Nov 17, 2009: Oh Mickey, you're so fine... - Page 2

newtimer · 11-18-2009, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Mayor of Shekou

...if a couple are both single kids then they are allowed 2. Other than that, the law still stands.

The mayor is right. It seems every Chinese couple I know consists of parents born in the early '80s, so they're all having 2 kids because they can. Whenever I first asked them how they can legally do that, the answer was always "It's allowed now."

Technically, the law is still on the books. But in reality, after factoring in everyone who is exempt (farmers, minorities, people who live in special regions, sibling-less parents, foreign-born kids, twins, handicapped first-borns) plus the growing number of Chinese who are so rich they can pay any fine or bribe to get their way, there are only about a dozen couples left who are actually affected by the rule.

And, coincidentally, they all like Chairman Mouse.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-18-2009, 10:40 AM

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Chairman Mouse

xhaos01 · 11-17-2009, 11:14 PM

Well, I think my wife may have hit it on the head...

The first thing that drew her eyes was the Mickey Mouse, then you stop and get a better look at it and realize what it all is about. It's like HEY! THAT'S MICKEY MOU... WTF!!! Why is mickey holding a crotch rocket????????

My theory is less plausable but more interesting...

Vibrators and rubbers cost less than a trip to Disneyland with your kids.

SPUCK · 11-18-2009, 05:27 AM

Thanks Mayor.

I've heard that about a hundred times.

I couldn't understand why any country that managed to pull that off would be so stoopid as to let it lapse.

Clodfobble · 11-18-2009, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by newtimer

there are only about a dozen couples left who are actually affected by the rule.

Well, I happen to know one of those dozen couples. Wife accidentally got pregnant with the second, and they refused to abort. Husband worked for the government; he lost his job and they burned his house down. (Why they don't just evict them and give the house to a different state worker, I don't know. Symbolism or whatnot.) All this happened earlier this year.

And let's not forget the thousands upon thousands of babies that are suddenly no longer allowed to be adopted out internationally. The government says they are all being adopted domestically now. Sure they are.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-18-2009, 01:41 PM

Maybe the government didn't own the house. After all, they just can't take a citizen's house away, people have rights.

They just burn it down.

ZenGum · 11-18-2009, 06:10 PM

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Chairman Mouse.

Full name: Mao Tse Tung ... alternate spelling ... Mao Ze Dong ... Ahhh, now I understand ... Mouse See Dong ... a simply play on words. Perfect.

Spexxvet · 11-18-2009, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Full name: Mao Tse Tung ... alternate spelling ... Mao Ze Dong ... Ahhh, now I understand ... Mouse See Dong ... a simply play on words. Perfect.

I thought it was mousey dung.

TheMercenary · 11-18-2009, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I thought it was mousey dung.

That is a picture of Obama on the Great Wall of China?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-18-2009, 10:53 PM

Mickey is 81 today.

11-17-2009, 11:14 PM	#3
xhaos01 Victim of an overactive imagination Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 85	Well, I think my wife may have hit it on the head... The first thing that drew her eyes was the Mickey Mouse, then you stop and get a better look at it and realize what it all is about. It's like HEY! THAT'S MICKEY MOU... WTF!!! Why is mickey holding a crotch rocket???????? My theory is less plausable but more interesting... Vibrators and rubbers cost less than a trip to Disneyland with your kids. __________________ Life ain't always beautiful... but its a beautiful ride. - Gary Allen Carpe DM - Sieze the Dungeon Master I drank WHAT?!?! - Socrates

11-18-2009, 01:41 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe the government didn't own the house. After all, they just can't take a citizen's house away, people have rights. They just burn it down. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-18-2009, 10:53 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Mickey is 81 today. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-18-2009, 05:27 AM	#4
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Thanks Mayor. I've heard that about a hundred times. I couldn't understand why any country that managed to pull that off would be so stoopid as to let it lapse.

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