88 Ways To Know That U r Chinese

[zenboy]

88 Ways To Know That U r Chinese

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1. You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those bows) next year.

2. You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off.

3. When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out.

4. You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table.

5. Your stove is covered with aluminum foil.

6. Your kitchen has a sticky film of grease over it.

7. You have stuff in the freezer since the beginning of time.

8. You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.

9. You have never used your dishwasher.

10. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.

11. You boil water and put it in the refrigerator.

12. You eat all meals in the kitchen.

13. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.

14. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.

15. You always leave your shoes at the door.

16. You have a piano in your living room.

17. Your parents know how to launch nasal and throat projectiles.

18. You iron your own shirts.

19. You drive a Honda or Acura and are less than 5'8"tall.

20. You pick your teeth at the dinner table (but you cover your mouth).

21. You twirl your pen around your fingers.

22. You hate to waste food... a) Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. (Your mom will give a lecture about starving kids in Africa) B) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.

23. You don't own any real Tupperware-only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, take out containers, and jam jars.

24. You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses.

25. You've eaten a red bean Popsicle.

26. You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you visit people's homes.

27. You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.

28. The condiments in your fridge are either Price Club sized or come in plastic packets, which you save/steal every time you get take out or go to McDonald's.

29. Ditto paper napkins.

30. You wipe your plate and utensils before you eat every time you go to a restaurant.

31. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes)...These travel snacks are always dried. As in not just dried plums, dried ginger, and beef/pork jerky, but dried cuttlefish (SQUID).

32. You own a rice cooker.

33. You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it.

34. You spit bones and other food scraps on the table. (That's why you need the vinyl tablecloth).

35. Your parents vehemently refuse the sack of gold coin oranges that their guests just brought just to be courteous.

36. You fight (literally) over who pays the dinner bill.

37. Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself.

38. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or law.

39. When you go to a dance party, there are a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool.

40. You live with your parents and you are 30 years old (and they prefer it that way). Or if you're married and 30 years old, you live in the apartment next door to your parents, or at least in the same neighbourhood.

41. You don't use measuring cups.

42. You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax.

43. You beat eggs with chopsticks.

44. You re-gift cookies or Christmas cake at Christmas (some could even be more than 5yrs old).

45. You have a teacup with a cover on it.

46. You reuse teabags.

47. You have a drawer full of old pens, most of which don't write anymore.

48. If you're under age 20, you own a really expensive walkman. If you're over 20, you own a really expensive camera.

49. You always look phone numbers up in the phone book, since calling Information costs 50 cents.

50. You don't tip more than 10% at a restaurant, and if you do, you tip Chinese delivery guys/waiters more.

51. You're a wok user.

52. You only make long distance calls after 11pm.

53. You know all the waiters at your favorite Chinese restaurants.

54. You like Chinese films in their original undubbed versions a) You love Chinese Martial Arts films. B) Shao Lin and Wu Tang actually mean something to you.

55. You have acquired a taste for bittermelon.

56. You like congee with thousand year old eggs.

57. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attatched-- it means they're fresh.

58. You never call your parents just to say hi.

59. You always cook too much.

60. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.

61. Also, if you don't live at home, your parents always want you to come home.

62. Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay inside when you get sick.

63. When you're sick, they also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods because they produce hot air (yeet hay in Cantonese).

64. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only sit 10 feet apart.

65. Your parents never go to the movies.

66. Your parents send money to their relatives in China.

67. You use a face cloth.

68. Your parents use a clothes line.

69. You're always late.

70. You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.

71. You starve yourself before going to all you can eat buffet.

72. You've joined a CD club at least once.

73. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics, computers.

74. You never discuss your love life with your parents.

75. Your parents are never happy with your grades!!

76. You save your old Coke bottle glasses even though you're never going to use them again.

77. You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.

78. You keep most of your money in a savings account.

79. You own an MJ set and possibly have a room set up in the basement.

80. You know what MJ means. [no, it's not Michael Jackson: It's Mahjong!]

81. You've been on the Love Boat or know someone who has.

82. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.

