DISQUS

China Law Blog · 2 years ago

Your thoughtful post raises a number of very serious issues, to wit:

1. Is there a female under the age of 25 anywhere in China without a double nickname like PingPing?

2. Is there a middle schooler anywhere in the world who is not embarrassed by his or her parents and who does not operate under the usually false belief that only his or her parents are uncool?

3. Where the hell did this kid come up with that kind of relatively big money?

Jeremiah · 2 years ago

Chris,

Since when has 250 RMB been so priceless?

CLB,

Agreed. The "double nickname" thing is making me a little weary. We have a friend here with a double nickname who has rechristened her American husband with his own double nickname. Naturally, when we refer to this fellow in the third person...for reasons passing understanding, we use the double nickname. I will now beat myself to death with a baozi.

Chris · 2 years ago

CLB,
I meant to add a point about capitalism washing away "all that is fixed, fast and solid" and making teens everywhere equally annoying, but I figured you could make it better. I'm sure my little sister contemplated similar schemes in high school.

Jeremiah,

Did I go too low on the clothes price? I asked a few friends how much they spend each year and went with the bottom end.

John · 2 years ago

I wonder if I can hire a stand in that would take my place when my wife is upset with me. Nah. No amount of money is worth that.

Meursault · 2 years ago

My parents will be leaving the sanctuary of our small industrial hometown in the north-west of the UK for the first time ever this month, and will be making the trip all the way here to sunny China.

Perhaps their blunt British working class manners will embarrass me in front of my middle-class expat friends while they are here? Do you, Chris, know any well-to-do, middle-aged, sophisticated, white couples that I can hire for the week to shadow us and pretend to be my parents in time of need? There's 251 RMB for the couple being offered and a bag of salt and vinegar crisps for yourself as finder's fee.

Meursault · 2 years ago

Ooh... I do like how comments fade into the page after hitting the "Submit" button. I'm going to write another comment just to see that again.

Chris · 2 years ago

Meursault,
That's a tempting offer. Do you need Britons to pass muster? And must they be actually married or simply acting the part? Make it a large bag of salt and vinegar, perhaps some salty popcorn (none of that too-sweet stuff) and we might have a deal.

Meursault · 2 years ago

Just come home at 2 AM on a Friday night and realised I left my precious S&V in a dodgy Qingdao bar. Sorry Chris, but the deal is off.

Chris · 2 years ago

Curses! Foiled again. The quest for decent snack food continues...

hiutopor · 2 years ago

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