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Last week, our night bus and a truck got stuck at a hairpin curve. Instead of trying to quickly resolve the problem, both drivers took a 10-minute smoke break followed by five minutes of cursing at each other angrily, causing a traffic jam of at least a kilometer on a mountain road. FMCL

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Mar 16, 2010 12:39 AM - Miscellaneous - by teamzhongguo

During my short visit to Shanghai, my friend took me to Bar 88, where I experienced total culture shock. I'm Chinese. FMCL

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Mar 19, 2010 12:08 AM - Miscellaneous - by Steve

Yesterday, I got hit by a speeding cyclist going up a one way street the wrong way. Now I have a mangled knee. It hurts when I walk down the stairs, and the lift in the metro is broken. FMCL

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May 30, 2010 02:49 PM - Health - by Anonymous

Today, someone kept banging on my front door while I was still asleep. Annoyed, I got up and answered the door. A small lady walked in without even looking at me, said "你好, 抄水表," took a look at the water meter and walked out in under 10 seconds. I went back to bed. It was 07:45 on Sunday morning. FMCL

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Apr 25, 2010 08:30 AM - Miscellaneous - by DKwan

Yesterday, a cab driver called me fat. He immediately followed that up by saying it was OK because Chinese girls love fat guys. Too bad I'm not into Asians... and I'm gay. FMCL

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Apr 26, 2010 11:36 AM - Sex - by Powersimm

Today, there's an inch of filthy purple slush on the ground in the hutong where I live. I guess that's what happens when you mix dirt, pollution, and the red paper from thousands of firecrackers. Oh yeah, and I get to enjoy a five minute stroll through this sludge if I want to go home tonight. FMCL

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Mar 1, 2010 06:51 PM - Miscellaneous - by Anonymous

Last night, my Chinese girlfriend began to hint that she wanted an engagement ring soon. We've only been dating for three months. FMCL

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Mar 3, 2010 10:00 AM - Love - by Anonymous

The other day, I put my mop bucket on my apartment's front balcony, which is shared with two other apartments. We all put some of our things on the balcony, like shoes and stuff. Nothing expensive. The next morning, my bucket was still there but there were orange peels and other garbage inside. FMCL

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Mar 15, 2010 04:38 PM - Miscellaneous - by K1

Today, I spent three hours hunting for a fatal bug in the script of this site. The thirteen hour difference means tech support is never there when I need it. FMCL

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Feb 23, 2010 06:15 PM - Miscellaneous - by Admin

Today, I saw a dead goldfish laying in the middle of the street. FMCL

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Jul 4, 2010 04:36 PM - Miscellaneous - by anonymous

Yesterday, there was a huge, disorganized cluster of cars trying to get onto the airport express. A bright red Ferrari was blocking two lanes, sitting with its hood and front door wide open. The driver walked over...and grabbed a paper from the front seat and left the scene. FMCL

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Mar 19, 2010 12:06 AM - Miscellaneous - by ilovecars

Today, I watched a woman threaten to kill a shopkeeper after he refused to budge on the price of what she was haggling for. The item? 5 bars of ice cream. FMCL

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Aug 23, 2010 12:41 AM - Money - by observer

Today, I counted my 157th pair of pink pajamas in the street in the 5 years since I've been living in Shanghai. FMCL

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Mar 2, 2010 01:15 PM - Miscellaneous - by PJ

Last year, since I'm Chinese-American, I was talking to my Chinese co-worker in English on a flight within China. Suddenly, the young Beijing woman next to us began yelling obscenities at us. Turns out, she was upset that we were "showing off" and being "un-Chinese" by speaking English. FMCL

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Mar 16, 2010 12:18 PM - Miscellaneous - by traitor!

Today, our receptionist spent half an hour ordering oatmeal for our boss from the hotel our office is located in, since neither she nor the hotel staff had any concept of what "hot oatmeal" is, despite extensive explanation (by me) and the fact that the hotel serves it every single morning. FMCL.

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Feb 25, 2010 10:27 AM - Work - by yulz

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