83. You say "wei" when answering your cell phone.

84. You are familiar with the term "aiee yah...".

85. You know what moon cakes are.

86. You know why this list consists of only "88" reasons.

87. You enclose your remote controls in plastic to keep greasy fingerprints off them.

88. You take this message and forward it to all your Chinese friends.

[holyman]

hmm... a bit too general... at least half of them i've seen among japanese, koreans, italians etc.

[Adam]

hmmm, the one about using the dishwasher as a drying rack is true lol.. Most of the others just seem like common sense to me

[Quest]

seen this list many times, it's very chinese american -centric.

[liuzhou]

Another List

This one is for expatriates living in China

You know you've been in China too long if...

1. Before asking someone's age, you ask what animal they are.

2. You start picking at other people's dinner plates before they even offer you a taste.

3. You eat family style at any and all restaurants, Chinese or not.

4. You would rather wait on the street for an extra ten minutes for a small cab, than pay the extra for a big cab.

5. You don’t have to speak to taxi drivers. Every cab in town has taken you home at least once, so they all know where you live.

6. It seems entirely sensible to take a cab across town for 12 yuan in each direction to buy something that costs 4 yuan, and they sell right outside your house anyway.

7. You have absolutely no sense of traffic rules.

8. You invite friends over for dinner, and serve thousand year old eggs as an appetiser.

9. You buy a round trip air ticket in China.

10. You no longer need tissues to blow your nose.

11. You start calling other foreigners Lao Wai.

12. You think singing Karaoke on Friday nights is fun.

13. Other foreigners seem foreign to you.

14. You consider McDonalds a treat.

15. You ask how much people are making and expect people to answer.

16. You talk louder than is necessary.

17. You are the last of your first group of friends still in China.

18. You prefer using chopsticks.

19. Chinese fashion starts looking hip.

20. You no longer notice the hooting on the streets.

21. You start cutting off large vehicles on your bicycle.

22. Your body no longer needs dairy products.

23. You think Yangshou is a nice place for a holiday.

24. The last time you visited your mother, you gave her your business card

25. You start to enjoy the taste of bai jiu.

26. You go back home for a short visit, get in a car and start giving the driver directions in Chinese.

27. You have to pause and translate your phone number into English before telling it to someone.

28. Your idea of a larger home is an extra 10 square meters.

29. You get used to having a before dinner, during dinner, and after dinner cigarette.

30. You think no car is complete without a tissue box on the rear shelf and a feather duster in the trunk.

31. You go to the local shop in pyjamas.

32. You wouldn't think of buying any appliance that doesn't come in lime green.

33. You wonder why none of your friends back home have VCD players

34. You see some real cleavage and think WOW!

35. You ask fellow foreigners the all-important question "How long have you been here?" in order to be able to properly categorize them.

36. You speak putonghua better than the locals.

37. You buy the local newspaper because you forget that you can’t read Chinese.

38. When looking out the window, you think "Wow, so many trees!" instead of "Wow, so much concrete!"

39. You seriously contemplate putting bathroom tiles on the outside of your house back home.

40. You can swear in 3 different dialects.

41. Pollution, what pollution?

42. You think squat toilets are more sensible

43. You notice you've forgotten how to tie shoelaces.

44. You start wearing long thermal underwear on October 1st no matter what the temperature is.

45. You stop wearing long thermal underwear on May 1st no matter what the temperature is.

46. You phone an English-speaking laowai friend and somehow can't bring yourself to get to the point for the first 3 minutes of the conversation.

47. You stop enjoying telling newcomers to China 'all about China'.

48. You think "English literature major" is a polite way to say peanut brained bimbo.

49. You are not surprised to wake up in the morning and find that the woman who stayed over last night has completely cleaned your apartment, even though you'll probably never ever meet her again.

50. You develop a liking for corn flavoured ice cream.

51. You think the best part of TV are the commercials.

52. When you think it's alright to stick your head into a stranger's apartment to see if anybody's home.

53. You think that you can impress foreigners by drinking Budweiser.

54. You have run out of snappy comebacks to compliments about your chopstick skills.

55. You think "white pills, blue pills, and pink powder" is an adequate answer to the question "What are you giving me, doctor?".

