Adventures in language

Too sleepy for a real blog post, but this placeholder's good for a giggle.

My own favorites from the dragon land: When I was in Shanghai, I noted that establishments too upscale (or demure) to offer "happy ending" massages advertised a massage "with bride service to follow." And in Beijing, my most memorable menu sighting was "steamed verdure of towel."

Bill will now make a Beijing-related comment, thus bringing the cumulative total time he's spent talking about Beijing over the total amount of time we spent there.