April 25, 2006

"Look on the bright side, Dad. Did you know that the Chinese use the same word for 'crisis' as they do for 'opportunity?'"
"Yes...Crisa-tunity."

Posted by pete at April 25, 2006 12:28 AM

No crisis here, as it seems I won't be drafted by the Chinese army anytime soon:

China's military is to bar recruits who are heavy snorers and those who have "fashionable tattoos", the official Xinhua news agency says.

The report does not say how the army will test for chronic snoring, but it quoted a health official saying tattoos "tarnish the military's image".
[...]
A report in the Beijing Morning Post said that the snoring standards were being brought in for military school recruits because "the nasal sound of chronic snorers disturbs collective life."

Apparently no one over there has mastered The Wife's patented Elbow to the Thorax technique which, bruising of the ribs aside, has proven pretty effective.