I’ve read that Chinese arithmetic wasn’t especially hard, and the Jesuit missionaries made additions to it that would be familiar to most high school students. So a more apt analogy for an especially ardent erection should be sought.
Whenever you are in a loud noisy place and make a comment about the noise (after the noise subsides), the immediate not-so-witty response from so many people is to say “What?”
A few weeks ago some contractors were using saws and grinders and other noisy stuff in our home. I said to my daughter “Watch, I’m going to make him say ‘What?’”
I then walked up to one of the guys and said “Boy that stuff sure is loud, how can you hear anything in here?” to which he obliged “What?” with a stupid grin 
Fuck that shit! If only we lived in this world!
$1 CDN is currently about 80 cents USD.
:dubious: Our Risen Saviour loves you not, nor pities your Pinkness.
And what does Ph.D. stand for?
[spoiler]Pizza Hut Delivery.
Or, Piled Higher and Deeper, works either way.[/spoiler]
Actually, yes, you are. It can be proven scientifically and statistically.
Unless I’m missing something here (and I’ve heard the joke before,) Chinese arithmetic is the same as anyone else’s. 2+2 = 4, five times seven is thirty-five.
Any country that didn’t use math like everyone else’s math wouldn’t exist very long.
Well, the joke depends on the fact that the Chinese language is very hard for all non-Chinese, including Japanese, I am sure. I mean, it’s motherfucking tonal! How is any barbarian supposed to get behind that?!
Why then the phrase, " I’m harder than Chinese algebra"?
That’s what I’ve wondered, too.
In China, x times y is xy, just like anywhere else. I’m sure that was the case a long time ago too.
Any emperor who thinks that adding 5,000 soldiers to 4,000 soldiers gives you a total of 20,000 soldiers is going to get crushed in combat.
Maybe an abacus thing?
Aha, that might be it!
Yeah, the abacus is bizarre; I’m sure it’s highly useful once learned, but…takes learning.
Those of us who, IRL, she stabbed in the back repeatedly have exactly zero problems remembering her for something other than her stupid joke.
no, who?
Pardon my ignorance, but…what’s this Opal joke referred to repeatedly? :dubious:
In case you really don’t know…
Many moons ago someone made a list consisting of two items. The late poster Opal contentended that two items don’t make a “list”. So now every time posters list two items they follow it up with “Hi Opal”.
It is:
- Not funny.
- Annoying.
- Hi Opal
Its been done about 6 million times by now. Ugh.
Ah, gotcha. Yeah, that is kind of lame.
can we please lose the whole “rape month” pile of crap