What? What makes them disposable? And how often do you find yourself needing disposable underwear? Why would you ever want disposable underwear when you could buy permanent underwear? Are they for male prostitutes? Anyone have any ideas?
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On a package of WetNaps given to me on the plane from Nanjing to Guangzhou. Hygiene Wet Turban Needless Wash? I’m having a hard time figuring out what that’s even supposed to say. Hygiene I understand. Same with Wet. But Turban? Needless? Just odd.
From the breakfast buffet at our hotel. Corn on the Cop? Sounds like some sort of kinky Village People game…
Ok, ok, it’s not a Chuck E Cheese. But come on, doesn’t it look like they should start moving and singing bad songs (sorry for bringing up any bad memories Aaron…). Actually they are figures a the Zhonghua Gate, a piece of the wall around the ancient city of Nanjing, built in the 1300s. More pictures here. These characters represent the four mythical folks who traveled to India to study and bring back ideas. Or at least that’s what our guide said. I think they’re there to entertain children at birthday parties.
I fully admit my mind is usually in the gutter, but I can’t even think of a non-gutter explanation for this one…The only thing I can come up with is that it’s a Chinese diorama depicting the Aristocrats joke: the filthy joke that comedians would tell to each other, with their own improvisations, that was chronicled in the documentary The Aristocrats. If you’re unfamiliar with the joke, here’s Bob Sagat’s rendition from the movie.
Given the joke, I can only assume that’s what’s going on in this photo. Only question is where the rooster came from…
The sign over the seafood restaurant around the corner from our hotel. I’m glad to see Americans aren’t the only ones that screw up the translations. This should make all the frat boys with “Stupid White Person” tattooed on their biceps feel better.
Seen so far in Nanjing: 4 McDonalds, 4 KFCs, a Subway, and the graddaddy of them all, Wal-Mart. I’m not sure if this is comforting or saddening. The homogenization of global cultures brings about some definite perks. For instance I was able to replace my broken memory card reader for $6 at Wal-Mart. But the more we homogenize culture the more risk we run in losing the things that keep our cultures distinct. This is what jet-lag makes me think of…
Which way to Albuquerque?I’m in China for a couple of weeks, so updates will be sporadic. I’ll post anything cool I see here though. So check back.
Now that Chinese New Year has passed we’re trough-deep in the Year of the Pig. RetroCrush is celebrating by posting their Top 35 Pigs in Pop Culture. From the article: “The Three Little Pigs in their many incarnations have been shills for the brick industry since the late 1700s and have even inspired rock songs in their honor”. Funny stuff here, and it’s hard to argue with their selections (mainly because I can’t think of a single pop culture pig they left out…).
I had no intention of covering the whole Britney Spears meltdown thing. Then I saw this: BuyBritneysHair.com. Hilarious!
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