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(Reuters) Strange Boy, are the Chinese gonna be pissed when they realize that they've got Warren and Jimmy confused   (reuters.com) divider line 39
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Lucky LaRue [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 08:45:15 AM
I am a proud sponsor of this headline. Good job, subby.
 
RexTalionis [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 09:03:55 AM
Chinese people love novelty acts.

Hell, I remember that there were a quite few white guys and black guys who make a career on Chinese television because Chinese people apparently think the idea of white and black guys speaking Chinese to be the world's most hilarious concept. Also, Jackie Chan is a massive hit as a pop singer. And let's not forget the choir of the elderly singing Lady Gaga songs.
 
Sybarite [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 10:48:06 AM
Frankly I'd rather hear Warren.
 
jaylectricity [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 11:04:42 AM
They don't care which one, as long as they bring their buffet. The kids are starving in China.
 
Bukharin
2012-01-05 11:23:22 AM
jaylectricity: They don't care which one, as long as they bring their buffet. The kids are starving in China.

restaurants.searchamelia.tv
 
The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 12:01:03 PM
Fun fact:

They're distant cousins.
 
offmymeds
2012-01-05 12:05:56 PM
Farkin' parrotheads.
 
Englebert Slaptyback
2012-01-05 12:07:46 PM

offmymeds

Farkin' parrotheads.


Parkin' ferretheads.
 
EricTheHalfABee [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 12:08:05 PM
Contender for context headline of the year!
 
Parthenogenetic
2012-01-05 12:08:42 PM
Maybe all those headlines on Fark conflating the two confused them?

Uh, I mean...

♫ Some people say that Fark headlines are to blame, but I know... *da da da da, daaaaaa* It's their own damn fault *da da da da, daaaaaaa* ♫
 
Bermuda59
2012-01-05 12:12:44 PM
So he'll be Somewhere Over China?
 
elev8meL8r
2012-01-05 12:13:28 PM
RexTalionis: Chinese people love novelty acts.

Hell, I remember that there were a quite few white guys and black guys who make a career on Chinese television because Chinese people apparently think the idea of white and black guys speaking Chinese to be the world's most hilarious concept. Also, Jackie Chan is a massive hit as a pop singer. And let's not forget the choir of the elderly singing Lady Gaga songs.

There must be a way I can cash in on this phenomenon. Especially considering I have a common Chinese name, despite being 100% honky.
 
cubicdissection
2012-01-05 12:14:21 PM
He went to Bejing, looking for answers to questions that bothered him so...
 
wildcardjack
2012-01-05 12:14:39 PM
southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com

It was a stupid purchase either way.
 
elev8meL8r
2012-01-05 12:15:15 PM
Boy, is Warren gonna be pissed when he realizes they said "China party" and not "vagina party"
 
eltejon [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 12:15:22 PM
Beautiful headline... Beautiful...
 
Benni K Rok
2012-01-05 12:18:44 PM
elev8meL8r: Boy, is Warren gonna be pissed when he realizes they said "China party" and not "vagina party"

Is it time to add a new chorus and verse to 3.14 thanks to that little comment?
 
RexTalionis [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 12:19:04 PM
elev8meL8r: RexTalionis: Chinese people love novelty acts.

Hell, I remember that there were a quite few white guys and black guys who make a career on Chinese television because Chinese people apparently think the idea of white and black guys speaking Chinese to be the world's most hilarious concept. Also, Jackie Chan is a massive hit as a pop singer. And let's not forget the choir of the elderly singing Lady Gaga songs.

There must be a way I can cash in on this phenomenon. Especially considering I have a common Chinese name, despite being 100% honky.

I'm guessing your name is Lee in some variation.
 
JackieRabbit
2012-01-05 12:21:42 PM
Wastin' away again in Billiondollarville,
Waitin' for my broker to call,
Some people say that there's Obama to blame,
But I know it's the Republican's fault.
 
Julieahni
2012-01-05 12:21:57 PM
Rookin' fol my rost shakel of sart.

/solly
 
DrSticky
2012-01-05 12:23:04 PM
Warren only got it because Weinberger's in paradise.
 
brantgoose [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 12:28:04 PM
You mean to say this damned bracelet stands for What would Jimmy Buffett do? Yech!

I thought it stood for What would JeeBus do?

I wanted the What would Warren Buffett do? bracelet but it was 18-karat gold and cost fifteen times as much.
 
fadisker
2012-01-05 12:32:48 PM
Julieahni: Rookin' fol my rost shakel of sart.

/solly

lol...good thing keyboards are cheap
 
brantgoose [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 12:37:55 PM
Poor country: Hires Jimmy Buffett to sing for their New Year Celebrations.
Rich country: Hires Warren Buffett to sing for their New Year Celebrations.

Poor country: Flies in Bill Gates III to help them with malaria, TB and HIV.
Rich country: Revives Steve Jobs to help them re-design the GM China Volt for the domestic market.

Poor country: Economy hard hit hard by tsunamis, floods, cyclones, etc.
Rich country: Economy hard hit hard by shortage of personal shoppers, Feng Shui experts and masseusses.

