Comments on: A Joke (or Two) http://mattschiavenza.com/2008/05/01/a-joke-or-two/ A China Journal Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:02:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Cyan http://mattschiavenza.com/2008/05/01/a-joke-or-two/comment-page-1/#comment-7796 Cyan Wed, 07 May 2008 06:30:32 +0000 http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=247#comment-7796 here's another funny joke about Chinese-English language, check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxVpMV7edgQ here’s another funny joke about Chinese-English language, check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxVpMV7edgQ

]]> By: Matthew Stinson http://mattschiavenza.com/2008/05/01/a-joke-or-two/comment-page-1/#comment-6909 Matthew Stinson Thu, 01 May 2008 09:19:27 +0000 http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=247#comment-6909 I heard a slight variation on the Deng Xiaoping joke before but without the SARS paragraph. It's a good joke, though, much better than the "Chinese leader X meets leader X at the airport" joke which leads to a "哪里哪里？" exchange. There's a self-deprecating joke that Tianjiners like to tell: after 9/11, Bin Laden hijacked a Chinese airliner and was flying around China looking for a city to crash it into. At first he considered Shanghai, but said, "No, Shanghai is a beautiful and developed city, I can't blow it up." Next he flew over Beijing and thought about a bombing there, but then said, "No, Beijing is the heart of Chinese history and politics, I can't blow it up." Finally, he flew to nearby Tianjin and said, "Hmm, Tianjin was blown up before -- I think I'll blow it up again!" I heard a slight variation on the Deng Xiaoping joke before but without the SARS paragraph. It’s a good joke, though, much better than the “Chinese leader X meets leader X at the airport” joke which leads to a “哪里哪里？” exchange.

There’s a self-deprecating joke that Tianjiners like to tell: after 9/11, Bin Laden hijacked a Chinese airliner and was flying around China looking for a city to crash it into.

At first he considered Shanghai, but said, “No, Shanghai is a beautiful and developed city, I can’t blow it up.”

Next he flew over Beijing and thought about a bombing there, but then said, “No, Beijing is the heart of Chinese history and politics, I can’t blow it up.”

Finally, he flew to nearby Tianjin and said, “Hmm, Tianjin was blown up before — I think I’ll blow it up again!”

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