Archive for July, 2009

Fishy goings on in Dalian…

Posted in Random happenings on 07/09/2009 10:49 am by admin

Sorry, my childish nature couldn’t resist posting this story from the China Daily’s Society pages:

“Fish bite man in wrong place during spa treatment

Fish that are supposed to clear people’s skin by eating off the dead layers bit a man’s private parts after he stepped in the water naked at a hot spring club in Dalian, Liaoning province.

The man, who had visited the spa for a “special water treatment”, sat in the water for half an hour without realizing the special fish were nibbling on his special parts instead of the dead skin.

The manager of the club saw the man bleeding as he stepped out of the water and rushed him to a nearby hospital.

The manager however refused to compensate the man, saying it was mandatory to keep pants on during treatments in the club”

My favourite thing about the whole article is the headline, it’s so no-nonsense Chinese – “fish bite man in wrong place”.  That’s exactly what happened!

*inserts mandatory picture of Kenneth Williams*

Ooh

 

Panda-monium at Bangkok-based zoo

Posted in Random happenings on 07/08/2009 11:46 am by admin

Bangkok, Thailand:

In an attempt to win back the attention of their fickle fans, elephants in Bangkok’s Ayutthaya-Elephant Kraal were painted in black and white by their keepers and paraded in front of school children in an effort to draw attention to the needs of elephants in the south-east asian country.

Pandamonium

Although the elephant is the national symbol of Thailand, since the birth of a female panda cub at Chiang Mai zoo in Bangkok the whole country has gone panda crazy, with wall-to-wall panda coverage in the media and the Thai national government planning to spend up to 20 million baht (just under 600,000 USD) on a purpose-built panda enclosure.

Pandamonium2

Kraal manager Itthipan Kaolamai pointed out that the stunt was designed to gently mock the current panda craze, and that the watercolour paints would do no harm to the elephants.