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  • Archive for December 12th, 2007

    Has Bloomberg really eaten in the 2,500 Chinese restaurants in New York City?

    Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

    In a speech at Shanghai’s Fudan University on Wednesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg observed that there are 2,500 Chinese restaurants in New York City and “I think I’ve been to most of them.”
    Well, he is Jewish.

    Chinese food, Chinese restaurants, Fudan University, Jews, Michael R. Bloomberg

    There ain’t much else to do on Christmas except eat Chinese food if you’re a Jew

    Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

    Brandon Harris Walker’s hilarious music video, Chinese Food on Christmas, has already gotten over half a million views.
    The chorus (as much as I was able to transcribe it):
    We eat Chinese food on Christmas.
    Go to the movie theater too.
    Because there is not much else to do on Christmas,
    If you’re a Jew.

    I was actually just […]