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snewe
on Oct 28, 2009
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"SuperFoam" block collapses into chair under weigh...
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http://www.cctv.com/english/special/news/20091026/103440.sht...
gjm11
on Oct 28, 2009
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From the start of the second page: "Wu, who has a girlish hairstyle, ..." ... WTF?
RevRal
on Oct 29, 2009
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My first thought was that the writer's boss said "and I want you to mention her haircut somewhere in there." And the writer couldn't find a good place and just said: "screw it."
madebylaw
on Oct 28, 2009
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Yeah the headline also calls her a 'girl' even though she's a University graduate. When does she become a 'woman', I wonder?
neilk
on Oct 28, 2009
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I'm guessing, when she gets married? Until then it's all messing around with 21st-century algorithmically designed materials, you know, 'girl' stuff.
mrshoe
on Oct 28, 2009
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_birds_and_the_bees
electromagnetic
on Oct 28, 2009
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Exactly what I was thinking. I don't believe many girls graduate university before entering the nomenclature of womanhood.
chaosmachine
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That's what you call getting paid by the word.
Devilboy
on Oct 28, 2009
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I think it's probably the work of a translator.
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