Hugh in China (ahem)

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• 1. At 1:30pm on 31 Jul 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Huge Sykes .....
  
  "Mine's bigger than yours"
  
  Oh, what a shame we didn't get a video of this!

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• 2. At 1:38pm on 31 Jul 2008, Fifi wrote:

  This is what Public Service Broadcasting is all about.
  
  More! more!
  
  ;oP

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• 3. At 1:43pm on 31 Jul 2008, thenicecatlady wrote:

  Well there's nothing like joining in with the locals!

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• 4. At 1:47pm on 31 Jul 2008, jonnie wrote:

  Oh dear :-;
  
  We dont all behave like this you know.

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• 5. At 1:50pm on 31 Jul 2008, jonnie wrote:

  Interesting to note that Chinese condoms lack the little teaty thing on the end.

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• 6. At 1:52pm on 31 Jul 2008, MrsEffingham wrote:

  Dear BBC .......

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• 7. At 1:58pm on 31 Jul 2008, steelpulse wrote:

  Did Hugh actually tell anyone the make of condom and any local stockists here?
  
  That second to last picture - looks about right!
  
  I just knew one day I would find one that would .........lol
  
  

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• 8. At 2:06pm on 31 Jul 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  What's a condom?

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• 9. At 2:08pm on 31 Jul 2008, jonnie wrote:

  Isn't steelpulse bold!

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• 10. At 2:13pm on 31 Jul 2008, MrsEffingham wrote:

  (8) QLoon
  I think he was the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (covering London) from 1993 to 2000.

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• 11. At 2:31pm on 31 Jul 2008, Vyle Hernia wrote:

  Most depressing. And my wife was so fed up - especially with the "Gay" subject that she turned off the radio.

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• 12. At 2:42pm on 31 Jul 2008, Ruof_Oidar wrote:

  The BBC Trust ensures BBC programmes are high quality. If you have a complaint please use this process.
  Phone: 03700 100 222*
  
  UK-wide rate charged; calls may be recorded for training.
  

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• 13. At 3:04pm on 31 Jul 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Is this a backward radio four listener that I see before me?
  
  Vyle, are you playing games with us?

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• 14. At 3:17pm on 31 Jul 2008, Sid wrote:

  But why Glasgow, I wonder ...
  
  
  

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• 15. At 3:21pm on 31 Jul 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  That's nae China, that'll be Bournmouth on a friday night!!!!

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• 16. At 3:29pm on 31 Jul 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  That reminds me of an Armed Forces bar 'game' that involves a tampon and 1/2 a pint of beer.
  
  Those in the know (married) always won as they knew which 'munitions' had the most absorbent powers!
  
  Silly I know, but in a testosterone fuelled world it was bloody good fun to see who could 'empty' the glass first.

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• 17. At 4:31pm on 31 Jul 2008, UptheTrossachs wrote:

  The last one looks like something from a horror film being attacked by a Chinese dragon.. I really must get my eyes tested

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• 18. At 4:50pm on 31 Jul 2008, Thunderbird wrote:

  I wonder who signs Hugh's expense account?

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• 19. At 5:25pm on 31 Jul 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  MrsEffingham (10) - Thank you, I'm pretty sure that you are right. But he wasn't blown up, was he?

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• 20. At 5:30pm on 31 Jul 2008, Fifi wrote:

  QL (na-na-na..): I think he got a little overinflated after that 'significant contribution to road safety' business.

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• 21. At 5:43pm on 31 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Mrs Ef 10, Nah, it's a town in France.

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• 22. At 8:58pm on 31 Jul 2008, mittfh wrote:

  I always thought Condom was here...
  tinyurl dot com slash 6bc8qr
  

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• 23. At 9:43pm on 31 Jul 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  Ah, it all comes back now! How could I have forgotten Jean Condom, the great French second rower?

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• 24. At 9:57pm on 31 Jul 2008, Frances O wrote:

  I'll see your French rower and raise you Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Bishop of Condom (1627 - 1704).
  
  Actually, I had the idea that Richelieu was Bishop of Condom before becoming Louis XIV's right-hand-man (no rude associations, you lot on the naughty step), but must've got muddled.

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• 25. At 10:31pm on 31 Jul 2008, U10783173 wrote:

  Frances O - Ma petite vole d'eau, Jean Condom wasn't a French rower but a second row forward in the French rugby team.

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• 26. At 10:32pm on 31 Jul 2008, Stewart_M wrote:

  Looking at picture 2 and 3, I think Hugh has the "Thin for extra sensation" one. Hence less effort needed to make it go pop. Not that I go round blowing condoms up that often.!

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• 27. At 10:46pm on 31 Jul 2008, jonnie wrote:

  very clever Mittfh :-)
  
  Where do you live? Errr Condom.
  
  DIY - How did you know?
  
  It beats dunking tampons in beer!

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• 28. At 10:54pm on 31 Jul 2008, Fifi wrote:

  ...lost... totally bamboozled....

