Sunday, 26 October 2008

The human potential for laughing inappropriately at exactly the right moment

After the earthquakes a few months ago in Chengdu, a group of Russians were working with local Chinese emergency services as volunteers to dig for survivors. One survivor, when he was found, saw the green eyes of his rescuer and reportedly said:

"Ta ma de, zhe dizhen zhen xiong, ba wo zhen dao wai guo lai le!"

Apropos of very little, but it made me smile. Thanks to Yu for the story. 

2 comments:

constihill said...

ermmm, am I missing something here?

Maybe a translation
or a new brain.

notwelshman said...

"Fuck me, that earthquake was so strong that it threw me into another country!"

Obviously.