One of the funnier posts I’ve read recently is by Talk, Talk China regular Meursault recalling a day spent at his girlfriend’s apartment while the roommate from hell roamed the halls like a self-absorbed javelina. Like The 88′s classic in-laws post, Meursault’s story says a lot about China and the Chinese even as it transcends any one culture. I mean, who hasn’t known somebody like Nile in their life?
Warning: Meursault, writing as Yellow Wings, uses MSN Live Spaces which never works for me in anything other then (surprise, surprise) Internet Explorer. Make the effort, though. It’s funny, funny stuff.
Thanks to The Hao Hao Report for linking to this article. The HHR is one of the first places I go every morning–always a mix of interesting and off-beat stories there to go with breakfast.
I read that post of his yesterday. Funny stuff. I definitely felt for him. They just don’t make buildings tall enough to throw people like that out of.
The part where he’s reading 读书 is a scream. I can’t count the number of times on the subway in Beijing that I’m reading the 北京晚报 or some such rag and somebody comes up to me and asks me if I can read Chinese. Kind of like watching a new college freshman get pinched for “Bicycling While Intoxicated,”* it would be funny if it just weren’t so sad.
*An actual offense in this town.