Chinglish lesson of the day: Please don’t litter up

Director Kevin Smith: To fat to fly?

Movie director Kevin Smith ("Clerks," "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and "Cop Out") was recently asked to get off a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank because of his size. Naturally he was not to happy about this and he twittered up a storm of protest and some of his twits have been assembled by the Airline Biz blog. 

However and if you are Kevin Smith’s size but not as famous and you don’t want to be booted off an airline for being to big, check out this post on Antibride.com to find out if you might be to fat to fly.

Chinglish lesson of the day: Please pay the fair accounting to the meter

Arrested passenger uses the “I had too many cookies defense”

The Airline Biz blog has noted an odd story where a US Airways flight from Philadelphia to Los Angeles had to be diverted to Pittsburgh due to a passenger acting strangely – which was defined as “as going into an airplane restroom and screaming, exiting with one's pants down and trying to punch a flight attendant.”

Apparently he is using the “I had too many cookies defense” but this has triggered an online debate over the effects of adding additional ingredients to such items. According to the Airline Biz blog:

• SFoodie, SF Weekly's food blog, noted how the movie "Reefer Madness" become a hit for its extreme depictions of the effects of marijuana.
• Phil Kammer on the Stump Report has noted: "I have seen many people on pot and most don't strip their clothing and attack people. I am not sure a double dose of pot cookies will work as a defence."
• The Smoking Gun had the four-page indictment on its site. The passenger had connected in Philadelphia from the Dominican Republic where he had attended some kind of "Global Information Networking Conference."

Either way, its probably best to stay away from any stimulants before a long flight.

Chinglish lesson of the day: Pood taken late at night breakfast

Brawling flight attendants cause a flight to be cancelled

Usually you hear about rowdy passengers disrupting flights but brawling flight attendants? According to the AirlineReporter blog, two flight attendants onboard the Delta Connection (run by Pinnacle Airlines) flight 887 from Rochester, NY to Atlanta got into a fight – literally with fists. However, the Captain not only booted the flight attendants off the plane but also all of the passengers - forcing Delta to arrange other flights for them to their final destination.

Just goes to show how much has changed in the world of commercial aviation over the pass 50 plus years….

Photo by Chalmers Butterfield

Chinglish lesson of the day: staoB revoC depirtS oobmaB kcalB rof frahW

Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue that pairs bikinis with swastikas

Talk about much-ado-about nothing, Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue pairing bikinis with swastikas caused some controversy among those not familiar with the practices of World War II aces as explained by the Winged Victory Women in Aviation Webzine.

George W. Bush: “Miss me yet?” billboard

Great moments in advertising: A Turkish Airlines ad

Chinglish lesson of the day: Manure pit

THE ONION NEWS ALERT: Obama's home teleprompter malfunctions during family dinner

According to White House officials, the President's home teleprompter is “simply a tool to make sure pillow talk with Michelle or conversations with his Mother-In-Law go smoothly…..”

Single Chinese rent dates to appease parents during Chinese New Year

Single Chinese have come up with an innovative way to please their parents during the annual Lunar New Year holiday - they are renting fake dates. According to the AFP (“Chinese rent dates to appease parents”), advertisements have been posted all over popular web portals like Baidu.com by young Chinese singles seeking to pay other young men or women to come home with them for the Spring Festival – the most important family holiday in China. One such ad posted on Baidu.com under the headline, "Looking to rent a girlfriend,” read:

500 yuan (73 dollars) a day, you don't have to sleep with me, I can sleep on the floor in the same room, but you have to be a good actress.

Another ad posted on Chinaren.com under the headline, "desperately looking for a girlfriend to go home with me for Chinese New Year,” read:

I haven't yet found a suitable girlfriend and my parents are pushing too hard… I'm searching for a girl around 23 years old (and not more than two years below or above that), 160 to 175 centimeters high, average looking is OK.

To all of the ad posters and single Chinese out there, we would like to simply say: Gung Hay Fat Choy! (and good luck to those who did not find a date!)

“The Hero”: The movie about you or someone you know!

And one of the best guerrilla marketing pieces I have ever seen! Just go to the video’s homepage for the best experience.

Chinglish lesson of the day: Exchange the cover soled a shoe