Verbatim

"We must loudly tell each of you, gay friends, if you live in Taipei city we will not commit any discrimination or harassment against you."
Ma Ying-jeou,
Taipei 's Mayor, during an event hailed as the first gay-pride parade ever to be held in a Chinese city

"My wife says I use the hand phone so much that my brain is damaged."
Eric,
a Singaporean man who lost $191,000 in a Nigerian e-mail scam

"Like smashing the pot when the milk in it...

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