[Zhang Fei]

Truly amusing. This guy's a veritable Chinese George Costanza. Some blog commenter event wrote up the following skit:

(Quote) CHILDREN: That’s the coward that left us to die!

FAN (voice is hoarse from screaming): I...was trying to lead the way. We needed a leader! Someone to lead the way to safety.

CHILDREN: But you yelled “get out of my way”!

FAN: Because! Because, as the leader...if I die...then all hope is lost! Who would lead? The principal? Instead of castigating me, you should all be thanking me. What kind of a topsy-turvy world do we live in, where heroes are cast as villains? Brave men as cowards?

CHILDREN: But I saw you push the women and children out of the way in a mad panic! I saw you knock them down! And when you ran out, you left everyone behind!

FAN: Seemingly. Seemingly, to the untrained eye, I can fully understand how you got that impression. What looked like pushing...what looked like knocking down...was a safety precaution! In a fire, you stay close to the ground, am I right? And when I ran out that door, I was not leaving anyone behind! Oh, quite the contrary! I risked my life making sure that exit was clear. Any other questions?

FIREMAN: How do you live with yourself?

FAN: Its not easy.

(apologies to Seinfeld) (Unquote)

[chaos_5]

"I have never been a brave man and I'm only really concerned about myself."

Well, hell, at least he is honest.

[SIDENET]

His explanation was simple. "I have a very strong sense of self-preservation," he said. "I have never been a brave man and I'm only really concerned about myself."

GOP senator?

[CrappieLuck]

He’s like a Chinese Kennedy

[Doctor Freeze]

He also risked angering those closer to him, saying he would not have tried to save his own mother if she had been present, though he might (emphasis mine) have made an exception to his general rule for his one-year-old daughter.

What a freakin' coward. Put him in the category of that man in Jurassic Park who abandoned the kids when the T-Rex came after them... and who got his head bitten off.

Or that man in Aliens who locked himself in a room only to find an alien in the room with him.

[BerniesFriend]

Hope mr fan is never in a fire and needs a fireman to save his sorry butt..the fireman could shout to mr fan inside..”Sorry..but my sense of self preservation is to great to save you..besides..I didn’t start the fire.”

[Travis McGee]

Say a prayer for all the teachers who didn’t run, and who died with their children.

[combat_boots]

Mr. Fan is related to Obama then?

[akorahil]

Oh gawd, I LOVED that episode, thanks for the smile!

[ozzymandus]

One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes. The one where Lisa Edelstein is George’s girlfriend is another.

[BBell]

I think this is B.S. put out as a way to subtly try to change the attitudes of the Chinese people so they will not blame the government for building substandard buildings but rather the teachers for not leading correctly. I have already read where the local populace are blaming their local officials rather then the central government.

Propaganda 101. Shift the blame away from the central (commie ) government. The people will rally behind you.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Hey, check this story out!

[commonguymd]

Costanza at his best. Excellent episode.

[LibertyRocks]

The FIRST thing I thought of was the George Costanza fire episode!

If anyone missed this episode, can’t remember it, or would just like to laugh a little - here it is on YouTube:

Seinfeld Clip, George, Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnfbhdELQLA