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State Liquor Store Puts Yuppies Before Disabled Customers
Lauri Apple · 08/06/11 04:52PMDisabled Parking Placards Helping the Able-Bodied Avoid Fees, Walking
Lauri Apple · 05/22/11 03:43PMAbout 10 percent of California's population is registered to carry a disabled parking placard, which enables them to park for free, forever, in designated spots. In a state where driving between rooms in your foreclosed house is standard, these placard thingies have become hot items, as you might imagine!
Chinese Taught How To Speak To Foreigners, Wheelchair Athletes
Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/08 10:29AMWe have Olympic fever! But not as much as Beijing-ians. The Chinese government is like an overanxious mama, worried her kid might start picking his nose on stage at his preschool graduation. So they're bombarding the wayward citizenry with propaganda posters directing them how to act when all the weird foreigners get to town. The oddest thing is that they go to great lengths to explain how to make pale Westerners feel at ease, when in fact much of the etiquette advice seems totally unrelated to American life. It's a culture clash that will make you chuckle! Below, actual instructions to the Chinese: Whatever you do, don't ask what someone does!