2nd Aug 2011 Chinese Tales

Never Judge By Appearance: A Salutary Chinese Tale ~

At the final dinner of an international conference, an American delegate turned to the Chinese delegate sitting next to him, pointed to the soup and asked somewhat condescendingly, 'Likee soupee?'
The Chinese gentlemen nodded eagerly.

A little later, it was 'Likee fishee?' and 'Likee meatee?' and 'Likee fruitee?' and always the response was an affable nod.

At the end of the dinner the chairman of the conference introduced the guest speaker of the evening: none other than the Chinese gentleman who delivered a penetrating, witty discourse in impeccable English, much to the astonishment of his American neighbour.

When the speech was over, the speaker turned to his neighbour and with a mischievous twinkle in his eye and asked, 'Likee speechee?'

Classic Political Blooper ~

"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese." - Charles de Gaulle, ex-French President

Chinese Proverbs ~

• Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cathouse.
• A life with love is happy; a life for love is foolish.
• War doesn't determine who is right, war determines who is left.
• A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
• Three humble shoemakers brainstorming make a great statesman.
• Visiting monks give better sermons.
• He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
• An ambitious horse will never return to its old stable.
• A conversation with a wise person is worth of ten years' study of books.

 

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