Brain teaser: What horse can't ride? Obama!

What horse can't be ridden? Author: Hao Binsheng Source: Author Date of submission: 2010-1-12 I think the situation of the World Expo is very embarrassing, with a folding bench in one hand and a mineral water bottle in the other. Finally, when waiting in line for two or three hours to enter the American Pavilion, the American commentator asked everyone with a brain teaser: "What horse can't ride?" The tourist said, "Trojan horse!" Without thinking. The commentator asked again, "What other horses can't ride?" No one among the tourists could guess, so she added loudly: Obama can't ride. Obama is the president of the United States, of course, he can't ride. Suddenly, there was laughter, and the fatigue of tourists seemed to be blown away by a breeze. The word Obama immediately became a pistachio or liqueur for tourists. The United States is a place with exotic culture and geographical wonders, and its cultural freedom and freedom of speech are well known. This is not news in the United States, but it is common to make fun of your president, China and the World Expo. In the United States, a citizen and a president can be equal, and they can pee in the same bathroom. After Clinton made erotic news, not only the poor in the United States made fun of the president, but also entrepreneurs with economic minds used this topic to make a fuss about cigars, cigarettes, chewing gum and women's skirts. If this happens in China, it will be a "political accident", and absolutely no one dares to make fun of the state leaders in public. There is a tradition in China that officials are valued and people are cheap. Not to mention the mortal world, even Guanyin Bodhisattva had to avoid Li Shimin. "Leader, colon!" This is Chinese sarcasm. China's leaders only need you to bow down, don't talk nonsense, take ten thousand steps back. Even the leaders of a department and a unit can't make you happy casually. He will punish your insults and slander, he will hunt you down, and he will put you in prison. Therefore, the tiger's ass can't be touched, and the jokes of the leaders can't be played. There are three large screens in the second exhibition area of the USA Pavilion, showing pictures of Americans welcoming visitors one after another. Among them, a brat said, "Please take out our President Obama". So the image of Obama appeared on the screen. This arrangement is ok in the United States, but it is also greatly inappropriate in China. Imagine that the appearance of the president of a big country should at least be grandly introduced by the Secretary of State and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, or set off by applause and fireworks. How can a little doll occupy this position? But I don't think Obama was upset or sad. He made a welcome speech very smartly. His leadership style has not been tainted by childish dolls. It's so cool to listen to jokes at the USA Pavilion! That American female commentator didn't despise satirizing her president at all. In addition, she shows the American spirit and the image of an upright world power. The World Expo started on May 1 this year, and it was not far from the closing date when I went there. In the past six months, the female commentator won't tell Obama jokes. This may be her prescribed action, which has been said a thousand times. This joke should have spread all over the world. He can't turn a deaf ear, but people can be indifferent to Wang Yang and give generously! The USA Pavilion also has a long bench for the audience, and almost all visitors can sit down and watch. On the day of my visit, it was unique among pavilions in other countries. Being able to sit in the American Pavilion and visit has caused a lot of thinking. I think when we went to New Matai, everyone came to visit the city hall in Kuala Lumpur and took photos with the police. Last year, a friend of mine came back from abroad. He said that there is a wine cellar under the city hall, which contains different wines from 20 to 30 years ago and 50 to 60 years ago. It's incredible. If this wine stays with us, it will be consumed in less than three days. He also said that he went to the bathroom of the foreign head of state and put water in it because he was in a hurry. His urine made me fantasize again. When I went to Beijing that year, I just wandered outside a red wall and looked around. I was reprimanded and driven away by plainclothes police. In recent years, there are more and more voices calling for the yamen to tear down the wall and open it to the people. People can borrow lamps from shops and shopping malls in nearby streets for temporary convenience. Why can't they go to the government compound to shit and pee? What horse can't be ridden? I think during the half-year World Expo, there were many people who studied "politics" and emphasized "meaning", but not many people studied how to make the audience laugh. So I admire that American girl very much. She has used her brains on this detail and implemented the theme of making the city better with her meager strength. In my opinion, to make human life better, the material aspect is of course essential, but it is far more important than the material aspect to activate people's inner potential, enhance people's personality consciousness and glow people's innovative talents. On the contrary, without better values and better harmony between man and nature, even if people live on the moon, it is unattainable. Therefore, human liberation is the most fundamental liberation, and the cultural freedom and freedom of speech of human society are the real "Expo axis".