Comments on: Last Day Laughter http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/ 42 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:54:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chewxy http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/comment-page-1/#comment-2875 Chewxy Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:11:06 +0000 http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/#comment-2875 Um.... right. I don't think my readers want to know the exact details. Anyways, eunuchs in ancient china were eunuchs because the Emperor had many wives, concubines and consorts Um…. right. I don’t think my readers want to know the exact details. Anyways, eunuchs in ancient china were eunuchs because the Emperor had many wives, concubines and consorts

]]> By: Hangmen http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/comment-page-1/#comment-2854 Hangmen Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:56:34 +0000 http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/#comment-2854 Eunuchs are dudes with their dongs chopped off and removed since they're employed as a harem attendant or as a functionary in certain Asian courts. The info you gave isn't so complete. Eunuchs are dudes with their dongs chopped off and removed since they’re employed as a harem attendant or as a functionary in certain Asian courts.

The info you gave isn’t so complete.

]]> By: Chewxy http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/comment-page-1/#comment-2842 Chewxy Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:21:41 +0000 http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/#comment-2842 Hmm.... did I just type the lengthy explanation for no reason? All pictures are to be read from top to bottom, from right to left Hmm…. did I just type the lengthy explanation for no reason?

All pictures are to be read from top to bottom, from right to left

]]> By: abel http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/comment-page-1/#comment-2832 abel Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:12:43 +0000 http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/#comment-2832 yeah thats pretty cool and witty eh =) yeah thats pretty cool and witty eh =)

]]> By: Some Supernatural Entity Who Wants To Be Known As Death http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/comment-page-1/#comment-2830 Some Supernatural Entity Who Wants To Be Known As Death Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:50:21 +0000 http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/#comment-2830 Humans and their petty games. The eunuch is in the boiling pit BTW. He has another four hundred years before he can move on to the spiked boxes. Wished Iran would start launching nukes... that'd really spice up business in here. Humans and their petty games. The eunuch is in the boiling pit BTW. He has another four hundred years before he can move on to the spiked boxes.

Wished Iran would start launching nukes… that’d really spice up business in here.

]]> By: Chewxy http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/comment-page-1/#comment-2827 Chewxy Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:40:49 +0000 http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/#comment-2827 <strong>Princess</strong>: See? Don't be so banana. <strong>Hashie</strong>: It's more than that. It's the word-to-word beauty. Here's a lengthier explanation: <ul> <li>The first three characters on each poem addresses the person- Young Scholar; Old Eunuch. Young is opposed to old, and Scholar is opposed to Eunuch.</li> <li>The following 2 sets of three characters on each poem describes the person, but are antagonistic at each other - "Wearing <em>winter</em> clothes, carrying a <em>summer</em> fan"; "Born in the <em>south</em>, living in the <em>north</em>."</li> <li>The last line is an insult to one another - the Eunuch asks if the Scholar had read the Spring-and-Autumn Annals (A book on morality, inter alia); while the Scholar asks if the Eunuch still has his testicles.</li> <li>The 2 characters for the Spring-and-Autumn Annals are the 3rd and 4th characters respectively, in the last line in the Eunuch's question. The 2 characters for the Thing (aka the testicles) are also the 3rd and 4th characters in the last line of the Scholar's reply.</li> <li>Both the characters for the Spring-and-Autumn Annals when separate, mean spring and autumn; both the characters for "thing" when separate, mean east and west. But when each set of 2 characters are brought together, it means different things - The Annals and the Thing, respectively.</li> <li>Along the way, each author includes four of the whole set - Winter, Summer, Spring, Autumn; and North, South, East, West.</li> <li>The best part is that both poems has the same amount of characters - 16 in each poem.</li> </ul> There are other intricacies of course, like a scholar carrying a summer fan. In ancient China, scholars often carry a feathered fan, or also known as a summer fan. Or why the eunuch resides in the North - the Emperor's palace is in the North. Princess: See? Don’t be so banana.

Hashie: It’s more than that. It’s the word-to-word beauty.

Here’s a lengthier explanation:

  • The first three characters on each poem addresses the person- Young Scholar; Old Eunuch. Young is opposed to old, and Scholar is opposed to Eunuch.
  • The following 2 sets of three characters on each poem describes the person, but are antagonistic at each other – “Wearing winter clothes, carrying a summer fan”; “Born in the south, living in the north.”
  • The last line is an insult to one another – the Eunuch asks if the Scholar had read the Spring-and-Autumn Annals (A book on morality, inter alia); while the Scholar asks if the Eunuch still has his testicles.
  • The 2 characters for the Spring-and-Autumn Annals are the 3rd and 4th characters respectively, in the last line in the Eunuch’s question. The 2 characters for the Thing (aka the testicles) are also the 3rd and 4th characters in the last line of the Scholar’s reply.
  • Both the characters for the Spring-and-Autumn Annals when separate, mean spring and autumn; both the characters for “thing” when separate, mean east and west. But when each set of 2 characters are brought together, it means different things – The Annals and the Thing, respectively.
  • Along the way, each author includes four of the whole set – Winter, Summer, Spring, Autumn; and North, South, East, West.
  • The best part is that both poems has the same amount of characters – 16 in each poem.

There are other intricacies of course, like a scholar carrying a summer fan. In ancient China, scholars often carry a feathered fan, or also known as a summer fan. Or why the eunuch resides in the North – the Emperor’s palace is in the North.

]]> By: Aoshi_88 http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/comment-page-1/#comment-2769 Aoshi_88 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:34:53 +0000 http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/#comment-2769 Can't read Mandarin anymore but i get the gist of it. Can’t read Mandarin anymore but i get the gist of it.

]]> By: Day Spa » Last Day Laughter http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/comment-page-1/#comment-2757 Day Spa » Last Day Laughter Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:06:07 +0000 http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/#comment-2757 [...] Original post by Chewxy and powered by Img Fly [...] [...] Original post by Chewxy and powered by Img Fly [...]

]]> By: hashie http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/comment-page-1/#comment-2756 hashie Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:01:16 +0000 http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/#comment-2756 Ohh i think i get it. The eunuch asks his question based on the four seasons - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Then the scholar's retort is based on the four directions - North, South, East, West - and coincidentally the pronunciation/writing of "East-West" is the same as "thing"? I guess i'd appreciate it more if i were fluent in Chinese. All the same, it's pretty witty! :D ~hashie Ohh i think i get it.

The eunuch asks his question based on the four seasons – Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Then the scholar’s retort is based on the four directions – North, South, East, West – and coincidentally the pronunciation/writing of “East-West” is the same as “thing”?

I guess i’d appreciate it more if i were fluent in Chinese. All the same, it’s pretty witty! :D

~hashie

]]> By: The Princess http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 The Princess Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:50:02 +0000 http://blog.chewxy.com/2007/03/04/last-day-laughter/#comment-2749 I tak faham langsung. At times like this, I wish I had learnt how to read/write in Chinese. I tak faham langsung. At times like this, I wish I had learnt how to read/write in Chinese.

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