Let me start this post off by saying I am quite possibly laughing on the inside as every time Tanya or I do something either stupid, funny, ridiculous etc I say to her, “I’m gonna write a blog post about this!” This has gone on for awhile and she believes this is an empty threat now. Hence this post I am writing now.
I must let everyone know how Tanya has a way with words, and this translates into her awesome story telling abilities. She randomly tells me something and her “amazing” tales usually ends up being the highlight of my day.
Story #1: The flatulent flyer.
One night while riding on the scooter down First Ring Road here in Chengdu a bug hit me in the eye and I explained how I needed sunglasses to protect me from things like that. Tanya then proceeded to explain how one day while walking home from Tianfu Square a bug happened to fly straight into her eye. Normally this would be quite a boring story, one that has probably happened to everyone. She then, in a straight faced and serious tone explained that after the bug made it’s poor landing straight on top of her eye ball the bug then proceeded to fart. She described the fart as some sort of self-defense mechanism that the bug propelled on top of her pupils. Instantly after hearing this I almost fell off the scooter while laughing! That is not only hilarious but it’s probably in the top 3 best things I’ve ever heard someone say. But it didn’t end there! She continued to explain how the bug’s projected stench left a black mark on the eye muscle as she called it (lower eye lid) so it’s quite possible that the bug may have sharted (half fart, half shit. Hey, it happens!) Just when It could not get any better (worse for her?) she describes how her eye stunk for about 3 days after the foul farter left his mark on her.
That is the summary of the story, and as much as I want to say any of it was made up. It sadly wasn’t, and I’m still laughing!
(Still to this day she swears that (common) bugs can, and will fart on people and I deny this (while laughing) but I have not done any research on this. I am afraid of what a Google search for “Bug farts on people” will result in)
Story#2: Minimalist
This is probably the worst story that has ever been told, but that is what makes it so funny to me. I will quote exactly what was told to me.
Hey, know what happened today? I saw 1 kuai on the ground today and I didn’t pick it up.
She paused after telling me this, thinking there was more to the story I asked, “and?” She replied with,”That’s all.”
(First off, 1 kuai is around 16 cents Canadian)
Oh… wow. Such a riveting story that was blessed upon my ears. I was laughing so hard knowing she actually felt the need to explain such a story. I’m glad she didn’t leave out the amazing details though.
I’m sure there will be a part two to this as every day is a new day for her to make me laugh/cry/be stunned at her awesome tales.
(I know you will read this Tanya and I apologize! I love you and don’t poison my food! haha )