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10. 跳舞青年会费100元/消防员

Dancing to YMCA costs 100 rmb/fireman

It's bizarre how often the Village People raise their heads here.

Is that really what it says?

My MDBG translator says just that, but unfortunately Her Indoors has got the strange idea that these avatars are taking the piss out of Chinese people, and so refuses to help me here.

Conversely, if your office is on fire, you should play computer games, ask the blonde from Finance out on a date and purposely f**k up your job role for your successor, before calmly leaving the building in 4 week's time.

Attention Ladies!  Our hot firemen have some warm suggestions to heat up your nights.  Give us a call and we'll rush right over and rescue you from a cold and lonely evening. They are guaranteed to light your fire.

It's bizarre how often the Village People raise their heads here.

The bizarre part is that I (who proudly live in a village) am not the only one bringing them up. Makes me wonder what excuse anyone else has.

My excuse: I've just been playing YMCA - no, really!

Can anyone give a full translation of the warm suggestions, please?

Can anyone give a full translation of the warm suggestions, please?

I'd love to, but . . .

I never learned how to read!  I'm illiterate.

I'm illiterate.

Your parents were never married?

Or was your dad one of the firemen?

Oh, I'm a fireman and I'm OK
I sleep all night and I work all day
I swing around brass poles and
dance to YMCA

he's a fireman and he's OK
he sleeps all night and he works all day
he swings around brass poles and
dances YMCA

Oh, I'm a fireman and I'm just fine
I eat my quiche with a dry white wine
beneath my rubber suit I've
silk undies with spagghetti strings
Putting out your fire buys me life's finer things!

 

That's great lfd, you should put it to music, maybe wear a lumberjack's fireman's outfit.



Now that's something completely different

Quote from: Paul on June 23, 2011, 04:31:29 PM

Can anyone give a full translation of the warm suggestions, please?

I'd love to, but . . .

I never learned how to read!  I'm illiterate.

I was about to say, 'you silly bastard', but Day Dreamer beat me to the post.

Oh, I'm a fireman and I'm OK
I sleep all night and I work all day
I swing around brass poles and
dance to YMCA


<snip>

You just made me homesick!

Quote from: latefordinner on June 23, 2011, 08:20:30 PM

Oh, I'm a fireman and I'm OK
I sleep all night and I work all day
I swing around brass poles and
dance to YMCA


<snip>

You just made me homesick!

For your job at the fire department?

All warm suggestions, by firemen, gratefully received. (Except from two of my brothers who have retired from the Fire Brigade in Townsville)

Quote from: Paul on June 23, 2011, 11:59:12 PM

Quote from: latefordinner on June 23, 2011, 08:20:30 PM

Oh, I'm a fireman and I'm OK
I sleep all night and I work all day
I swing around brass poles and
dance to YMCA


<snip>

You just made me homesick!

For your job at the fire department?

No, back home I was a lumberjack.