56. Someone doesn't stare at you and you wonder why.

57. 70 degrees F. feels cold.

58. You see three people on a motorcycle and figure there's room for two more.

59. "Squid" sounds better than "steak".

60. There are more things strapped to your cycle than you ever put in a car.

61. Looking at a dog makes you hungry.

62. Firecrackers don't wake you up.

63. Your family stops asking when you'll be coming back.

64. You don't mind when your date picks his/her nose in public.

65. You wear out your vehicle's horn before its brakes.

66. Smoking is one of the dinner courses.

67. You (male) wear white socks with your business suits.

68. You (female) wear socks over your pantyhose in summer.

69. People who knew you when you first arrived don't recognize you.

70. You speak Chinese to your foreign friends.

71. You buy a top-of-the-line karaoke machine.

72. None of your shoes have laces.

73. Chinese stop you on the street to ask for directions.

74. You leave the plastic on all new purchases.

75. Forks feel funny.

76. The shortest distance between two points involves going through an alley.

77. People who haven't seen you for months don't ask where you've been.

78. Chinese remakes of Western songs sound better than the originals.

79. The only foreigners who have been here longer than you are buried here.

80. You find yourself saying, "Oh geez, not ANOTHER Year of the Rat!"

81. You get homesick for Chinese food when away from China.

82. It becomes a tradition that at least part of Christmas dinner is stir-fried.

83. Other foreigners give you a funny look when you tell them how long you've been here.

84. The Statute of Limitations has expired and you still don't go home.

85. You realize that smiling and nodding is Chinese body language for, "Go away & leave me alone."

86. Metal scaffolding at construction sites seems much more dangerous than bamboo scaffolding.

87. The Lunar Calendar ALWAYS takes precedence.

88. Pizza just doesn't taste right unless there's corn on it.

89. It's been at least 18 months since you used the word "tacky" to describe anything.

90. Summers are too short; winters too long.

91. 250cc is a REALLY BIG motorcycle. (You think moving from a 125cc to a 150cc makes you more macho.)

92. All the top-level government officials you befriended for guanxi purposes when you first arrived are retired and living in your country.

93. Eating at 'Western' restaurants, you wait until after dessert to drink your soup.

94. Your thumbnail is 2 inches long.

95. After being in an accident, you tell the ambulance driver which hospital to take you to.

96. None of CNN's "China Experts" have been here as long as you.

97. You salt your fruit.

98. That unopened bottle of XO has aged longer on your living room shelf than it ever did in France.

99. Your company offers you a job in your native land, and includes regular "Home Leave" to China as an incentive.

100. Household furnishings are arranged for optimal feng-shui.

101. You can make elevators go faster by boarding first and taking over the controls.

102. You stop calling the Guinness Book of Records people each time you kill a cockroach.

103. You think of 'salad' as diced apples in mayonnaise

104. You don't recognise a bowl of chicken soup unless there's feet and a head in it.

105. Your favourite pizza toppings are corn and shrimp.

106. You don't bother to take the sticker off the lenses of your fake Ray-Bans.

107. In the summer, you roll the legs of your pants up to your knees whenever you sit down.

108. (men) And you roll your shirt up to your nipples.

109. You only wear a suit when you dig ditches or do home repairs.

110. You have a purse and you are male.

111. You walk backwards in the park listening to a transistor radio.

112. You smoke in crowded elevators.

113. You like the smell of the bus.

114. You go to the hospital at the first signs of a cold.

115. You don't notice your gastrointestinal problems anymore.

116. You draw characters on your hand to make yourself understood.

117. Your handshake is weakening by the day.

118. You would never think of entering your house without first removing your shoes.

119. You can't put a proper sentence together in your native language.

120. You aren't aware that one is supposed to pay for software.

121. Drilling on the walls in the wee small hours in the morning is considered acceptable behaviour.

122. You get offended when people admire your chopsticks skills.

123. You compiled a 3-page list of weird English first names that Chinese people of your acquaintance have chosen for themselves.

