Chopsticks have everything in common with cars

April 18, 2009

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I was at a Chinese restaurant with my dad today. My chopstick skill is apparently not to my dad’s liking…

Dad: When are you going to learn how to use your chopsticks properly? I’ll teach you.

Me: What, I’m fine. I can pick food up, that’s all that matters.

Dad: It’s like I’m giving you the choice between a Yugo and a Mercedes.

Me: What’s a Yugo?

Dad: It’s a car they made a long time ago, they made a lot of them and then they’d break down because they were bad. You keep driving your Yugo, but I’m offering you a Mercedes.

  • What?

    I thought it was a perfectly fine metaphor.

  • Tom

    Nick and Norah…only reason why i know what a Yugo is.

  • http://viss.wordpress.com Aung Kyaw

    WOW what an coincidence… My dad used the same exact analogy in comparing Yugos to Japanese-made cars.

  • Sabina

    Hahahaha, this makes me laugh because I am from Bosnia (ex-Yugoslavia) and my grandpa was one of the engineers who worked on yugo's development.

    Sure, yugos are made fun of, but hey, look at these Asian dads talking about a car from a tiny country that no longer exists. We had our own car and it is well known even today (even it's notorous). :) Makes me smile :)

  • G

    Not FOB at all. Just the difference between generations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Koral

  • Sabina

    Hahahaha, this makes me laugh because I am from Bosnia (ex-Yugoslavia) and my grandpa was one of the engineers who worked on yugo's development.

    Sure, yugos are made fun of, but hey, look at these Asian dads talking about a car from a tiny country that no longer exists. We had our own car and it is well known even today (even it's notorous). :) Makes me smile :)

  • G

    Not FOB at all. Just the difference between generations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Koral

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