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• 29. At 11:01pm on 31 Jul 2008, Frances O wrote:

  Cheval intermittent, pardon-moi, s'il te plait. J'ai jamais connu ca.*
  
  Mais, vole? C'est pas un compliment en Francais, hmn?**
  
  Of course, there is the French perfume, Vol de Nuit, which means night flight.
  
  Still, as a water vole, I accept your equine correction.
  
  The only French rugger-beggar I can remember is Castagnede [sp?]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * Horse intermittent, pardon-me. I never knew that
  
  ** The word vole has connotations of 'voleur', theif and 'voler', to steal.
  
  Can we club together and buy you an English-French dictionary?

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• 30. At 11:16pm on 31 Jul 2008, U10783173 wrote:

  Frances O - Apologies - My French is very sub O-level. But I don't care if it translates or not, I like the sound of vole d'eau.

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• 31. At 03:01am on 01 Aug 2008, MarcusAureliusII wrote:

  Big Sister, in America those would be labeled "Medium."

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• 32. At 10:20am on 01 Aug 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  MAII 31, In America they would be labelled Trojans and called rubbers.

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• 33. At 10:24am on 01 Aug 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Now lets see them stretch condoms over their heads.

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• 34. At 10:27am on 01 Aug 2008, Vyle Hernia wrote:

  Ruof (12) or (4)
  Have you ever tried complaining to the BBC (or any other broadcaster)? The reply always tells you they are right, even when you know thousands of others have made the same complaint.

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• 35. At 10:29am on 01 Aug 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Are you reverting to college days, David?
  
  Rubbers - yes, I remember how funny I found that when I was living in the States. Along with hoods and trunks for cars, pants for - well, you know what, shoestrings, and suspenders (not sexy ones).

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• 36. At 10:30am on 01 Aug 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Vyle: So you think it is Jonnie who is playing games?
  

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• 37. At 10:30am on 01 Aug 2008, Vyle Hernia wrote:

  Big Sis (13) I don't understand your question. Very short of time at present, so probably missing most of the Frog postings.
  Vainly Here

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• 38. At 10:36am on 01 Aug 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Vyle:
  
  Your post, 34:
  
  Ruof (12) or (4)
  
  Post 4 was by Jonnie ......

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• 39. At 2:15pm on 01 Aug 2008, Vyle Hernia wrote:

  Sis,
  Now I'm confusing you. (4) was meant to represent ruof backwards.

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• 40. At 2:22pm on 01 Aug 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  I had appreciated that rouf was four backwards (I think I'd already pointed that out myself yesterday), but the way it came up in your posting it looked like you meant post number 4.
  
  Alles klar.

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• 41. At 2:22pm on 01 Aug 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  PS - Vyle, I'm easily confused ;o)

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• 42. At 3:09pm on 01 Aug 2008, mygloriousleader wrote:

  I was never confused...

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• 43. At 4:13pm on 01 Aug 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  VH 34, It is relatively useless to complain to broadcasters, except to get it off your chest. Listen to Feedback.

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• 44. At 4:19pm on 01 Aug 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  BS 35, Yes, it is the old rubber/eraser problem. And the French call a condom a preservatif.

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• 45. At 4:22pm on 01 Aug 2008, Fifi wrote:

  Hey, the mods haven't modded the franglais above! Maybe they are getting the hang of things at last.

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• 46. At 5:56pm on 01 Aug 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  David, I also knew that one (for reasons I'd better not go into here!)
  
  When I've more time, I'll share a few more linguistic laughs, but just for now I'll leave you with the one about the Italian who, on holiday in Spain, asked for 'burro' with his bread.

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• 47. At 6:12pm on 01 Aug 2008, TheFirstRalph wrote:

  I suppose when he's blowing up condoms Hugh can't be on PM telling us to forget about censorship in China.
  
  Can't the BBC find reporters who aren't apologists for left wing dictatorships?

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• 48. At 6:29pm on 01 Aug 2008, Fifi wrote:

  Ralph (47) : What I took from Hugh's pieces today from China wasn't 'forget about censorship'.
  
  It was 'there's more to China than censorship and repression'.
  
  But maybe I was listening with a sloppy liberal open mind and mis-heard something.
  
  ;o)

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• 49. At 9:38pm on 01 Aug 2008, laptoplen wrote:

  Hugh has a new job lined up in a condom factory as quality controller!

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• 50. At 2:04pm on 10 Aug 2008, Hugh wrote:

  Exactly, fifi (48). Thank you.
  
  Bossing other countries around because they don't meet our High Standards is a form of neo-colonialism.
  
  Who was it who said something about casting the first stone....?
  
  And TheFirstRalph (47): across numerous reports from China over the past three weeks, I have mentioned repression here several times, and the 4th June 1989 massacre, and imprisonment without trial, and imposing hard labour on bereaved parents who dare to accuse the authorities in Sizhuan of flimsy school construction in a known earthquake zone.
  
  My heart hurts when I think of those thousands of dead children.
  
  But being confrontational about these issues is never going to result in change here.
  

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