Monday, November 1, 2010

Chinese Census

China is undertaking a count of everyone in the country. This raises incredible logistics problems and actually more than a few are quite opposed to it. So in the twisted cul-de-sac that is my mind, it raises a few interesting questions/scenarios on how this will go...

-Could you say that those not wanting to be included have taken leave of their census?

-Question 13. How many children reside in your home?
two....one!
uh-oh....

-"Hey, another F. Yu lives here too! Third one this block."

-Who lives here?
Hu.
Yes, who?
Yes.
I mean the fellow's name.
Hu.
The fellow who lives here!
Hu is the person who lives here.
I'm asking YOU who lives here.
That's the man's name.
That's whose name?
Yes.

-Just how many more will be born by the time they're done?


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