Comments on: Standout Stand-ins, or What you can buy in a capitalist China

By: hiutopor

hiutopor — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:50:53 +0000

Hello

Very interesting information! Thanks!

Bye

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 12 May 2007 05:01:17 +0000

Curses! Foiled again. The quest for decent snack food continues…

By: Meursault

Meursault — Fri, 11 May 2007 18:15:37 +0000

Just come home at 2 AM on a Friday night and realised I left my precious S&V in a dodgy Qingdao bar. Sorry Chris, but the deal is off.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:58:25 +0000

Meursault,
That’s a tempting offer. Do you need Britons to pass muster? And must they be actually married or simply acting the part? Make it a large bag of salt and vinegar, perhaps some salty popcorn (none of that too-sweet stuff) and we might have a deal.

By: Meursault

Meursault — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:19:41 +0000

Ooh… I do like how comments fade into the page after hitting the “Submit” button. I’m going to write another comment just to see that again.

By: Meursault

Meursault — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:17:56 +0000

My parents will be leaving the sanctuary of our small industrial hometown in the north-west of the UK for the first time ever this month, and will be making the trip all the way here to sunny China.

Perhaps their blunt British working class manners will embarrass me in front of my middle-class expat friends while they are here? Do you, Chris, know any well-to-do, middle-aged, sophisticated, white couples that I can hire for the week to shadow us and pretend to be my parents in time of need? There’s 251 RMB for the couple being offered and a bag of salt and vinegar crisps for yourself as finder’s fee.

By: John

John — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:20:50 +0000

I wonder if I can hire a stand in that would take my place when my wife is upset with me. Nah. No amount of money is worth that.

By: The Hao Hao Report

The Hao Hao Report — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:04:19 +0000

Standout Stand-ins, or What you can buy in a capitalist China…

Two stories of people looking for a stand-in:

A girl in Dalian hired a friend’s aunt to play Mom at school functions, and a businessman wants a stand-in for his mistress so his wife can vent her rage. Any takers?…

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:58:46 +0000

CLB,
I meant to add a point about capitalism washing away “all that is fixed, fast and solid” and making teens everywhere equally annoying, but I figured you could make it better. I’m sure my little sister contemplated similar schemes in high school.

Jeremiah,

Did I go too low on the clothes price? I asked a few friends how much they spend each year and went with the bottom end.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:11:52 +0000

Chris,

Since when has 250 RMB been so priceless?

CLB,

Agreed. The “double nickname” thing is making me a little weary. We have a friend here with a double nickname who has rechristened her American husband with his own double nickname. Naturally, when we refer to this fellow in the third person…for reasons passing understanding, we use the double nickname. I will now beat myself to death with a baozi.