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Embarrassing questions for foreigners

Updated: 2014-06-05 08:26 ( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn)
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seanboyce88 (UK)

My personal most hated: "Why are you so hairy?" kindly summed up by a child when he asked in Chinese: "Why do you have a beard on your arm and chest?" I can't react to the child though, but when an adult asks it, I generally just ask why they don't...or offer them a lecture on genetics.

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