# Boycott Chinese Food \[Until they return our submarine!\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-chinese-food-until-they-return-our-submarine/774952>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 17, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-chinese-food-until-they-return-our-submarine/774952 "2016-12-17T18:29:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-chinese-food-until-they-return-our-submarine/774952/81 "2016-12-19T16:10:17Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Nice theory, except that American condoms are probably manufactured in China. So they know exactly what sizes we’re using.

Yeah, that Walmart smiley face on the ends of mine is a real deflator if you know what I mean 🙂

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**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-chinese-food-until-they-return-our-submarine/774952/82 "2016-12-19T16:58:31Z")

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“Chinese finger traps” will now be “fingerly-wingerly tube traps”  
“Chopsticks” will now be “deconstructed flingy forks”  
“Mahjong” will now be “slidey-slammy plates”  
“Fireworks” will now be “flighty-festive sky booms”

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**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-chinese-food-until-they-return-our-submarine/774952/83 "2016-12-19T17:06:58Z")

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> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#):
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> “Chinese finger traps” will now be “fingerly-wingerly tube traps”  
> “Chopsticks” will now be “deconstructed flingy forks”  
> “Mahjong” will now be “slidey-slammy plates”  
> “Fireworks” will now be “flighty-festive sky booms”

Instead of playing “Chinese Whispers” now we play “Charmless Blisters”.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-chinese-food-until-they-return-our-submarine/774952/84 "2016-12-19T18:33:38Z")

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> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#):
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> “Chinese finger traps” will now be “fingerly-wingerly tube traps”  
> …

There is a good subtle shot of patient Cheswick with one of those stuck on a finger in the Cuckoo’s Nest movie.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-chinese-food-until-they-return-our-submarine/774952/85 "2016-12-19T19:48:41Z")

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I stand corrected (by me). It was Martini (Danny Devito) not Cheswick.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-chinese-food-until-they-return-our-submarine/774952/86 "2016-12-20T16:42:13Z")

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Danny Devito is Chinese? Well, that kind of makes sense.

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-chinese-food-until-they-return-our-submarine/774952/87 "2016-12-20T17:04:36Z")

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> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#):
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> Danny Devito is Chinese? Well, that kind of makes sense.

One in five people are Chinese, so somebody in that movie had to be.

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