Re: "Usefull languages"

In a message dated 2002.02.14 11.53.51 AM, Kou (latinfrench@SAGESCHOOL.ORG)
writes:

>The Chinese do have their own peculiar form of hell on earth, though;
>it's called an English speech contest. Should you ever be asked to
>judge, run, don't walk, away.
    ROTFLMAOSHIH *GaSP!* ~ouchies~
    Run screaming, I must add.
    I have had the absolutely miserable misfortune of being coerced into such
a contest in a family reunion (the infamous Wong side of the family) in which
there was no possible escape at all for any of the truly fluent English
speakers (mostly the Sino-British Changs, the more Americanized Wongs & the
poor, bewildered "round-eyes" who had the foolhardiness to be married into
the Wong family).
    It's mindboggling how much liquor and beer was consumed that day and
night (about US$3,700 worth amongst about 25-30 people... & most of it was
consumed by the English speakers).

czHANg23,
Avatar of Sun WuKong, a.k.a. "Monkey," a.k.a. "TricksterGod of the Han
Chinese"

~ om hung hanumatay rudratmakai hung phat ~
    - mantra to Hanuman the Hindu Monkey TricksterGod

        Hail to thee TricksterGods! IO THEE CHAOSGODHEAD!!!
        ~ thee Tru Pries ov Existenz iz Ætern'l Warfær & Creativ Playf'llniz~
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