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Oct 30, 2011 | Categories: China, Jinhua, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: Chinese students, costumes, crowds, flags, panda, photography, sports, stereotypes | 1 Comment »
Attn: Outside World We wish to share with you a complete account of the recent remarkable event which unfolded directly below our dusty office window here at This Ridiculous World Headquarters. Set deep in the remote urban jungles of modern industrial China we witnessed the coming together of human, machine and fire hydrant. The story [...]
Feb 11, 2011 | Categories: China, Jinhua, Photo Essay | Tags: car accident, chinese car crash, chinese drivers, crowds, curiousity, dangerous driver, Ridiculous, selling dirt, sweet potato | 1 Comment »
Perhaps you missed the last visit of the majestically inbred boy-king of Egypt as he was hauled about the world for all to revere. And maybe you’ve never graced the great halls of the British Museum to look upon its chunks of Grecian monuments. Or stepped up to the mighty pyramids and been harassed into [...]
Apr 17, 2010 | Categories: China, Mexico, Modern Wonders of the World, Other | Tags: all you can eat, buffet, Chinese Food, chino, crowds, Distrito Federal, long lines, Mexico City | Leave A Comment »
Part One: The Patrons A Chinese museum is a fascinating place. Not because of the exhibitions of history. No, in a country with a heritage longer than that of Jesus the ubiquitousness of artifacts is less impressive than expected. Nowadays, with a proliferation of middle class Chinese people embracing all forms of consumerism, even intellectual, [...]
Feb 14, 2010 | Categories: China, This Ridiculous World Guide | Tags: chinese people, consumerism, crowds, history, museum, social commentary, Tourism | 2 Comments »
It appears the entire staff of This Ridiculous World is allergic to the combination of crowds, cold, and booze. They have been rendered worthless as writers and secret keepers. Here is a secret (and though a year old still entirely relevant) post that very few people have ever found. Share this:EmailRedditStumbleUponDigg
Jan 03, 2009 | Categories: China, Yichang | Tags: chinese oranges, crowds, Humor, I have a cold, new year's resolutions, social commentary, winter | Leave A Comment »
Dear Driver Who Hit the Cop Car Directly in Front of the Police Station, Do you realize what you have done? This is food street. The time is 6:35 PM, just minutes into rush hour, when students from the middle school are set free to their parents, and, simultaneously, the high schoolers are released for [...]
Dec 05, 2008 | Categories: China, Letters to Whomever | Tags: Chinese Food, chinese people are crazy drivers, crowds, dinnertime, driving, gongbao jiding, high school, police, police station, traffic jam | Leave A Comment »
Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 46 Come one, come all! Witness a rip-roarin’ hair-pullin’ old fashioned good-timey ruckus down here at The Agricultural Extravaganza! Worth the pain and so much more! Less costly than that mini-skirt four-inch stiletto ensemble you’ve been flashing from your bicycle all over town! Created domestically for the domestics! Reduces [...]
Oct 28, 2008 | Categories: China, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: crowds, Expat, extravaganza, farmer's market, Fashion, Foreigners in China, hair things, mannequin, social commentary, stampedes, suffocation | Leave A Comment »
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Aug 23, 2008 | Categories: China | Tags: 2008 Olympics, airport, Beijing 2008, Chinese, crowds, discomfort, having a terrible time, jet lag, security, tired, too much baggage, Travel | 1 Comment »
This Ridiculous World Guide: China – Museums
Part One: The Patrons A Chinese museum is a fascinating place. Not because of the exhibitions of history. No, in a country with a heritage longer than that of Jesus the ubiquitousness of artifacts is less impressive than expected. Nowadays, with a proliferation of middle class Chinese people embracing all forms of consumerism, even intellectual, [...]
Feb 14, 2010 | Categories: China, This Ridiculous World Guide | Tags: chinese people, consumerism, crowds, history, museum, social commentary, Tourism | 2 Comments »