The Bus Uncle
This is not exactly news anymore, but I think it's entertainment still worth propagating to the masses.
For the past few weeks, there has been widespread media coverage on the "Bus Uncle" incident, involving a middle-aged man (Chan Yuet-tung) talking loudly on his mobile while on the bus, and a young man (Elvis Ho) who confronted him. The result was a one-sided loud altercation, and the entire row was captured on cameraphone by another passenger. This video was later uploaded onto youtube.com and has since been viewed millions of times. The incident also immediately spawned many spoofs by internet artists and also led to many t-shirts and mugs printed with certain catchphrases. I must have heard at least one of these phrases every day now on the MTR or in a restaurant. And everyday the papers have stories relating to this incident.
So for those of you who know Chinese, don't be distracted by the subtitles, as the English translations serve no justice to this colourful conversation. Absolutely priceless.
When Cherie sent me this last week, I was in absolute shock. I thought it was seriously the beginning of the end for civility.
Bus Uncle. Uncut and Uncensored.
I was reading the paper today and learned that the raging mad man had made three failed attempts at being elected the Chief Executive of the HKSAR. How sad it would be for Hong Kong to elect this man to be a statesman.
"You've got pressure? I've got pressure. Everyone has pressure!"
For the past few weeks, there has been widespread media coverage on the "Bus Uncle" incident, involving a middle-aged man (Chan Yuet-tung) talking loudly on his mobile while on the bus, and a young man (Elvis Ho) who confronted him. The result was a one-sided loud altercation, and the entire row was captured on cameraphone by another passenger. This video was later uploaded onto youtube.com and has since been viewed millions of times. The incident also immediately spawned many spoofs by internet artists and also led to many t-shirts and mugs printed with certain catchphrases. I must have heard at least one of these phrases every day now on the MTR or in a restaurant. And everyday the papers have stories relating to this incident.
So for those of you who know Chinese, don't be distracted by the subtitles, as the English translations serve no justice to this colourful conversation. Absolutely priceless.
When Cherie sent me this last week, I was in absolute shock. I thought it was seriously the beginning of the end for civility.
Bus Uncle. Uncut and Uncensored.
I was reading the paper today and learned that the raging mad man had made three failed attempts at being elected the Chief Executive of the HKSAR. How sad it would be for Hong Kong to elect this man to be a statesman.
"You've got pressure? I've got pressure. Everyone has pressure!"
posted by the Beeb at 18:52
2 Comments:
ahahha. elvis ho.
apparently there are remix versions and paradies of the bus uncle video.
ok, i don't care how the conversation goes in cantonese. the subtitles are priceless!
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