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Post by Raoul Duke on Jun 20, 2005 0:28:34 GMT 7
Tonight I stepped over into the world of international diplomacy. I helped build bridges between nations and cultures, and forged the bonds of friendship between diverse peoples. I did this by teaching the boys down at one of my local restaurants (the one of baijiu-and-peanuts fame) how to drink shots of Jose Cuervo tequila with lemon and salt. I really wish I'd had my camera. They absolutely hated it, so I got some revenge for the baijiu. Good job. But 2 of the 3 hung in there for a 2nd shot. After the first one they waved away the lemon and salt and just went for the liquor...I was horrified at first but then remembered that years of baijiu (of which they'd already had a bottle and a half by the time I arrived tonight) had already shot off all of their taste buds. After we depleted all the tequila I was required to drink a big shot of baijiu. This time not even the salt peanuts could make that poo taste decent. So, we ended the evening drunk and disorderly and happy. I am now thoroughly and officially a part of Dong Gang * Society. They waved off the price of my dinner and offered to hook me up with one of the local take-out hookers. I was already more than cared for in this dimension, for a man on the ugly side of 40, so I politely declined. It was hot in the restaurant, especially after all the liquor. When the boys started stripping down to their underwear, since the tequila was all gone, I took that as a good time to piss off. Anything for the cause of peace and brotherhood, man. Oh, yeah...and right now all of us, including the head chef, can write like m'kaying Hemingway.  * The Dong Gang is my neighborhood. Old Wang likes being part of the Dong Gang. |
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Post by George61 on Jun 20, 2005 2:18:06 GMT 7
You're such a good man, Rayool. I admire you!! Above and beyond the call of duty, and all that!! Here, I've got a large civler medal for you..  |
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Post by acjade on Jun 20, 2005 6:23:35 GMT 7
WEll I'll be Dong Ganged!!
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Post by con's fly is open on Jun 25, 2005 18:31:49 GMT 7
ATTABOY! I'm all too aware of the downside of the custom...   But China's social bonding between strangers via alcohol is brilliant]/b]. How many alliances and common ground has been forged this way? How many hatchets buried?
The beauty of the system: people MUST drink, or be rude. So any foolish behaviour is excused.
"Id's nod my fauld." - Eva, teacher
My headmaster's toughest work is regularly getting drunk with guys from the education bureau, government, police, army, train system, industry, neighbourhood... and probably some segments of which I'm not aware. A couple of weeks he comes staggering into the office, crabby that he's gunned at noon; it's m'kaying up his health and he knows it. But it gets poo done.
Tip a glass with someone and you almost know them. Smoking together accomplishes the same thing in Canada.
Too bad Muslims don't drink: get Sharon and Abbas doing Crispy Crunch shooters out of the same stripper's bellybutton, and the Palestinian problem would be solved by now. |
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Post by Lotus Eater on Jun 26, 2005 0:15:27 GMT 7
I am now in the happy position of being named He Jie by the TV people after an evening of drinking with them at a massive banquet. They also insisted that I smoke, but after a couple of puffs and convincing coughing from me we let that one go. Cigarettes plus alcohol make me feel foul/fowl cage next day. I also made certain they won the ganbei comp. But they were blokes so that was almost an imperative. They did have some fun trying to get one of my 'properties' to compare the young nubile Chinese assistants body with mine though.  They have now promised that they will take me to all of the nightclubs in town (I mentioned I like dancing!)  , and that anytime I want to eat at this particular flash restaurant I need only call them and it will be gratis. This casting thing could be a fun activity for my spare time! |
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Post by George61 on Jun 26, 2005 1:57:58 GMT 7
Your very own Casting Couch!! Lovely! In between drinking and ogling the young blokes, did you ever find out any more about the actual "production'??
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Post by acjade on Jun 26, 2005 8:42:15 GMT 7
They did have some fun trying to get one of my 'properties' to compare the young nubile Chinese assistants body with mine though. Please explain?  |
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Post by George61 on Jun 26, 2005 10:38:27 GMT 7
That's Agent-Speak, AJ....doesn't mean much to us ordinary mortals......unless you are one of her "properties", of course.
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Post by acjade on Jun 26, 2005 10:51:39 GMT 7
That's Agent-Speak, AJ....doesn't mean much to us ordinary mortals......unless you are one of her "properties", of course. Is this why she didn't let me go to the dinner? I think I'll have to get me a new agent. |
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Post by George61 on Jun 26, 2005 10:58:19 GMT 7
AJ, both you and LE are in Xi'an. Have you or have you not actually met in the flesh yet?
