Comments on: Virgin on the Ridiculous

By: Stranded Mariner

Stranded Mariner — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:35:17 +0000

A breath of fresh air !

By: MyLaowai

MyLaowai — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:02:08 +0000

Amen.

By: Keir

Keir — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:19:25 +0000

Thank God… He’s Danish. Here’s the punchline- his wife’s parents will now be moving into their flat for the next YEAR, arriving from the south of China. He’s a complete workaholic, and when asked to make at least a cup of coffee for her, he replies (in Germanic accent) “In my country women go into the woods to have their children.”
I told my indignant girlfriend (and her friend) that that was indeed the case.

By: Virgin on the Ridiculous « Stranded on the Largest Island

Virgin on the Ridiculous « Stranded on the Largest Island — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:00:15 +0000

[...] on the Ridiculous Over at MyLaowai’s blog a post that deals with the medical ‘advice’ given to pregnant women in China. I laughed [...]

By: MyLaowai

MyLaowai — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:17:12 +0000

Is your friend Chinese? If so, then yes, that is the case. If he is not Chinese, then rejoice! For not only may his child have a human name, he will also have increased the depth of the gene puddle in this benighted land.

And yes, whilst this article is written tongue-in-cheek, that part was 100% true.

By: Keir

Keir — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:19:10 +0000

Great article. I passed it on to a colleague whose Chinese wife is pregnant. Is it really the case that one can’t give one’s child a foreign name otherwise it will have its life destroyed with all the vehemence a totalitarian state can direct? If he knew that he’d never have agreed to his wife’s condition…