20-04-2023, 12:23 PM
I respect Lee Hsien Loong, no prime minister would dare to crack such jokes
Lee Hsien Loong made a couple of jokes that could pass for stand-up comedy. He drew laughs — and some groans — with his quips, including one about China’s environmental problems.
“Beijing residents joke that to get a free smoke all they have to do is open their windows!” Lee said. He then alluded to thousands of pig carcasses recently fished from Chinese rivers.
″(In) Shanghai, if you want some pork soup, you just turn on the tap,” he said. His audience appeared doubtful if that was good taste, until he added, “That’s their joke, not mine!”
https://apnews.com/article/0763d799da3d4cad9a60f838c3427d2b
Lee Hsien Loong made a couple of jokes that could pass for stand-up comedy. He drew laughs — and some groans — with his quips, including one about China’s environmental problems.
“Beijing residents joke that to get a free smoke all they have to do is open their windows!” Lee said. He then alluded to thousands of pig carcasses recently fished from Chinese rivers.
″(In) Shanghai, if you want some pork soup, you just turn on the tap,” he said. His audience appeared doubtful if that was good taste, until he added, “That’s their joke, not mine!”
https://apnews.com/article/0763d799da3d4cad9a60f838c3427d2b