"Some married men love shopping. They adore it. But some absolutely abhor it. And in China, there's a special place wives can ditch them: husband storage!"
"Called "laogong jicun chu" in Chinese (老公寄存处), which literally means "husband cloakroom," the rest stations are for husbands who are either knackered from shopping or for those who would rather spend their time doing something else."
"Called "laogong jicun chu" in Chinese (老公寄存处), which literally means "husband cloakroom," the rest stations are for husbands who are either knackered from shopping or for those who would rather spend their time doing something else."
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We have the same thing here in Wisconsin. It's called the bar.
You have a bar named "laogong jicun chu" ?
If I get drunk enough, Aridog, that's how I pronounce my name.
Rather than curse the darkness, I decided to list the words I found objectionable: (1) daycare; (2) hate; (3) love; (4) adore; (5) abhor; (5) special; (6) ditch; (7) storage; (8) either; and (9) knackered.
So why do you think malls have establishments like Red Robin or Applebee's now, often times with a TV showing the latest sports event in the bar? A place to day care a tired out husband.
The beauty of it, the service is free (he just pays for any food or beverages consumed).
Allen S of course nails it. The only recent change is linking them to the mall for convenience.
I am with you on "knackered" - who the hell wants more Britishisms here? They can all go missing and live in Bond street as far as I am concerned.
If you need me, I'll be in hospital.
Those farkers are ruining our language...
I left out the link to a story again. Second day in a row.
I guess I am out of it, but neither I nor anyone I know shops with their wives, at least at the mall.
Given some poor chicom threw himself out a window rather than hit one more store (I know the feeling), the PRC may be onto something here.
The mall in the 'big' town where we go to do our shopping has The Brass Rail. I nice bar where the guys can have some drinks and watch the sports channel while the women are shopping.
Much better idea. It keeps the women from shopping for too long. If they linger too long while cruising the Mall, the guys might not be able to drive. Good plan.
I left out the link to a story again. Second day in a row.
You must be knackered.
Back in my early years[50's] we of course, like everyone, had only one car and only my old man drove. He would take my mom shopping and wait in the car. My older sister went in w/ mom and I would hang out w/ dad. If her knew it was going to be awhile he would take me to get something to eat. I am like my old man I HATE SHOPPING!
Eric wrote "Rather than curse the darkness, I decided to list the words I found objectionable: (1) daycare; (2) hate; (3) love; (4) adore; (5) abhor; (5) special; (6) ditch; (7) storage; (8) either; and (9) knackered."
Also, "cloak room" like the husband is being hung up neatly so he won't be wrinkled when the need for him arises in the future. Meh. These gentlemen need to get their own lives and stop following the women around.
Ditto on "knackered" which like it might be ironic quaint even to the British. (Happy to be corrected if wrong. It just sounds like something a Beatle once said and everyone else jumped on it like, oh my how charmingly lower class.)
I don't understand. Why are they in people storage instead of at home or somewhere else?
Aw, this is no fun. No more Chinese guys force-shopped to despair jumping over guardrails and falling to their death.
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