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Talk:Chinese fire drill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rawson notes that the use of the modifier "Chinese" in the derogatory sense of "confused, disorganized or inferior" dates back to the time of World War I and was largely a British invention. As far as specifically "Chinese Fire Drill" goes, the source I cited previously in this dicussion reports its origin is in early 20th century Britain, so at least that one wouldn't be restricted solely to US usage. I am a Chinese born and I do not feel one bit offended by this or any other "racial slur" against chinese or "chinks" of any nationality, I find the phrase funny. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Chinese_fire_drill   (1911 words)

The Whatever Log Chinese Firedrill is idiotic because it doesn't make any sense. According to thefreedictionary.com, a Chinese Firedrill was used to describe any "confused, disorganized, or inferior" behavior during World War I. The origins of the term were derogatory at first, but the meaning was lost after a few decades. In conclusion, the person who first coined the Chinese Firedrill was a racist, but may or may not have been an idiot. www.whateverfiles.com /blog/archives/00000050.html   (240 words)

[No title] Our organization is sponsoring a Chinese Auction and a donor has offered to make two donations if we can find the origin of the term. It has a similar construction to "Chinese firedrill," "Indian summer," "Indian corn," or even "Chinese checkers" and came largely from the (predominately caucasian) coal-mining belt in the US. A "Chinese auction" has nothing to do with Chinese culture, and those who first coined the term had little more to do with it, so that this odd variety of the commonly recognized model for an auction was attributed to an alien tradition in a humorous -- and disparaging or belittling -- vein. plateaupress.com.au /wfw/chinesea.htm   (451 words)

you ask, we lie • The fellow who, during a chinese fire drill, tripped and fell through a sewer grate (he was whisper-thin) — by the time his friends fished him out nearly an hour later, he had missed an important appointment to see about a job. • The small baby who took part in a chinese fire drill and ended up in a seat other than his car-seat — in the shotgun seat, actually — and who, as a result, kept slipping out of his seat and into the floorboards whenever the car slowed (his diaper was plasticky and slick). • The dog who tripped during a chinese fire drill and, tragically, was the object of much ridicule and scorn and even cuffs on the muzzle from an abusive owner. www.wearescientists.com /advicearchive/2003_11_22_advice.html   (525 words)

Blodgett It was a, well say it, 'Chinese firedrill.' Wolf Blitzer was in fine showboaty form, and Lou Dobbs proved as competent as a money guy can be, anchoring in the US. Then it was a Silkworm (Chinese), then it was a car bomb (Sanjay Gupta, on the scene, being largely ignored by the anchors who knew better), then it was a Seersucker (Chinese). By the morning, they were on to the idea that the thing skipped into the lagoon in front of the mall and broke up. blogs.salon.com /0001802/2003/03/29.html   (667 words)

Urban Dictionary: chinese Chinese parents want their kids to get straight A's, be in all honors, and join math club. She's in all honors except for math and for math she is in the consolation honors class! Word is also sometimes used to represent Chinese words when you are hearing someone talking in Chinese and have a lack of something to say. www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=chinese&defid=1667582   (687 words)

Roadfood.com Forums - Chinese Christmas a chinese christmas is where you go out to a chinese restaurant on Christmas Day,and have a duck..with its head still attatched.... I was trying to compare the terms Chinese Christmas with one I am a bit more familiar with... Since I live in a place where the largest ethnic group is Chinese (and Mandarin may be the predominant language in my apartment building) I thought by the title of this you were intending to have a bunch of people over and give them tangerines or something. www.roadfood.com /Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5732   (1609 words)

Jerry Campbell Football Forums - wing-t formation shifting against a 4-3 def. We feel that we looked somewhat like a chinese firedrill and added more confusion than anything. We run a quick hitting Lead into the middle of the "chinese firedrill" when they are off balance and out of position. Against TE motion, we wouldn't have a "firedrill", but would adjust to the change in strength with our linebackers. www.jcfb.com /board/messageview.cfm?catid=19&threadid=10120   (426 words)

