Why do they have such bizarre names for the universities and colleges in China? Stuff like "The Sichuan University for Coal Sciences, Civil Engineering and Agriculture" or "Xi'an College of Forestry and Pottery".
Typically it's because that's what those universities specialize in. Not that strange really. There are certainly enough schools and students to have it work that way.
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Whats the deal with Asians being born with a blue splotch on their a$$es? Was there a race of blue-skinned humans that was absorbed by the main Asian branch, the only trace of their genes being a temporary birth spot?
I don't think there are General Studies in China.. you take the exam to get into the specialized school right away. Sort of like ENG here.
Yep, and you generally don't even get to choose what you study here. It's just based upon how good your scores are. If your scores are good you go into what field is good at that university, if your scores aren't good you just end up studying whatever else is given to you. That test is pretty damned important to people's lives here.
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"If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"
Whats the deal with Asians being born with a blue splotch on their a$$es? Was there a race of blue-skinned humans that was absorbed by the main Asian branch, the only trace of their genes being a temporary birth spot?
Incidentally, if you look at the prevalence section on that page, you'll see that it occurs on 40-45% of European infants, and 80-90% of Roma and Blacks as well.
What's with the cats in asian restaurants? You know, the cat with one paw up in the air? Why are some of them big and some of them small? Why do some places have several? Why do some of them have eyes that move? How come sometimes its a piggy bank, and sometimes it's just a cat? Will anyone be offended if I touch it?
I could be completely wrong on this, but we had one in our retail store long ago facing the front door. Our manager, who was Chinese said it was a good luck charm for fortune, basically 'waving' people into the store.
How does the one feller at the NW TNT duck/pork chopping area still have all his digits? He chops the meat with this massive cleaver with his fingers lazily hanging out and his eyes seemingly closed (if he's not asleep). It is downright scary.
I could be completely wrong on this, but we had one in our retail store long ago facing the front door. Our manager, who was Chinese said it was a good luck charm for fortune, basically 'waving' people into the store.
That's what I was told.
It's more of a Japanese thing, but you'll see the Chinese have them in their stores too. No doubt stealing anything that is Japanese to make up for the years of the Japanese stealing their kanji alphabet...
anyways, you're right on, it's a lucky cat or maneki neko. It's basically there to encourage more customers to come in. You'll see some variations with the cat waving and it looks like it's swinging at you. The Japanese have a hand gesture like ours where we tell people to come over. Instead of a palm up, fingers curling hand gesture, they do theirs palm down and that's basically what the cat's doing
apparently it's more lucky with bigger ones and goldish ones
How does the one feller at the NW TNT duck/pork chopping area still have all his digits? He chops the meat with this massive cleaver with his fingers lazily hanging out and his eyes seemingly closed (if he's not asleep). It is downright scary.
Most non asian people think our eyes are closed when they are not...
I heard this joke once from a Filipino-Canadian comedian that opened for Russell Peters the first time he played the Jubilee:
"Filipinos are Asians mixed with Hispanic blood - they work hard but no one will hire them!"...or something of that nature. I thought it was clever...can't remember the name of the guy though...
