2 race horses are talking after a race, 1 horse says to the other,  “I don’t know what I’m doing wrong Jim… at the start of the race I feel great, in fact I’m leading the pack, and then suddenly further down…. it’s like all the other horses just overtake me and I don’t know why.  At the end I’m usually in last place.”

The other horse says… “hmmm it is a mystery”

Suddenly a dog speaks up and says… “Excuse me, but I’ve been following your conversation and might I add, that I’ve also watched a few of your races, and it seems to me that the problem is simple.  In my opinion you’re over exerting yourself too early, that’s why at the start you’re doing so well… but then you’ve spent all of your energy and so at the end, of course the other horses are going to catch up.

What you should do it ration your energy, start off at a normal running pace at the start, keep it up and then at the end your can use your final burst of energy to take the win.”

The 2 horses look astonished.

One horse turns to the other and says,….”well bugger me… a talking dog”

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I feel like this joke perfectly sums up the situation when I’m trying to reason with illogical Chinese people sometimes.  (not all Chinese….just the illogical ones)

I say something that has reason and logic, something that if they took on board would help them… or at least help the other people around them, because they would stop being such a dick.
(like cars just stopping in the middle of the road, or blocking up traffic just because it suits them)
But the expression I’m met with is… ‘oh a foreigner is speaking Chinese to me.’

Not, WHAT that person is telling me.
Or THAT what he is saying has reason.
Or THAT what I am doing is wrong, maybe I should correct that in the future.
Just… hey 老外说中文

Arrggghhhh!