Jesse Mullan

Don’t you have anything better to do than look up “crotchless pants” in Chinese?

Written on Monday, the 15^th of September, 2003 at 11:01 pm and was filed under: Diversions, Speaking in Tongues

Apparently, I don't. Melissa sent me this story, which is… well, different cultures have different ways, and while pooping on the ground might seem wrong to me, who am I to- no, wait, that's gross.

Read about it on wcco's site: http://wcco.com/water/watercooler_story_258145321.html

[edit: link sadly offline, so I updated it to point at a google search for kaidangku.

Chinese characters thanks to http://www.tigernt.com/

Traditional

開襠褲: kaidangku (open crotch pants)

開 [kai1] /open/operate (vehicle)/start/

襠 [dang1] /crotch/seat of a pair of trousers/

褲 [ku4] /drawers/trousers/pants/

Simplified

开裆裤: kaidangku (open crotch pants)

开 [kai1] /open/operate (vehicle)/start/

裆 [dang1] /crotch/seat of a pair of trousers/

裤 [ku4] /drawers/trousers/pants/

One Response to “Don’t you have anything better to do than look up “crotchless pants” in Chinese? ”

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   Jesse’s blog » Flashing lights said on July 4th, 2005 at 11:18 pm

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