Saturday, 27 September 2008

Another quick quiz

You are performing at a club in China. The roof is made from wood (or alcohol, or petrol, or some other flammable material). Do you:

a) Sing a bit, dance a bit, and shine lights in everybody's faces?
b) Down a lot of beer on stage, then shout at everybody?
c) Set off a bunch of fireworks, indoors, igniting the roof and burning the entire club to the ground.
d) All of the above

If your answer was D, congratulations, you are well on your way to becoming Chinese. Bonus marks for any other answer as well. Double bonus if you don't see anything wrong with C.

Follow up question, for a super-bonus round!

You are the government (or some part of it). You hear of a fire at a club in Shenzhen, where somebody set off fireworks indoors, and burnt the place to the ground. Do you:

a) Tell people to be more careful
b) Arrest the perpetrator (or sweep him into a pan), and press charges under the Public Stupidity Act of 2008 (which I just made up but would be a great idea)
c) Initiate a process of education and awareness of safety standards within bars, pubs, clubs
d) Shut down every single bar and pub in Huizhou, and implement - instantly applicable - safety standards that would make the Swiss blush, resulting in massive reconstruction all of which is being done with the usual disregard for anything approaching safe.

If your answer was D... Well, I think you see the pattern.

If you are a politician, and you like the idea of B, let's talk - I've got some great ideas on implementation.

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