East Asian philosophy : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online In fact, it has fared so badly that the very word ‘Chinese’ in the English language, found in illustrative expressions from ‘Chinese revenge’ and ‘Chinese puzzle’ to ‘Chinese firedrill’, came to denote ‘confusion’, ‘incomprehensibility’ or ‘impenetrability’, a sense of order inaccessible to the Western mind. Hence there is the almost pervasive emphasis on personal cultivation and refinement as the starting point for familial, social, political and cosmic order (see Self-cultivation in Chinese philosophy). As one might expect in a cultural narrative which privileges interdependence and the pursuit of radial harmony, orthodoxy is neither exclusive nor systematic. www.rep.routledge.com /article/G218   (2370 words)

r_pendragon's journal (Netalive.org) Close runner-up was the Chinese firedrill five of us had at a stop sign in the middle of suburbia. Anyone who knows what a Chinese firedrill also knows, of course, why this is a fundamentally idiotic thing to do at a stop sign. My collegiate career, too, was peppered with silliness, from the one successful and many failed attempts to break into the tunnels beneath campus, to writing derisive commentary about specific professors on the sidewalks in chalk in the middle of the night. www.netalive.org /journals/r_pendragon/4   (2656 words)

Western Stereo-types of the Eastern Culture - China History Forum, chinese history forum China History Forum is an online chinese history forum, discussion board or community for all who are interested in learning and discussing chinese history from prehistoric till modern times, including chinese art of war, chinese culture topics. As the Chinese hate women, the girl is to be executed. I think it's safe to say that the 'average American' has alot of negative, ignorant, silly views on the East, just like it's safe to say that the average Asian (especially older ones) is scared of fl men. www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=1703&st=30&p=4693174&#entry4693174   (877 words)

Y Forum Post Form What is a 'Chinese Firedrill' and where did that expression come from? I hear that expression humorously applied to any confused or chaotic activity involving a bunch of people, but have no idea how that could relate to Chinese people OR a firedrill. They are not sold or distributed in any way. www.yforum.com /post.asp?thread=359950620   (170 words)

chinese font Chinese, IE 5 will download the Chinese font needed automatically. Download Free Chinese Fonts (Institute of Chinese Studies... Unicode Chinese Font Free Download TwinBridge offers two Unicode... www.fontseek.com /cgi-bin/fsearch.pl?search=chinese   (308 words)

Re: Chinese In Reply to: Chinese posted by J Higby on August 31, 2005 at 21:21:55: In previous discussions, there has been general agreement that it is an ethnic slur -- meaning that something that is Chinese is inferior, etc. You can search under "Chinese" in the archives to access those discussions. www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/43/messages/86.html   (90 words)

Curve : Fix interview - 1997 It seemed like such a good publicity stunt with a new EP on Universal entitled Chinese Burn and a fire staged during the debut concert. In February, Curve return to the road to test their new theories and resume the hectic lifestyle that goes along with it as they cover the US, England and Europe. Certainly, the flames that the release of "Chinese Burn" has ignited will fan into a larger fire with the exposure from these shows. www.curve-online.co.uk /archive/articles/1996-98/fix.php   (1585 words)

[No title] Hit another spot and immediately hooked up a 40 lb ling, while cust was fighting it another 80 lb + ling was swimming with it. Had other cust throw a lure in front of it and it inhaled it and the chinese firedrill was on. Both folks did a great job of keeping their lines from crossing but in the excitement I forgot to tell the guy with the larger ling to drive the hook in a few more times and after 10 minutes it let go of the lure. www.wmi.org /saltfish/asp_salt_reports/interactive/doc.html?id=46102   (338 words)

2CoolFishing - FEMA, the Red Cross, and a Chinese firedrill. 2CoolFishing - FEMA, the Red Cross, and a Chinese firedrill. FEMA, the Red Cross, and a Chinese firedrill. Here in Kansas we have been preparing in towns all over for busloads of victims of Katrina. 2coolfishing.com /ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=33032   (757 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) in the car some one asked bout a chinese firedrill or sumin.. 1st it was ur moms idea 4 the chineese firedrill lol...shes liek the cooolest ever! ur mom is the best but the people on highway 14 didnt like our chinese firedrill too much:(by the way who are those foxxxxy chicks in that picture??? www.greatestcities.com /talkread.bml?journal=shatteredxglass&itemid=694   (341 words)

