The Things They Teach Kids

OK, so a few of the foriegn teachers went around to a Chinese teacher’s apartment today to make dumplings. I do think I picked up the secret trick of wrapping them. It’s in the side pinch!

Anyway, the point of this post is to show what I saw in a kids’ comic that was on the table in the apartment, which belongs to the teacher’s daughter. So, here’s the pic:

Click on this link to see a bigger version from my flickr site, which has also got comments on the pic, which will appear when you roll the mouse over the areas in the pic. It's quite interesting.

The funniest pic is of the 2 bears in bondage gear. The Chinese says “警察局再也没有人了。全部换上了’熊警官’”, which roughly translates as “yet again, there are no people in the police station. All have been replaced by 'police bears'”!! I don’t know who writes the stuff. The writer is either completely naïve or else a bit twisted. A picture of 2 teddies in bondage gear in a kid’s magazine? The Chinese teacher didn’t get it and thought they were in police attire! Or else she didn’t want to say!

Here are some explanations of the other pics. Sorry if the translations are not perfet. I did get the help of a Chinese person for one or two bits:

Drunken snowmen

冰天雪地里有一群‘人’是最高兴的，不信你看！In the icy and snowy world there is a group of “people”, who are the most happy, if you don’t believe it, have a look!

Human Car

买车？谁还去花那冤枉钱，早就自己当车了！Buying a car? If you don’t want to waste so much money, become a car yourself!

Overgrown Keyboard

只要播种就会有收获。不管你把种子洒到哪里！If you plant seeds you can reap a harvest, regardless of wherever you plant them.

Flying Out Of The Screen

还用发什么QQ留言，直接从电脑飞出来面对面地聊好了! Why bother using QQ to send messages. fly directly from the computer and chat face to face!

Soldier Bunny

联合国的维和部队有了新成员，看看，够精神吧！The UN peacekeeping force has a new member, have a look, looking good!

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“这个世界”太疯狂This world is too crazy

有一句话是说：“不是我不明白，是这个世界变化快“！世界变化到底有多块，我们一起来看一下吧！看的时候小心眼球，千万别掉出来哦！

There is a saying which goes, “It’s not that I don’t understand, it’s fact that the world that’s changing fast”. The world is indeed changing very fast, let’s all have a look! But be careful in case your eyeballs fall out!