'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy

Anja has a CD of Chinese children's songs that we listen to in the car, and one of the songs goes like this:

"The women of Alishan are as beautiful as the water; the men of Alishan are as strong as the mountains."

However, it uses some poetic words that Anja (and I) don't know, so she hears it wrong and sings it like this:

"The women of Alishan didn't sleep; the little birds of Alishan are as strong as the mountains."

Do you really need training?

A new colleague of mine sent an email out yesterday that read in part,

"I will be out of the office today as I am attending oriental training."

I think he meant to say that he was attending orientation training.  Unless he forgot how to use chopsticks or something.

Angels and Demons

In the morning, Anja asked me how to spell "Thank you".  I said "T, H, A, N, K", and waited for her to finish those letters.  But instead, she said "OK I've finished now".  I looked and she had written "THANK Q".

In the evening, I said "Anja, it's not all right to hit anyone, ever."  She replied, "But then how I am going to fight?"