Asia All Over

[RandyWhite]

I remember seeing a humorous aphorism about 20 years ago in a magazine that went something like this:

Heaven is where - the cooks are from Thailand, the police are from Singapore, the lovers are from the Philippines and the ----- are from----.

hel_l is where - the police are from Thailand, the lovers are from Singapore, etc. etc.

Does anyone know how the rest of it goes?

Similarly, I was perusing a book downtown in Bangers about the same time and came across something similar by Brooke

- the 'White Rajah' of Borneo:

The Chinese are the most curious, hardworking and good humored people,

as well as the most callous, chauvinistic and cynical.

Any scholars out there?

RAW.

[Maejo Man]

Humerous???

Edited September 18, 2009 by Maejo Man

[tonytigerbkk]

Hi Randy,

The original version was European and it goes like this.

"Heaven is a place where:

The lovers are Italian

The cooks are French

The mechanics are German

The police are English

The government is run by the Swiss

hel_l is a place where:

The lovers are Swiss

The cooks are English

The mechanics are French

The police are German

The government is run by the Italians"

I have seen the Asian version (in the bar toilets of the Penthouse hotel) but that was a long time ago, so I have forgotten it now.

B.R.

Tiger

[sassienie]

Hi Randy,

The original version was European and it goes like this.

"Heaven is a place where:

The lovers are Italian

The cooks are French

The mechanics are German

The police are English

The government is run by the Swiss

hel_l is a place where:

The lovers are Swiss

The cooks are English

The mechanics are French

The police are German

The government is run by the Italians"

I have seen the Asian version (in the bar toilets of the Penthouse hotel) but that was a long time ago, so I have forgotten it now.

B.R.

Tiger

I just Googled in the words and came up with the same as above:

http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index...11004617AArnGfq

Never heard of the Asian version.

[rohitsuk]

Humerous???

Well, mildly amusing perhaps.

[Huey]

Not that I agree with this...give me a Thai lover any day but I think this is how it goes...

"Heaven is a place where:

The lovers are Philipenas

The cooks are Thai

The mechanics are Korean

The government is run by the Jappanese

hel_l is a place where:

The lovers are Japanese

The cooks are Korean

The mechanics are Philipeno

The government is run by the Thais