{"id":5116,"date":"2015-04-02T08:37:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T00:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/?p=5116"},"modified":"2015-04-02T08:37:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T00:37:44","slug":"an-emergency-landing-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/2015\/04\/02\/an-emergency-landing-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"An Emergency Landing (a joke)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Here is a joke that\u2019s been circulating on \u5fae\u4fe1 (WeChat). One of our Chinese friends sent it to us. I\u2019ll first write the Chinese, then give a simple translation:<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/576\/2015\/04\/aircraft-1447959-639x426.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6351\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/576\/2015\/04\/aircraft-1447959-639x426.jpg?w=560\" alt=\"Credit: Aureliy Movila via FreeImages.com\" width=\"443\" height=\"295\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u4e00\u67b6\u5ba2\u673a\u8feb\u964d\u6d77\u9762\u4e0a\uff0c\u7a7a\u59d0\u8ba9\u4e58\u5ba2\u4ece\u6ed1\u68af\u4e0b\u6d77\uff0c\u4e58\u5ba2\u4e0d\u6562\u3002\u4e8e\u662f\u7a7a\u59d0\u6c42\u52a9\u673a\u957f\u3002 \u89c1\u591a\u8bc6\u5e7f\u7684\u673a\u957f\u8bf4\uff1a<\/p>\n<p>\u4f60\u8981\u5bf9\u7f8e\u56fd\u4eba\u8bf4\u8fd9\u662f\u5192\u9669\uff1b<\/p>\n<p>\u5bf9\u82f1\u56fd\u4eba\u8bf4\u8fd9\u662f\u8363\u8a89 \uff1b<\/p>\n<p>\u5bf9\u6cd5\u56fd\u4eba\u8bf4\u8fd9\u5f88\u6d6a\u6f2b\uff1b<\/p>\n<p>\u5bf9\u5fb7\u56fd\u4eba\u8bf4\u8fd9\u662f\u89c4\u5b9a\uff1b<\/p>\n<p>\u5bf9\u65e5\u672c\u4eba\u8bf4\u8fd9\u662f\u547d\u4ee4\uff01<\/p>\n<p>\u7a7a\u59d0\u4e3a\u96be\u5730\u8bf4\uff1a\u53ef\u4ed6\u4eec\u90fd\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u673a\u957f\u7b11\u4e86[\u9634\u9669]\uff1a\u90a3\u66f4\u5bb9\u6613\u5566\uff0c\u4f60\u544a\u8bc9\u4ed6\u4eec\u8fd9\u662f\u514d\u8d39\u7684\uff01<\/p>\n<p>An airplane needed to make a forced landing into the sea. The flight attendant wanted the passengers to slide down the emergency blow-up slide, but the passengers were unwilling. So, the flight attendant informed the captain who advised:<\/p>\n<p>to Americans, you need to say that this is <em>dangerous<\/em>;<\/p>\n<p>to people from England, you need to say this is a matter of <em>pride<\/em>;<\/p>\n<p>to Germans, say that this is a <em>rule<\/em>;<\/p>\n<p>to Japanese, tell them it\u2019s a <em>command<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>The flight attendant, slightly embarrassed. said: But they are all Chinese people.<\/p>\n<p>The captain smiled slyly: Then it\u2019s even easier. Tell them that it\u2019s <em>free<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Photo credit: Credit: Aureliy Movila via FreeImages.com<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a joke that\u2019s been circulating on \u5fae\u4fe1 (WeChat). One of our Chinese friends sent it to us. I\u2019ll first write the Chinese, then give a simple translation: \u4e00\u67b6\u5ba2\u673a\u8feb\u964d\u6d77\u9762\u4e0a\uff0c\u7a7a\u59d0\u8ba9\u4e58\u5ba2\u4ece\u6ed1\u68af\u4e0b\u6d77\uff0c\u4e58\u5ba2\u4e0d\u6562\u3002\u4e8e\u662f\u7a7a\u59d0\u6c42\u52a9\u673a\u957f\u3002 \u89c1\u591a\u8bc6\u5e7f\u7684\u673a\u957f\u8bf4\uff1a \u4f60\u8981\u5bf9\u7f8e\u56fd\u4eba\u8bf4\u8fd9\u662f\u5192\u9669\uff1b \u5bf9\u82f1\u56fd\u4eba\u8bf4\u8fd9\u662f\u8363\u8a89 \uff1b \u5bf9\u6cd5\u56fd\u4eba\u8bf4\u8fd9\u5f88\u6d6a\u6f2b\uff1b \u5bf9\u5fb7\u56fd\u4eba\u8bf4\u8fd9\u662f\u89c4\u5b9a\uff1b \u5bf9\u65e5\u672c\u4eba\u8bf4\u8fd9\u662f\u547d\u4ee4\uff01 \u7a7a\u59d0\u4e3a\u96be\u5730\u8bf4\uff1a\u53ef\u4ed6\u4eec\u90fd\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u3002 \u673a\u957f\u7b11\u4e86[\u9634\u9669]\uff1a\u90a3\u66f4\u5bb9\u6613\u5566\uff0c\u4f60\u544a\u8bc9\u4ed6\u4eec\u8fd9\u662f\u514d\u8d39\u7684\uff01 An airplane needed to make a forced landing into the sea. 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