender here?'
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 10: Lao Wang Plans to Sue
April 18, 2009, 10:14 AMThanks Pete and Monica. Interestingly, a Jewish friend explained chutzpah to me using the example of one of her clients - a Melbourne woman who tried to claim a widow's pension after she shot her husband.
Great lesson.
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 10: Lao Wang Plans to Sue
April 17, 2009, 02:53 AMLao(3) Wang(2) jia(1) you(4)!
...but does Lao Wang's final exchange with his lawyer imply that he is a bit overconfident and full of himself? Is there a Chinese word for chutzpah or hubris?
Posted on: Gong Xi Fa Cai!
January 26, 2009, 01:17 PMJust a footnote to Matt C's post - Australia Day commemorates the landing of the First Fleet in Port Jackson near Sydney and Captain Arthur Phillip claiming the land as a British colony on January 26, 1788. Hence the mixed views on whether the day should be 'celebrated', especially by indigenous Australians. Interesting to note that an early diary says the anniversary of the landing was celebrated with 'drinking and merriment' by the colonists. Good to see Matt upholding the tradition.
Posted on: The Powerless Phones
January 01, 2009, 12:26 AMThanks, Andrew C for those very useful links - exactly what I've been looking for.
Posted on: No TV Before Your Test!
July 12, 2009, 02:10 PMOne of the great pleasures of teaching middle school students in China was the total absence of Bart Simpsons in the classroom. Plenty of commitment, good humour and yes, even creativity, but not a shred of attitood amongst them. It makes you realise why Matt Groening felt he needed to apologise to America ...