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Post by gengrant on Jun 26, 2005 10:59:49 GMT 7
yeah, I like to compare 'properties' once in a while...especially after a long night of drinking...  |
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Post by acjade on Jun 26, 2005 11:24:04 GMT 7
AJ, both you and LE are in Xi'an. Have you or have you not actually met in the flesh yet? Not in the biblical sense of the word, G. But yes we have met. LE has a sweet little man with a vicious set of glass cups and very strong hands come to her apartment every Monday evening. I went down for a massage and got cupped. Afterwards LE and I shared a bottle of red ( actually it was surprisely good... I hadn't bought wine in the Middle Kingdom until then so I was a bit worried it would taste like fruit juice but it actually tasted like red wine). As I get locked out up here at 11:00pm I stayed at LE's overnight and she got out of bed early the next morning to pour coffee down my throat and kick me out the door. It would be fun to repeat exercise once a week but then I would have no money at the end of the month. The taxi to LE's compound from here is about 35kwai so that's seventy kwai for a roundtrip. The little man with strong hands and cups is a hundred kwai... 120 if I get him to do my feet which as yet I have not. So in answer to your question. Yes LE and I have met. And as she saw me sans bra being cupped by little man with very strong hands  you could say yes indeedie we have met in the flesh. |
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Post by Mr Nobody on Jun 26, 2005 12:11:21 GMT 7
I have had exactly one glass of chinese red wine. I was reluctant to finish it, and am reluctant to try any more.
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Post by acjade on Jun 26, 2005 12:16:34 GMT 7
I have had exactly one glass of chinese red wine. I was reluctant to finish it, and am reluctant to try any more. So you understand my concern re selecting a bottle to celebrate a new friendship. I can't remember the label but served with the right meal, or a cheese platter... very nice. When you and the girlie get down this way you can test it out. |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jun 26, 2005 12:18:52 GMT 7
You had the wrong red wine, then, Mr. N. Some of it is indeed cherry kool-aid and wood alcohol, but upper-end Chinese reds are becoming pretty respectable. I find some of them easier to drink than their western counterparts.
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Post by acjade on Jun 26, 2005 12:24:40 GMT 7
Rrrroul you wouldn't happen to remeber the labels of said upper end wines, would you. I just promised Mr N that I'd buy him a bottle or two to sample when he gets down this way. I'd hate to serve him kool-aide. It was only sheer luck that I selected a decent bottle from the dazzlingly stocked shelves at Ai jia.
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Post by George61 on Jun 26, 2005 12:27:56 GMT 7
Huadong vineyards ,make a pretty good red...CabSav, I think from memory...25 RMB.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jun 26, 2005 13:09:50 GMT 7
The upper end offerings from Great Wall, Changyu, or Dragon Seal can be pretty good. CabSav seems to go well here.
A lot of cheaper upstart labels can be good, too, and can provide quite a lovely drunk at a very reasonable expense. The trick seems to be to look for the word "dry" on the label...and to experiment around until you find the locally-available versions that you like.
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Post by acjade on Jun 26, 2005 13:23:32 GMT 7
Thankyou for the tips. Much appreciated. Now if you could only tell me how to get the big letters I'd be a happy depressed oral english teacher.
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Post by woza17 on Jun 26, 2005 13:32:47 GMT 7
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Post by George61 on Jun 26, 2005 13:34:39 GMT 7
Do you mean these??
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Post by acjade on Jun 26, 2005 13:38:20 GMT 7
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Post by acjade on Jun 26, 2005 13:39:12 GMT 7
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Post by Mr Nobody on Jun 26, 2005 14:34:28 GMT 7
Umm.
The one I tried was chengyu apparently worth about 100rmb per bottle. Tasted like a poor Hunter cask. Chateau C'Ard-bord.
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Post by George61 on Jun 26, 2005 15:18:08 GMT 7
On principle, I won't spend large amounts for a bottle of wine, a bottle of beer, or a packet of smokes. The first two always wind up in the drains, and the latter goes up in smoke. Cheap thrills for me.
There is a cheaper Changyu, but after the Huadong, I have gone off it. In China, as in many other uncultured places, wine is displayed vertical, but I have not yet met with a "corked" bottle. Probably moves too fast.
AJ...Please not, among the grey buttons, one with a big red "A".....you don't want that one! Choose the one to the left, an "A" with a vertical arrow. Press that one and change the number to your heart's desire.
I've got a bad feeling, I shouldn't have told you that!!
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