Canyon Cinema, Inc. "The year's best short film, Hindle's CHINESE FIREDRILL is dazzling and sympathetic. "CHINESE FIREDRILL is an intellectually demanding film, but is essentially an overwhelming, disturbing unique emotional experience. Hindle has an uncanny talent for transforming spontaneous unstylized reality into unearthly poetic visions; as in BILLABONG, a wordless impresionistic 'documentary' about a boys' camp, and WATERSMITH, a spectacular visual fantasy created from footage of an Olympic swimming team at practice. www.canyoncinema.com /H/Hindle.html   (866 words)

Songs that start with CHI @ Streamwaves Chinese Burn (Paul Van Dyk Forbidden City Remix) Chinese Burn (Steve Osborne Mix - Full Length) Chinese Burn (Witchman's Eye Of The Storm Remix) songs.streamwaves.com /c/chi/index_2.html   (236 words)

Volta Sounds Since finishing First Thing in the Morning in January, O'Reilly's had the spaceand time to hone his act, supporting self-confessed "musical heroes" such as Will Oldham, Dave Pajo, Kristen Hersch, January and The Frames. He has also released a split 7" with The Dudley Corporation on Scientific Laboratories, and covered Mojave 3's "Who Do You Love" on the Chinese Firedrill fanzine compilation. The last few months have also seen a growth in the stature of O'Reilly's musical compatriots. www.voltasounds.com /voltcd2.html   (553 words)

ßUßßLE PÖP ÈLÉCTRIC –» : Shopping night. On the way home, Shane drove the car around the parking lot while Aunt Mary and Nanna were still in the store. Then we did a chinese firedrill, and ran a red light. Well I'm leaving to go on a plane now.. www.greatestjournal.com /users/_kelley_/81286.html   (83 words)

LINGUIST List 6.1365: Ethnic terms, Buenos dias, Korean, Vowel Shift I began working on this 14 years ago. I've been collecting some ethnic expressions such as Mexican Standoff, Dutch Courage, Chinese Firedrill, French Fries, Swedish Ivy, etc. I have a large number of these words and phrases (450pp single-spaced) but the number of languages is small relative to the number of major languages (approx. If you or friends and colleagues who are native speakers of or specialists in various languages can think of any, I'd appreciate a list of these. www.ling.ed.ac.uk /linguist/issues/6/6-1365.html   (434 words)

[No title] I've been collecting some ethnic expressions such as Mexican Standoff, Dutch Courage, Chinese Firedrill, French Fries, I have a large number of these words and phrases (450pp single-spaced) www.americandialect.org /americandialectarchives/oct95266.html   (75 words)

.*.*. welcome to the three imaginary girls .*.*. Normally I would clarify which instrument each band member plays {i.e., Justin Benson (guitarist)}; however, in the case of Argo, I can't, because they all play ALL THE INSTRUMENTS. They have taken the art of the Chinese Firedrill and taken it to raging new levels. Between these two boys and band mate Scott Leonard, they play guitar, drums, piano, xylophone (!), and sing. www.threeimaginarygirls.com /hearSAY82802GBYNHargo.asp   (653 words)

Latest News | Rockdetector We're kind of wrapping up a short tour we did this summer. Also, putting the finishing touches on my latest solo project called 'A Chinese Firedrill'... DARK REMAINS TO RELEASE SOPHOMORE ALBUM IN SEPTEMBER 25 July 2006 www.rockdetector.com /news   (1367 words)

2003 gig index setlist: boilin' blazes; puked to high heaven; burstedman; reed 'round my waist; piss bags and tubing; bedtime story; burning up; walking the cow; she don't know why i'm here; sweet honey pie; the big bang theoryforever / one reporter's opiniongenius or lunatic; amnesty report; chinese firedrill; the red and the fl setlist: Boilin' Blazes; Puked to High Heaven; Burstedman;; Bedtime Story; Burnin' Up; Walkin' the Cow; She Don't Know Why I'm Here; Sweet Honey Pie; Big Bang Theory; One Reporter's Opinion; Genius or Lunatic; Amnesty Report; Chinese Firedrill; wattspiel; The Red and The Black One Reporter’s Opinion; Genius or Lunatic; Amnesty Report; Chinese Firedrill; The Red and the Black www.maximumwattage.com /2003-04-00.htm   (783 words)

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