Speaking of offenders, Micheal Phelps is still catching flak for smoking a bong. The headline "Sheriff: Did Phelps inhale?" was on CNN.com today. Apparently the country sheriff is insisting on investigating Phelps even though state police and university police promised not to press charges. The Sheriff cites not wanting to give celebrities an advantage. I say he just wants some publicity. (Maybe after he arrests Phelps he can ask for his autograph?) Also, in support of Phelps, some pot-smoking celebrities are speaking out against protesters. For instance, Whoopi Goldberg. Who knew.
In Yemen, girls can get married at age 8. For realz. Nujood Ali won an award last year from Glamour magazine for "Woman of the Year" even though she was just 10. She is the youngest person known to be divorced in the world. Her father arranged her marriage and you can read the story here.
And finally, some Chinese humor.
"In the face of the financial crisis, I have bravely stood up and am marching
forward! That's because ... I can't pay back my loans and the bank has
repossessed my car."
Because they are going through a bad economic time too, the Chinese humor has been booming. Mostly because anything said in Chinese can mean two different things. The following greetings have been banned by the government during the lunar new year season.
"Wealth is surging in"
"May you have everything you wished for"
Because the first one may sound like "lay-offs surging in" and the second one may sound like "Pay cut by 40%".
For the last joke, you need to know that there is no such thing as a $2 bill. Or in China there is no such thing as a 15 yuan note, or a 7 yuan note.
"Two people produce fake 15 yuan notes. They decide to go to a remote mountain area to spend it and buy a candied melon slice for 1 yuan. They burst into tears when they get two 7 yuan notes in change."
Yea.......I didn't think it was that funny either.
Happy Wednesday!!!!
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