Comments on: If you live to 100, what do you want at your funeral?

By: Akrypti

Akrypti — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:34:09 +0000

People need to educate themselves on Taiwanese culture.

An integral part of Taiwanese culture is scantily clad women.

Case in point: bing lang xi shi

(”bing lang” = bitternut, an addictive drug/fruit-thing like chewing tobacco that many Taiwanese men are into; “xi shi” = one of the classic four beauties of Chinese Literature, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Shi)

In Taiwan, you have these stands along the side of the roads with green neon lights – the indication that bing lang is sold there, and you’ll see a glass box where a chic dressed like a prostitute is sitting. she’s the bing lang vendor that we refer to as bing lang xi shi. She sells bing lang and sometimes other…services are included.

Often they’re wearing little more than lacy underwear and stiletto boots. And kids walk and run by all the time. Parents don’t bat an eye when they drive by and their kids in the backseat look out the window and see a row of hot chics showing cleavage and half their butt cheeks.

By: Grace Chu

Grace Chu — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:26:48 +0000

I bet the little kids were like, “What’s the big deal? Can we go play Wii instead of watching this boring-ass dance routine?” Ah, but then a few years from now their hormones will kick in and they will see this dance in a whole different light.

By: Efren

Efren — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:16:30 +0000

Whoa, that is weird. Not as weird as seeing a funeral stripper, but having a hot chick in front of those kids must’ve made the stripper feel very uncomfortable.

I really hope she made a lot of money doing that…

By: jozjozjoz

jozjozjoz — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:46:28 +0000

John,

I can’t believe you found that video!

WTF!?

I loved how all the kids are sitting there and watching it.

To be fair, she wasn’t totally naked, but it was just weird. Everyone was just watching those girls wriggle around wearing next to nothing.

Bizarre.

By: John

John — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:59:15 +0000

So I took a look on YouTube for Taiwan, Strippers and Funerals, and all I could find is, believe it or not is:

Moon Festival Stripper!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns854YVdDVI

The woman doesn’t strip though – she dances, in front of kids… and near a store.

By: jozjozjoz

jozjozjoz — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:26:56 +0000

Wait a second.

Are there any funeral stripper videos on YouTube?

Believe it or not, I don’t care about the stripper performances. I’m really terribly curious about people’s reactions to these things…

By: John

John — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:50:05 +0000

Efren – like I said, I didn’t go to my grandfather’s funeral in Taiwan. The next time I see my uncle, I’ll try to get a videotape of the funeral and look for strippers / dancers.

By: Efren

Efren — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:30:26 +0000

well, I think John would probably be the closest one to do that…

As for proper etiquette: I think she (or he) would have to be tastefully dressed in black, down to the black thong (or top for the woman) and I think that at least all the immediate family should have singles. The stripper should probably do interpretive dance to the canned music piping through the speakers, unless of course, the stripper has his (or her) own music specifically for funerals. Somehow “Shook Me All Night Long” just sounds SO appropriate…;)

By: jozjozjoz

jozjozjoz — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:59:21 +0000

Nobody has been able to inform me of proper funeral stripper etiquette yet…

By: Grace Chu

Grace Chu — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:49:08 +0000

I used some HTML formatting tags, so maybe that’s why my comments was filtered out.

Anyway, it was kind of long, so here’s the gist of it: I went to my grandfather’s funeral in Taiwan when I was 4. I was in an earthquake while at a restaurant. My mom said I ignored the earthquake, picked the bowl up, and kept eating my rice porridge while the tables were rattling and people were heading for cover. Ergo, I am insane.