124. Your collection of business cards has outgrown your flat.

125. You know that leather shoes can grow leaves during the wet season.

126. You use the word "Ayyiieeaaahh" every few sentences to convey surprise, pleasure, pain or anger.

127. You speak enough Chinese to make your colleagues laugh their heads off (attempts with anyone else still only draw blank stares).

128. You and a friend get on a bus, sit at opposite ends of the bus, and continue your conversation by yelling from one end to the other.

129. You get on a bus alone and pretend to have a friend at the other end of the bus!

130. You always get a seat on a bus.

131. You cannot say a number without making the appropriate hand sign.

132. You cannot say "Call me." without making a pretend phone with your fingers and sticking to your ear.

133. You eat at exactly the same time every day, whether you are hungry or not. Then eat again later when you ARE hungry.

134. You think a pedestrian crossing over the street is 'beautiful'.

135. You start making lists like this.

[wushijiao]

i laughed hard at both lists...especially because i was eating 瓜子 and spitting them on the table while thinking of eating a corn pizza for dinner.

[Horse]

double post

[Horse]

my old dear does half that stuff and that was before she ever came to China

[heifeng]

81. You've been on the Love Boat or know someone who has.

I thought this was just an ABC thing(specifically a Cali thing)..Do other countries XBC's go on this cruise too?

[Xiaohua]

Those lists are very funny! But some of those things are not only chinese, black people do #3,22.24.& 82, on list one. I really laughed because my mom has a clset space just to stack up toilet paper that she finds on sale. And she stacks them sky high. And you don't want to see how thin my tube of tooth pastes is. And some of my family memebrs stilldrink out of jam jars. I call that gehtto.! lol. But I have one question, why spit food on the table? That is kind of gross!

[adrianlondon]

why spit food on the table?

Because you usually only have a bowl, and if you spit your food into the bowl you end up eating it again by mistake Of course, the "posh" places put a saucer under your bowl for this purpose and the "rustic" places expect you to spit onto the floor.

[ziyi star]

funny lists... though the spitting (food or to the street) is grosss

[Guest mamba9]

well what a scary list. My family and I practically match 80/88 of that. Some are exceptions, like drinking out of jam jars, i use yogurt cups:lol:

Especially

60. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.

thats just spot on.

[Hero Doug]

first list was a bit general, liuzhou's list had some nice specifics. I notice that I've thrown out a few aiyahh's here and there lately.

And chinese fashion got to me as well I think. I bought a sweater in China and wore it with relitavely no problems, until I came back to Canada for a visit. Apparently it makes me look quite "gay".

I especially like the "foreign folks seem foreign", it kind of rings true for me.

[Xiaohua]

That depends on what the sweater looks like. I don't think sweaters on men is in anyway gay. But if the sweater was pink, then I would worry about the guy wearing it. :wink2:

[simonlaing]

yeah I think

126 . You use the word "Ayyiieeaaahh" every few sentences to convey surprise, pleasure, pain or anger.

Is definitely a sign of being in China a long time, though when I went to france i tried to give french driving directions in Chinese. It took a second for them to realize I wasn't speaking english like most people.

I wonder about how long have you been in China to put people into catergories. I occassionally do this, is this bad? I feel guilty, should I?

I understand the Karaoke, tacky, and subtle view changes that happen. You don't think it will happen but it will.

Also one to add.

The traffic is bad today you are referring to the bicycle back up in downtown.

You don't think climbing 5 flights of stairs to go to someone's house as difficult or strange.

You have taken the HSK more than 3 times, and think the next time I will definitely pass.

The Local TV station knows you will always be there to give the "foreign view" on a particular subject.

You can advise people what the working conditions are like in the 4 major english schools from personal experience.

You stop thinking you're going to get the Expat Package.

What do you think?

have fun,

Simon:)

p.s. if you have time answer my survey on the Education thread

[Lu]

This list is a bit long, and partly overlaps with the China list, but still it's funny.

