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Post by Hamish on Sept 30, 2006 9:58:35 GMT 7
Sallie and I just got back from Shijiazhuang, capitol city of Hebei, where we were over fed and under praised. However, we did receive "the highest honor the province can bestow upon a Foreign Expert!" Put that in your pipes and smoke it you peasants!  This was just one of many dishes at one of several festive huge meals, the last being attended by half a dozen PLA full generals. As they and the Governor were present, the place crawled with security people who were hard of hearing.  |
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Post by Newbs on Sept 30, 2006 10:41:43 GMT 7
Serious bit of post. Congratulations to you and yours, Hamish.  Not quite so serious bit of post. the highest honor the province can bestow upon a Foreign Expert! I'm guessing that's a one way ticket outta Hebei. |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Sept 30, 2006 12:36:26 GMT 7
I'm guessing that's a one way ticket outta Hebei. Damn, Noobs, ya beat me to it...  But at least we finally get to see Sallie. You're one of those "aesthetic imbalance" couples, I see.  Congrats, you charming rascal you.  |
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Post by George61 on Sept 30, 2006 15:32:00 GMT 7
Congratulations Hamish...and Sallie too, of course! Glad to see you dressed up for the occasion.
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Post by Hamish on Sept 30, 2006 16:13:50 GMT 7
Thanks. Now, for the rest of the story.  |
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Post by Hamish on Sept 30, 2006 18:47:06 GMT 7
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Post by George61 on Sept 30, 2006 18:56:27 GMT 7
Hmmmmmm I see a crayfish on the table, but not on the menu. Did you try the jellyfish heads?? ....or a Lotus root???....(oops, forgot. It was Sjijiazhuang, not Xi'an)
How were the Australian scallops???...and did you join Buddha in jumping over the wall...with Filamentous Fungi??
What caused the cake to go pear-shaped???
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Post by Mr Nobody on Sept 30, 2006 20:31:11 GMT 7
I noticed that the cockroaches in Hebei are huge! It looks like a lobster! (More like an Australian saltwater crayfish, although it isn't)! and served with moon cake, yum-oh.
I love this country. Even people like Hamish are respected.
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Post by Hamish on Sept 30, 2006 21:50:03 GMT 7
Do you dolts recognize the guy giving me the prize?
Hu dat?
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Post by George61 on Oct 1, 2006 0:53:33 GMT 7
Dunno!!!
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Post by Dr. Gonzo on Oct 1, 2006 1:44:38 GMT 7
Do you dolts recognize the guy giving me the prize? Hu dat? They all look the same to me. I notice the fuwuyuan still have no idea of what constitutes a glass of red wine. |
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Post by George61 on Oct 1, 2006 5:43:25 GMT 7
....or a red wine glass!!
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Post by Newbs on Oct 1, 2006 8:55:30 GMT 7
Okay, okay, I'll bite. The guy on the right is Hu Jin Tao and the guy on the left is,... um, I'm not certain, but I'll go out on a limb here and suggest that it's George Dubya Bush.
By the way, which twin uses hair dye?
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Post by Raoul Duke on Oct 1, 2006 9:44:31 GMT 7
I would only point out that Hamish's Photoshop skills are legendary...  |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Oct 1, 2006 9:46:31 GMT 7
And the guy on the left has the most disgustingly smug look I've ever seen on a face. Is it perchance Roger?  |
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Post by Hamish on Oct 3, 2006 15:06:51 GMT 7
THAT'S IT!
Chose your weapons.
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Post by Dr. Gonzo on Oct 4, 2006 2:32:18 GMT 7
And the guy on the left has the most disgustingly smug look I've ever seen on a face. Is it perchance Roger?  No, Roger [or Steppenwolf as he now styles himself] has far better dress sense. |
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Post by Dr. Gonzo on Oct 5, 2006 7:08:16 GMT 7
The guy on the right is Pu Yi though.
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Post by teleplayer on Oct 5, 2006 9:03:40 GMT 7
Dr. G, "Pu Yi?" Is this an idiom? Am I showing my naivete?
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Post by Dr. Gonzo on Oct 5, 2006 10:16:17 GMT 7
Pu Yi, The Last Emperor, was also set up as a Japanese puppet in Manchukuo [Manchuria]. I believe he spent his last days as a gardener in The Forbidden City or similar, showing the same wicked sense of CCP irony that put Muslims to work in pig farms during the Cultural Revolution. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pu_YiIt is widely believed that Pu Yi credited one Hamish McJames, his English teacher, with dragging Chinese education kicking and screaming into the 19th Century, where it remains to this day. |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Oct 5, 2006 11:57:11 GMT 7
You foreigners and your fancy-schmancy access to Wikipedia. Show off!  As for you, Hamish lad, if it must be so then I will reluctantly accept your challenge. Jellyfish heads at 20 paces.  |
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Post by Hamish on Oct 5, 2006 12:10:00 GMT 7
Hamish McJames was also Pu yin's personal pilot. Here, in a photo until this moment known only to our family and the Japanese, is McJames himself waiting for the Emporer to board the Emperial DC 3.  Jellyfish it is you Rat Bastard! |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Oct 5, 2006 13:06:34 GMT 7
Yes. And it's also 'Imperial'. And, uh, 'Emperor'.  |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Oct 5, 2006 13:07:22 GMT 7
Oh, and 'Pu Yi'.  |
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Post by Hamish on Oct 5, 2006 13:23:05 GMT 7
There is always some asshole around who, being genetically limited, cannot contribute to the ethereal humor, argument, and/or aesthetic of the goings on and resorts, therefor, to spell checking and grammar as her/his addition to the background noise.
Yo' Momma!
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