have so far been used in the government’s valiant fight against the oink oink plague. Did I say 60? Hang on, that was at the beginning of last week, so it must be 65 million by now. 65 million pieces of paper filled in with squiggles, fake phone numbers, fake names and fake addresses - or just empty.
A tree monger would easily be able to say how many trees that is. I just know one thing: Many.
Many many trees, just in order to irritate people on their way out of and back into Hong Kong. How many potential mass murderers have been caught this way? I suspect about as many as will be caught when the far-sighted government starts its voluntary drugs testing in schools.
On the border of Shenzhen, travellers’ temperatures are checked twice, once surreptitiously as we walk past duty free (my friend was caught and had to argue for ten minutes) and once quite blatantly just before the passport check, with a gun to the head. I don’t really see how a piece of paper full of lies can in any way enhance such thoroughness.
Thousands of trees, hundreds of hours of people’s time; exactly the same number of swine flu patients. Is my theory. But what do I know? Maybe millions of lives have been saved by these squiggles.
Now there is talk of maybe stopping the tree massacre. Oh please say it’s true! Then I can start going back to Shenzhen with a spring in my step again. And maybe - just maybe! First Fcuking Ferry will stop its endless announcements about the “recent” outbreak of H1N1 and how we should wash our hands in liquid “soup” and “consau’ a daughter” and “wear a mass” if we detect any symptoms. Please - please! I’ll become a christian! Anything!
Dear Droll, at least your greates’t fear is for the tree’s.
I am thinking that the some country’s (eg Netherland’s and South Africa) could do something to help.
I am much more worrie’d about bath times.
How do they check one’s temperature surreptitiously? I have never heard of such a thing.
Well, I didn’t notice it before my friend was hauled in for further tests, so I think that’s pretty surreptitious. Just after the bridge and before you turn left for the foreigners’ passport control, there are some camera thingies in the ceiling checking your temperature. They check faces on screens, then pounce.
Joe the Blogger! Welcome. Your comment was almost too subtle for me - but at least you like apostrophes. That’s good.
I am clearly behind technologically, I didn’t know they could test temperatures now without making physical contact.
Maybe you weren’t around during SARS when we were made to stand on a pair of yellow feet painted on the floor, while an evil eye hovered above and - yes: took our temperature. I think it’s a heat detecting device. If you have a fever they can then nuke you.
Cecilie
I am looking’ for someone who can teach me apostrophe’s.
Can you plea’se help?
It would be gr’eat if I c’d use the material’s for home s’chooling at the same time.
Joe
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Take those first and I’ll send the rest of the course to your home address.