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ur_inner_child said:
That was brilliant
AHAHAHAH

roflmao...

true true... but:
>82. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or
>law.
doesn't apply to me... think, which idiot azn do unpractical sci???(apart from jkd )
 

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87. You know why there are 88 reasons.

yes i certainly do. Shit, im a fob.
 

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cherryblossom said:
88 reasons you know you're chinese
hahaha i still love reading through those occasionally


though ithink that's a different one... i can relate me and my family/friends to sooo many of them ROFL
 

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88 reasons you know you're chinese
1. You look like you are 18. i look 9 actually :)
>2. You like to eat chicken feet. yups
>4. You have a Chinese knick-knack hanging on your rear view mirror. my daddy has one, whereas my mummy's got a crystal thingy
>5. You sing Karaoke. very much so
>6. Your house is covered with tile. so true
>7. Your kitchen is covered by a sticky film of grease. yes... and it's got one of those turbocharged, loud air Chinese-branded extractors
>8. Your stove is covered with aluminium foil. yes!!!
>10. You've never kissed your mom or dad. true
>12. Your unassisted vision is worse than 20/500. HAHAHHAHAHAHA
>14. You've worn glasses since you were in fifth grade. 3rd grade actually
>15. Your hair sticks up when you wake up. yup ;)
>19. You drive around for hours looking for the best parking space. yups
>20. You take showers at night. so true. but sometimes if an exam is on i have it in the morning
>21. You avoid the non-free snacks in hotel rooms. yups
>23. Most girls have more body hair than you, if you are male. yeah you hairy bitches hahah...
>24. You tap the table when someone pours tea for you. it's knuckle-rapping the table
>25. You say "Aiya!" and "Wah!" frequently. :D
>29. You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50%
>off. my rents do that
>30. You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table. hehe we have a strong plastic one
>31. You spit bones and other food scraps on the table. (That's why
>you need the vinyl tablecloth). hahah we have 'gwut dip' to hold bones and stuff
>32. You have stuff in the freezer since the beginning of time. my mum's fault actually
>33. You use the dishwasher as a dish rack. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A DISHWASHER!!!
>34. You have never used your dishwasher. ditto
>35. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times. damn straight!
>36. You eat all meals in the kitchen. nupes. we eat in front of TVBJ.
>37. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers. yup yup and yup
>38. You have a piano in your living room nupes, i can't play
>39. You pick your teeth at the dinner table (but you cover your
>mouth). haha i don't cover my mouth
>40. You twirl your pen around your fingers. yeah i try but it keeps falling[/B}
>41. You hate to waste food. my parents treat me as food disposal unit actually
>42. You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or
>one leftover chicken wing. yes! it's called leftovers! waste not, want not!
>43. You don't own any real Tupperware only a cupboard full of used
>but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam
>jars. exactly :)
>44. You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses. ohhh that's an old deadly sin, so true so true.
>46. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (travel
>means > > > >any car ride longer than 15 minutes). These snacks are
>always dried and include dried plums, mango, ginger, and squid. my mum's and sister's fault[/B}
>47. You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it. yups. too make sure it's clean :)
>48. Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself. he can!
>51. You beat eggs with chopsticks. i can do many other things with chopsticks too ;)
>52. You have a teacup with a cover on it. mum does
>56. You like Chinese films in their original undubbed versions. damn straight
>57. You love Chinese Martial Arts films. uhuh :)
>50. You like congee with thousand year old eggs. it's preserved eggs, not thousand year old eggs
>61. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached. yeah, we peel them ourselves
>62. You never call your parents just to say hi. haha, so true
>64. When you're sick, your parents tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods due to yeet hay. no fried/oily/cold foods
>65. You know what yeet hay is. it means, literally, 'hot qi'
>66. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only 10
>feet apart. hahaha MSN ppl in law lab
>67. You use a face cloth. yups
>71. You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it. to chop ppl up
>72. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin. hahaahaa
>73. You know what moon cakes are. yups
>74. When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and
>store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who
>has moved out. that's called my parents
>76. You iron your own shirts. it's called being a snag
>78. Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to
>throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. yups
>79. You've eaten a red bean popsicle. it's NICE but!
>80. You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you
>visit people's homes. hahaha true!
>81. You fight over who pays the dinner bill. yeah the adults do.
>82. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or
>law. AHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA :D
>83. You live with your parents and you are 30 years old (and they
>prefer it that way). Or if you're married and 30 years old, you live
>in the apartment next door to your parents, or at least in the same
>neighbourhood. yes i will do :)
>84. You don't tip more than 0% at a restaurant, and if you do, you
>tip Chinese delivery guys/waiters more. well the usual tip is like $1 for dinner, 50c for yumcha
>85. You have acquired a taste for bitter melon. hahahaha its still nasty
>87. You know why there are 88 reasons. lucky number
>88. You see the truth in this and then send it to all your Chinese
>friends. absolute-fucking-wisdom :D
 

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eh i'm not bothered reading through all of those but it seems that i'm not really a chinese
 

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lengstar said:
eh i'm not bothered reading through all of those but it seems that i'm not really a chinese
neither am i...

but I recognise why those things are considered chinese

"82. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or law."
These days, should add commerce too
 

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an example of fob-speak i found on UTSOnline (blackboard/webCT):
Hi Rob,

First, thanks !~

you teach me what law is ? teach me the history and many things about the law , let me to have a good tour to open my view in the law . So thanks~~

Second, so happy to have the lecture likes you and other lecturers, they are all good and nice and even the tutors are very nice too.

Third, the exam is good and fair. Thanks not to make the exam so tough and hard.

let me to enjoy the first starting time in the law subject , push me to go further for the coming subjects. Thanks (as I want to give up if the exam is really hard and cant handle this first subject, now I change )

Finally , really thanks you guys , thanks for the funny and good lecture and class for us .

hope you all have a nice Christmas and happy new year . ~~

hope to see you all in the next semster. :)



:) :) thanks!~~~~ :) :)
 

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Lol its not really funny no more to me since if i try to speak in their language I'm fobby so yeah :D
 

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remember: FOBS ARE OUR FRIENDS :) i actually love FOBs... coz to them i'm fobby (i've been westernised and have all these westernisms)
 

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I don't fit into many of those. I guess it's because I'm hardly fresh off the boat, I'm only chinese by heritage, not by birth. But I do know why there are 88 reasons.
 

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i like those red bean and green bean popsicles. sooo much better than streets
 

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Jago said:
i like those red bean and green bean popsicles. sooo much better than streets
omg!!! yea i LOVE the green bean popsicle!!! <3
 

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YOU ARE ALL FOBS! muahahaha!
how could anyone like green tea ice cream over chocolate ice cream? what is wrong with you people?
 

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lengstar said:
YOU ARE ALL FOBS! muahahaha!
how could anyone like green tea ice cream over chocolate ice cream? what is wrong with you people?
-_- tha's just wrong... chocolate ice cream sucks big time

*runs~~
 

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Frigid said:
an example of fob-speak i found on UTSOnline (blackboard/webCT):
LOL!!

The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters.
 

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lengstar said:
YOU ARE ALL FOBS! muahahaha!
how could anyone like green tea ice cream over chocolate ice cream? what is wrong with you people?
hahah but tiramisu gelato kicks them both.... simply orgasmic, baby...
 

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