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Chinese ban spitting for Olympics
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| 04/14/07
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Posted on 04/14/2007 12:26:31 PM PDT by Ellesu
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posted on
04/14/2007 12:26:32 PM PDT
by
Ellesu
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: Ellesu
“Swearing in the Beijing dialect” is something up with which I will not put.
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posted on
04/14/2007 12:31:09 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Ellesu
I guess this means that there won’t be baseball in the 2008 games.
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posted on
04/14/2007 12:31:16 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: Ellesu
I can hardly wait to see the updates over at:
http://www.engrish.com
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posted on
04/14/2007 12:32:26 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
('President Rudy!!! = an aborted fetus in every pot, and no guns in any garage!!!')
To: Ellesu; Charles Henrickson; mikrofon
Chinese ban spitting for Olympics I expect the boxers to rebel.
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posted on
04/14/2007 12:35:59 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Hong Kong Ptui!)
To: JackRyanCIA
I was in a Beijing restaurant and I took a picture of my friend across the table. It wasn’t until I got the picture processed that I realized I caught a glimpse of a huge wad on a vector right behind my friend. I saw public spitting all over the place - indoors and out.
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posted on
04/14/2007 12:36:37 PM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
I guess I can quit training. Do you think they’ll bring it back for 2012?
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posted on
04/14/2007 12:43:11 PM PDT
by
kinghorse
(I didn't question Nancy's patriotism. I questioned her judgment - Dick Cheney 2007)
To: kinsman redeemer
So I guess it’s true that spitting is a big social problem over there, I had no idea either. “Dirty, dirty air”?
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posted on
04/14/2007 12:46:38 PM PDT
by
Baladas
To: JackRyanCIA
No they don't use spittoons. They use the floor, the sink, or any other surface they see. I was eating in an upscale restaurant in Nanjing and noticed a small boy (Maybe 8 or 9) rising from his table to spit in a potted plant. He happily sat back down and no notice was taken. This nasty habit is all inclusive in this society. I was walking down the street and noticed a young girl with her mother. She was cute as a button until she cleared her throat like a sailor and let fly.
I was there working on a large machine and we had to put tape around it and name it the "No Spitting Zone" to keep the mechanics from kneeling down in someones flem.
PS. Don't even ask about the restrooms....Yuck!
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posted on
04/14/2007 12:50:30 PM PDT
by
Wingy
To: Ellesu
They will treat the *spitters* like stray dog......beat them to death in the street.
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posted on
04/14/2007 12:56:25 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(DON'T MESS WITH A NATION IN NEED OF MEDICATION !)
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To: JackRyanCIA
Do they use spittoons in China I wonder. Chew Mail Pouch?
The answer to both is a resounding ‘no’ and what they are spitting is even more gross than tobacco, and unlike tobacco, TB is spread through the habit. They fail to mention one other little ‘habit’ and that is the, shall we say depositing, of nose material on any convenient wall, including inside ones house.
Ah-h-h-h more multiculturalism.
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posted on
04/14/2007 1:01:08 PM PDT
by
hardworking
(What's the big deal with same sex marriage? The Clintons have been in one for years.)
To: Ellesu
The author forgot to add to bring your own food.
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posted on
04/14/2007 1:03:14 PM PDT
by
panaxanax
(Ronald Reagan would vote for Duncan Hunter!)
To: hardworking; Wingy
Ah-h-h-h more multiculturalism.
This has nothing to do with multiculturalism, but education level and wealth. No Chinese philosopher, monk, writer or artist has ever told people to spit everywhere. Very few educated Chinese spit in the public. If you go to a Chinese university, no one (not the student nor the professor) spits at all.
The problem is that education level throughout China is still very low. For every 10 million educated, there are 100 million uneducated. But hopefully that will greatly improve in the next few decades.
To: Ellesu
China is just keeping the Olympic spirit alive after the fashion of these guys.
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posted on
04/14/2007 1:17:06 PM PDT
by
Quick or Dead
(Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms - Aristotle)
To: martin_fierro; Ellesu; Charles Henrickson
Prior Olympic venues used to just prohibit street vendors from hawking their wares...
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posted on
04/14/2007 1:17:22 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Mucus ruckus)
To: JackRyanCIA
"officials say they are prepared to take harsh measures against people who spit in public if appeals do not work."That makes me so mad I could spit! ;^)
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posted on
04/14/2007 1:22:08 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(The violence of evil is met with the violence of righteousness, justice, love and grace.)
To: martin_fierro
China.....”the loogie-free country”
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posted on
04/14/2007 1:22:23 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! Or Rudy/Hillary if you want to murder conservatism)
To: Ellesu
My Chinese (2nd generation) friend just returned from China. With disgust, he said, “you wouldn’t believe how these people spit all the time.”
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posted on
04/14/2007 1:27:38 PM PDT
by
blam
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