1. You can order the entire McDonald's menu in Chinese.

2. You decide it makes more sense to drive a motorcycle instead of a car.

3. More than one garment has been ruined by betel-nut spit.

4. Someone doesn't stare at you and you wonder why.

5. You look both ways before crossing the sidewalk.

6. Hsiaohsing Wine tastes good.

7. You turn left from the right lane.

8. 70��XF feels cold.

9. You see three people on a motorcycle and figure there's room for two more.

10. "Squid" sounds better than "steak".

11. You don't notice the smell.

12. There are more things strapped to your motorcycle than you ever put in a car.

13. Looking at a dog makes you hungry.

14. You stop conjugating verbs.

15. You drive on the shoulder to pass traffic.

16. The main reason you stop at a 7-11 is to buy tea eggs.

17. You expect a Chinese New Year's bonus.

18. Firecrackers don't wake you up.

19. You spend two hours and US$75 to go get potato skins and buffalo wings.

20. You can distinguish Taiwanese from Hakka.

21. Your family stops asking you when you'll be coming back.

22. Taxi drivers are considered "good drivers".

23. You withdraw your money from the bank during Chinese missile tests.

24. Beer really isn't so expensive.

25. You stop and look both ways before driving through a red light.

26. "A", "an" and "the" aren't necessary parts of speech.

27. You know when the next "big bai-bai" is.

28. Smoking is one of the dinner courses.

29. You don't mind when your date picks her/his nose in public.

30. You wear out your horn before your brakes.

31. The police call you to get information about other foreigners.

32. You know which place has the best noodles & duck meat at 3:00 a.m.

33. a) You (male) wear white socks with suits and black socks with tennis shorts.

B) You (female) wear socks with pantyhose in summer.

34. People who knew you when you first arrived don't recognize you.

35. You speak Chinese to your foreign friends.

36. You own a karaoke machine.

37. None of your shoes have laces.

38. Chinese stop you on the street to ask for directions.

39. You leave the plastic on new furniture.

40. Forks feel strange.

41. You can spot the differences between the China News and the China Post.

42. The shortest distance between two points involves going through an alley.

43. You wear blue rubber flip-flops at work.

44. People don't see you for months, and when they do, they don't ask you where you've been.

45. Your deodorant stick has cobwebs on it.

46. You check that the karaoke machine is working before boarding a wild chicken bus.

47. Chinese remakes of Western songs sound better than the originals.

48. You stare at other foreigners.

49. Over half of your clothes were bought at night markets.

50. You become an expert on bug zappers: the best brands & where to get them.

51. The majority of foreigners who have been in Taiwan longer than you are buried here.

52. You find yourself saying, "Oh geez, not ANOTHER Year of the Rat."

53. You know which turn signal should be on when driving the wrong way down a one-way street.

54. You get homesick for Chinese food while away from Taiwan.

55. Praying at a temple for a winning lottery number becomes a regular thing to do.

56. It becomes a tradition that at least a part of Christmas dinner is stir-fried.

57. Other foreigners give you a funny look when you tell them how long you've been here.

58. You can't think of any good reason to leave.

59. The Statute of Limitations has expired and you still don't go home.

60. You understand that smiling and nodding is Chinese body language for "Stop speaking bad Mandarin and leave me alone."

61. Passing a construction site, you realize metal scaffolding is much more dangerous than bamboo.

62. You've spent more time on the island since 1990 than any of the Taiwanese you know.

63. The last few vacations you've had have been around Taiwan on company outings.

64. You've used up more than one phone card on local calls.

65. Locals are surprised to find out you can't vote in the upcoming election.

66. Your pets are bilingual.

67. Pizza just doesn't taste right unless there's corn on it.

68. Your preferred parking spot is on a sidewalk (and you get upset when someone else parks there).

69. Most meaningful conversations take place in doorways or on slow-moving motorcycles.

70. You can de-bone a piece of chicken in your mouth within seconds.

71. Your job title has more than three words.

72. You think the service in the resturants isn't THAT bad.

73. You serve Shaoshing wine at home.

74. You're constantly the first on the elevator to hit the "door close" button.

75. You start cutting off the gravel trucks.

76.You prefer squat toilets.

77.You think having a scooter would be fun.

78.You eat squid on a stick.

