Calm down and beat me up

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-09-12 03:52am

More wacky stories. This time...China!

Calm down and beat me up
September 12, 2003 - 3:47PM

A 28-year-old man in western China is making a living as a "human punchbag", charging stressed-out people 50 yuan ($A9) to beat him up, a news report said today.

The man targets people in bars and discos in Chengdu, Sichuan province, and gives them two minutes in which to rain punches and kicks on him in return for his fee, the South China Morning Post reported.

The newspaper quoted him saying he was providing a valuable service to those suffering from tension and work-related pressure.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-09-12 04:00am

We need more people like this.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-09-12 04:02am

That poor guy is going to get killed sooner or later

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-12 04:05am

Reminds me of the ABC News report I saw a few years ago about these two Japanese guys that would go around downtown Tokyo and offer to praise people for a fee. It was quite charming, and you could tell that all parties invovled weren't taking it 100 per-cent serious.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-09-12 04:09am

I've seen stuff like this in Times Square. Hell, two weeks ago there was a dude touting a sign that said "Best Pickup Lines Ever: $1". And a bum that had a sign saying "Tell Me Off", of course for a dollar.

And then, of course, there is the Naked Cowboy.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-12 10:07am

Dalton wrote:I've seen stuff like this in Times Square. Hell, two weeks ago there was a dude touting a sign that said "Best Pickup Lines Ever: $1".

Was he alone?

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-09-12 04:35pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Dalton wrote:I've seen stuff like this in Times Square. Hell, two weeks ago there was a dude touting a sign that said "Best Pickup Lines Ever: $1".
Was he alone?

What do you think, Mike?

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-09-12 04:41pm

Dalton wrote:I've seen stuff like this in Times Square. Hell, two weeks ago there was a dude touting a sign that said "Best Pickup Lines Ever: $1". And a bum that had a sign saying "Tell Me Off", of course for a dollar.

And then, of course, there is the Naked Cowboy.

Naked Cowboy is just vile and disgusting. He stands in the middle of Times Square in white underwear and you're just afraid that a skid mark might be waiting for you. UGH.

I've seen the guy with the "tell me off for $1" and someone was just yelling at him, cursing him out and he just nodded calmly. It was a weird sight.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-09-12 07:07pm

Stravo wrote:
Naked Cowboy is just vile and disgusting. He stands in the middle of Times Square in white underwear and you're just afraid that a skid mark might be waiting for you. UGH.

I've seen the guy with the "tell me off for $1" and someone was just yelling at him, cursing him out and he just nodded calmly. It was a weird sight.

So that's who that blonde idiot in white underwear wearing a cowboy hat strumming a guitar is...

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-09-12 09:14pm

Stravo wrote: Naked Cowboy is just vile and disgusting. He stands in the middle of Times Square in white underwear and you're just afraid that a skid mark might be waiting for you. UGH.

Doesn't he like stand right near the Toys R Us? Or is he usually down by the police booth and that statue?

Stravo wrote:I've seen the guy with the "tell me off for $1" and someone was just yelling at him, cursing him out and he just nodded calmly. It was a weird sight.

One would think someone who lived on Manhattan would be used to that by now

Xenophobe3691 wrote:So that's who that blonde idiot in white underwear wearing a cowboy hat strumming a guitar is...

Yeah. My mother and my aunt were apparently quite taken with him, as I recall.