Poor country: Converts cars to burn chicken guano as fuel.
Rich country: Converts chicken guano to green fuel to heat plants building cars.
Tip o' the hat to Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Eat your heart out, Alfred E. Neuman. You're now too smart to run for Congress or President.
 
ashinmytomatoes
2012-01-05 12:46:25 PM
elev8meL8r: RexTalionis: Chinese people love novelty acts.

Hell, I remember that there were a quite few white guys and black guys who make a career on Chinese television because Chinese people apparently think the idea of white and black guys speaking Chinese to be the world's most hilarious concept. Also, Jackie Chan is a massive hit as a pop singer. And let's not forget the choir of the elderly singing Lady Gaga songs.

There must be a way I can cash in on this phenomenon. Especially considering I have a common Chinese name, despite being 100% honky.

Let me guess, is it Lee? I have had ignorant people think I am Chinese or something just because I am short and dark-haired. I'm mainly Irish and German and have one of those common, old-English trade surnames. That was the rural south in the 70s and 80s when i was a kid, though. :?P
 
mjjt
2012-01-05 12:51:26 PM
brantgoose:
Eat your heart out, Alfred E. Neuman. You're now too smart to run for Congress or President.

I think you could have submitted that as a headline for any of the republican debates/candidates

/or did someone do that and I missed it
 
elev8meL8r
2012-01-05 01:02:52 PM
RexTalionis: I'm guessing your name is Lee in some variation.

ashinmytomatoes: Let me guess, is it Lee?

It's not, but I guess that would be the most likely candidate.

And it looks like I overestimated how commonly my name appears in China. It's in the top 100 most common, but not near the top.
 
hypervocal
2012-01-05 01:28:00 PM
hypervocal.com
 
Mitch Taylor's Bro
2012-01-05 01:34:04 PM
Lucky LaRue: I am a proud sponsor of this headline. Good job, subby.

Hmm, why can't we vote on the smartness and funniness of headlines? It would certainly simplify the HOTY process.
 
Mitch Taylor's Bro
2012-01-05 01:36:47 PM
RexTalionis: elev8meL8r: RexTalionis: Chinese people love novelty acts.

Hell, I remember that there were a quite few white guys and black guys who make a career on Chinese television because Chinese people apparently think the idea of white and black guys speaking Chinese to be the world's most hilarious concept. Also, Jackie Chan is a massive hit as a pop singer. And let's not forget the choir of the elderly singing Lady Gaga songs.

There must be a way I can cash in on this phenomenon. Especially considering I have a common Chinese name, despite being 100% honky.

I'm guessing your name is Lee in some variation.

Wong. Try again.
 
Parthenogenetic
2012-01-05 02:00:58 PM
elev8meL8r: RexTalionis: Chinese people love novelty acts.

Hell, I remember that there were a quite few white guys and black guys who make a career on Chinese television because Chinese people apparently think the idea of white and black guys speaking Chinese to be the world's most hilarious concept. Also, Jackie Chan is a massive hit as a pop singer. And let's not forget the choir of the elderly singing Lady Gaga songs.

There must be a way I can cash in on this phenomenon. Especially considering I have a common Chinese name, despite being 100% honky.

Lee or Lang?
 
Julieahni
2012-01-05 02:04:08 PM
elev8meL8r: RexTalionis: Chinese people love novelty acts.

Hell, I remember that there were a quite few white guys and black guys who make a career on Chinese television because Chinese people apparently think the idea of white and black guys speaking Chinese to be the world's most hilarious concept. Also, Jackie Chan is a massive hit as a pop singer. And let's not forget the choir of the elderly singing Lady Gaga songs.

There must be a way I can cash in on this phenomenon. Especially considering I have a common Chinese name, despite being 100% honky.

If it's not Wong, I don't want to be right.
 
Shadi
2012-01-05 02:06:54 PM
Mitch Taylor's Bro:
Wong. Try again.

Xi Men Cox?
 
SlothB77 [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 03:16:42 PM
Son of son, son of a son, son of a son of a sairor.
 
iron_city_ap
2012-01-05 03:40:06 PM
Rice paddy in Paradise
 
misanthropologist
2012-01-05 05:09:34 PM
Oh wow, this explains why Buffet came out in favor of higher taxes for the rich. He's in China's pocket and wants to ruin America so that rich capitalists will move to Shanghai and Beijing... No, wait, that's not it... Got it: He's a secret communist.... Nope, still not there... Um, hmm, maybe, uh... shiat. Nothing.
 
sandi_fish
2012-01-05 05:51:39 PM
Jimmy would love to take you on a Slow Boat to China.
 
musicmanboston
2012-01-05 05:54:24 PM
Bermuda59: So he'll be Somewhere Over China?

BADOOMCHIK!
 
Tumbleweed Garden
2012-01-06 01:18:29 AM
RexTalionis: Chinese people love novelty acts.

Hell, I remember that there were a quite few white guys and black guys who make a career on Chinese television because Chinese people apparently think the idea of white and black guys speaking Chinese to be the world's most hilarious concept. Also, Jackie Chan is a massive hit as a pop singer. And let's not forget the choir of the elderly singing Lady Gaga songs.

My parents watch that stuff (they replay some of that stuff here in California). Entire shows of people asking White and Black folk what they eat, how often they exercise, what music they listen to, etc. It's almost entirely small talk, and yet those studio audiences think it's a farking riot just because whitey is speaking zhong wen.
 
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