Random Acts of KindnessCrackhouseceilidhband asks: Has anyone ever been nice to you, out of the blue, for no reason? Have you ever helped an old lady across the road, even if she didn't want to? Make me believe that the world is a better place than the media and experience suggest
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 9 Feb 2012, 13:03)
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Helping lost Chinese tourists ...in very bad Mandarin.
I am a yellow hair. That's an unkind Chinese euphemism for a white person. I speak bad pidgeon Mandarin as the result of an odd social experiment in the late eighties, offering Mandarin Chinese lessons to a handful of state high schools (the Australian equivalent of comprehensives).
As a result I can order in a restaurant, give basic directions and make small talk. I can't resist lost Chinese tourists. They are so innocent. They stand on a street corner with an unfolded map squinting up at street signs, trying to navigate and translate at the same time, quite unaware of the flashing neon sign above their heads saying "Mug me!"
The looks of genuine delight as a yellow hair asks if they need any help in bad Mandarin never ceases to cheer me.
(, Thu 16 Feb 2012, 3:10, 4 replies)
Laughed at 'Yellow hair'Do we all really smell like sour milk as well?
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Apparently so ...Or 'Da wazi', dirty socks.
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in my case its probably true(, Thu 16 Feb 2012, 4:50, closed)
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