China's societal self-improvement in preparation for the 2008 Olympics continues.
The Beijing Tourism Bureau ordered hotels to re-translate English signs, hoping to avoid such notorious past gaffes as "Racist Park," which is now "Park of Ethnic Minorities," and a cafe's attempt to salute Western visitors with "Welcome, big nose friends."
And the Beijing Olympics Committee has been training hostesses for months to stand in military-like precision, straight enough to hold a sheet of paper between their knees, and to smile continuously, showing "six to eight teeth" (even if placing a chopstick in the mouth sideways is necessary for practice). There are height and weight requirements for the hostesses, and each must have an upper- to lower-body ratio of no more than 11-to-13, to eliminate, according to local newspapers, "big bottoms."
[Daily Telegraph (London), 3-20-08] [Daily Telegraph (London), 1-11-08]
Um, so the Olympics have nothing to do with sports anymore?... Or is turning humans into robots the new competition in town - gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "you are special and unique, just like everybody else".
PS: check out www.engrish.com for shi(r)ts and giggles.
/end of Choppers post/
5 comments:
oh. my. goodness.
And they are converting the squat toilets which have been in place for long long tyme......haha
I can do that, I'm ASIAN :o)
Oh. I can't be a hostess then. I'm all bottom.
What if you don't have eight teeth?
Post a Comment