Monday, October 26, 2009

這個字是什麽?

For those of us who have studied Chinese, we all know how much of a pain it is to encounter a new character. Such circumstances begin the arduous process of counting all the tiny little lines that make up the character and playing the game "guess which radical this character is classified under." This is a very mean game as the radical it is classified under inevitably looks nothing like any part of the original character. This process becomes worse when a teacher gives "gifts" to keep us busy over our "weekend".

Enter this incredible contraption: http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/mouse.html
All you need to do is draw the character, and it magically tells you what character you drew!
For example:

As you can see. It's quite a useful tool.

Don't you know that you're toxic? Yes. Yes I do.

So I can only assume this idea has come up before, but the copyright nazis have gassed all obvious occurrences. So now it's my turn.

This is a remake of the Britney Spears' 'Toxic'. (See: here). It is to be sung by the CEO of Lehman Brothers (see: here) while wearing a skimpy outfit and making out with the CEO of Bank of America (see: here). The lyrics are a work in progress (surprisingly little actually /needed/ to be changed), and the video is still in the production stages.

Toxic

Baby, B of A
They're calling
A house like this
Should wear a warning
It's dangerous
Stocks falling

There's no escape
I can't hide
I need a loan
B of A, give me it
Stock is dangerous
I'm loving it

Too high
Can't come down
Losing my head
Spinning 'round and 'round
Get a bonus now

[refrain]
With a low interest
I'm on a ride
It's toxic
I'm slipping under
With a loss of consumer confidence
I'm addicted to it
Don't you know that it's toxic
FTC, What is that?
Don't you know that it's toxic

It's getting late
To give it up
I took a sip
From my devil cup*
Slowly
It's taking over me
(*=Mortgaged backed securities)

Too high
Can't come down
It's in the press
And it's all around
Got your bonus now

[refrain]

Don't you know that it's toxic

[refrain]

Intoxicate me now
With your MBS
I think I'm ready now
I think I'm ready now
Intoxicate me now
With your MBS
I'm ready now