tonado Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 Yao Ming will be in a commercial tomorrow. The commercial have him say "Yao" and the people at the store counter kept saying "Yo" and "Yo Yo". I guess they are trying to imply that Chinese names are hard to pronounce. Link to comment
tonado Posted January 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 For most of the guys who will be busy watching the big game tomorrow. You may have to explain the game to your Chinese fiancee/wife. ------------------------------------------------------------------A guy took his girlfriend to her first football game. Afterward he asked her how she liked the game. "I liked it, but I couldn't understand why they were killing each other for 25 cents, " she said. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Well, everyone kept yelling, 'Get the quarter back!'" Link to comment
PJ Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 Tony, Yes, I could imagine it would be difficult for someone not familiar with US culture to understand why the game is such a big deal. I told my fiancee that some people spend as much as 2 to 3 grand for a single Super Bowl ticket! P.J. Link to comment
Mick Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 Does he by any chance mention the time line for his name check and clearance in the commercial? Link to comment
AngryTexan Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 Mick, You took the words right out of my mouth!!! Link to comment
Eric&Yuhui Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 For most of the guys who will be busy watching the big game tomorrow. You may have to explain the game to your Chinese fiancee/wife. ------------------------------------------------------------------A guy took his girlfriend to her first football game. Afterward he asked her how she liked the game. "I liked it, but I couldn't understand why they were killing each other for 25 cents, " she said. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Well, everyone kept yelling, 'Get the quarter back!'"ooops.... Is it today?? What time? Not like I care mind you.So much for my SuperBowl mood.. LOLKinda slipped my mind... I think in 16 years here, I only watched a Superball once ( partially ).... On the other hand, I don't watch WordCup soccer much either, except last time while I was in Japan and Korea. It was, I admit gripping, to be in the middle of the "action" But I never planned in that way... I just happened to be there.. Link to comment
tonado Posted January 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 Superbowl is on now. CFL should be quiet for the next 3 hours. Link to comment
Eric&Yuhui Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 Superbowl is on now. CFL should be quiet for the next 3 hours.ok. I'll just accumulate blue thinggies then :-) Link to comment
LaoMao Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Superbowl is on now. CFL should be quiet for the next 3 hours.What's a superbowl? Shiao Mao, it is bigger than the large bowl. Link to comment
Eric&Yuhui Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Superbowl is on now. CFL should be quiet for the next 3 hours.What's a superbowl? yes, what is it??Frankly, a few days ago,, I was flabbergasted... floored.. I watched a "Competitive eating" documentary.... Yeah, I mean guys around the world stuffing themselves with hot dogs.. What was so sad to me is that the US contestants almost cried, loosing 2 years in a row to a 150 lbs Japanese guy... It was like <sniff> we need to bring the cup home...Geeeeeeeeeez,,, Now I can understand bringing the Sailing America's cup home from New Zealand boys OK , but hotdogs??????????There is something wrong with this country for sure..I'm not kidding.. Sounded like a national mourning day...To me, it truly sounded pathetic. The best thing was... "Yeah this is a sport.. We are athletes Nothing is more challenging..".I swear, I do not make that up .. Just give me a break OK What has this country come to when our ambition is to bring the HOTDOG cup home back from Japan...<no comment> Link to comment
tonado Posted January 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Superbowl is on now. CFL should be quiet for the next 3 hours.What's a superbowl? yes, what is it??Frankly, a few days ago,, I was flabbergasted... floored.. I watched a "Competitive eating" documentary.... Yeah, I mean guys around the world stuffing themselves with hot dogs.. What was so sad to me is that the US contestants almost cried, loosing 2 years in a row to a 150 lbs Japanese guy... It was like <sniff> we need to bring the cup home...Geeeeeeeeeez,,, Now I can understand bringing the Sailing America's cup home from New Zealand boys OK , but hotdogs??????????There is something wrong with this country for sure..I'm not kidding.. Sounded like a national mourning day...To me, it truly sounded pathetic. The best thing was... "Yeah this is a sport.. We are athletes Nothing is more challenging..".I swear, I do not make that up .. Just give me a break OK What has this country come to when our ambition is to bring the HOTDOG cup home back from Japan...<no comment>The same Japanese kid was on two days ago, a show in which man vs animal. He is 132 lb and looks very fit. They said he won over $400,000 the two years competing. His competitor was a grizzley bear. The bear won. He did eat 36 hot dogs in 2 and half minutes. The bear at all the hot dogs (50). He was sad after he lost. He wanted a rematch. TB won 48-21. It is good for the underdog team. Link to comment
Guest Snowbeast Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Down here in the south we have watermelon seed spittin' contests! Now what's more pathetic than that? But when I was in Shanghai last May/June, there was plenty of watermelon available. We ate it most every day. I wonder if they have seed spittin' contests there? Somehow I doubt it. Link to comment
owenkrout Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 What is more pathetic than watermelon seed spitting contests is cow chip tossing contests. No joke. Link to comment
tonado Posted January 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Owen and Mick and others, For you in China, TV shows in US are dominated with Reality show now. There is one show called "Fear Factor" in which people do stunts to win $50,000. Last week, they had a race inwhich two competitors picked up dead rats with their mouth and threw them in a basket. The person who threw in the most rats continued to the next round. They picked up about 20 dead rats. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/25/...ain537964.shtml Link to comment
owenkrout Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Owen and Mick and others, For you in China, TV shows in US are dominated with Reality show now. There is one show called "Fear Factor" in which people do stunts to win $50,000. Last week, they had a race inwhich two competitors picked up dead rats with their mouth and threw them in a basket. The person who threw in the most rats continued to the next round. They picked up about 20 dead rats. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/25/...ain537964.shtmlOK, that settles it. I am looking for another position over here for next year. Link to comment
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