79.You no longer find those strange and humorous articles in the paper to send home.

80.Your most commonly used Mandarin phrase is no longer "wo ting bu dong".

81.Your answer to an "either/or" question is "yes".

82.When the fashions in the stores look really hip.

83.You're into Sumo on NHK.

84.When chou tofu is no longer stinky.

85.You go to a nice restaurant and look for the rice bowl to put your food in.

86.You wish they had Lazy Susans in the middle of the tables at TGI Fridays.

87.You spend more time driving ON the lines instead of in between them.

88.You read books from back to front.

89.You start to like Kaoliang brandy more than XO.

90.You think packs of dogs are cute.

91.You are on home leave and you say "hsie hsie" instead of thank you.

92.You call it home.

93.You think that ALL babies have flat heads in the back.

94.You're ready to name the betel nut as a nutritional supplement.

95.You think that $3,000,000NT for a golf club membership is a steal.

96.You drive like this all the time.

97.You think the Taipei-Tamsui ferry is world class cruising.

98.You think that Taiwan is really trying to protect endangered species.

99.Your pinkie nail is over one inch long.

100.You stop using spell check on your word processor.

101.You buy round trip air tickets from Taipei.

102.You are worried when you DON'T see the soldiers on a bridge.

103.You think that ICRT is quality radio.

104.You tell the taxi drivers to hurry up.

105.You think your nose IS kind of big.

106.You hum along to the tunes in the taxi.

107.You've left umbrellas in more than 3 resturants.

108.You understand ICRT traffic reports.

109.You keep stuffed animals in your car.

110.You think walking up Yangmingshan looks like fun.

111.When US $4.00 is just about right for a cup of coffee.

112.You can tell the difference between Spring rain, the Plum rain, and the rainy season.

113.The last time you visited your mother you presented her with your business card.

114.The latest you can stay out is 9:30 pm, even on a weekend.

115.You can tell, just by looking, which moon cake has the egg in it.

116.You're getting allergic to fresh air.

117.You get used to being waken up by the "dump-truck tune" instead of a clock.

118.Cable TV reminds you of boring commercials and stock market advisories.

119.Everything you own is pirated.

120.You start to treat your scooter like a spouse.

121.You get used to the habit of not paying any tips while traveling.

122.Your first reaction in buying things is to ask for discounts.

123.Your first reaction in hearing the national anthem is to think of the Chinese elementary school.

124.You get addicted to MSG.

125.You get dogdoophobia -- the fear of stepping on dog doo when walking around.

126.You say "Wei?" instead of "Hello?" when you pick up the phone.

127.The red light is merely suggestive to you.

128.You talk on your cellular phone, play Tetris, smoke, and chew betel nuts, all at the same time.

129.You always ask your best friend back home when he's going to get a motorcycle.

130.You greet people by inspecting whatever they're carrying or telling them how fat they've gotten.

131.You can no longer tell the difference between a burp and the hiccups, a cracker and a cookie, or toast and bread.

132.You're on a first name basis with the staff at the local KTV.

[grimacekid]

Is this 88 ways means the person should have all these 88 features at the same time or only one of them can identify that he is a Chinese?

If somebody can see through a person just by one factor, I think that's a bit general.

[zozzen]

you're not talking about all chinese. It's about Hong kong chinese who immigrated to north america. Many observations match reality, i admit.

It's fun!

[zozzen]

some more..

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133. You praise a new born baby "fat and white".

134. When you were under 8, your mom shouted at you at a restaurant-- "Stop shouting in the public area now!"

135. Your parents appreciate a teacher's corporal punishment at you.

136. Your parents curse and swear that they would give a birth to a BBQ pork rather than you.

137. When someone makes you angry, you curse his mother.

138. You never eat an egg that prepared overnight, worrying they would bulge your testicles.

139. Never wear socks when sleeping, worrying it would make you blind.

140. When saying something unlucky, you never "touch wood", you pretend to spit.

141. When you are 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, your elder relatives said you peeved a god, and gave you a green jade.

142. When you have tea with Chinese tea cup, you feel sick if someone put sugar in it. But you love sweet iced tea.