A few days ago, a terrible fire on a bus in Chengdu, China killed many trapped passengers who could not break the glass windows to escape. The safety-hammer for breaking glass windows on the bus was missing/stolen.
Today in Chengdu on a #8 route bus, someone screamed “Smoke!” Immediately, over a dozen people took out small hammers they had brought with them and smashed all the windows to pieces, and one girl lost her clothes and was exposed while trying to jump out to escape. In the end, it was just a false alarm, and the driver cursed, “Who was the idiot who yelled, it scared the piss out of me!”
Comments from Tianya:
AF447:
Hilarious, Sichuan people are so cute [silly].
清清爽爽悠悠_:
Is this true or fake?
So funny!
However, when riding the public bus in the future, one truly should carry a hammer with them to be safe. It is your own life, and it is not as if you can afford a car [instead of taking the bus]! There is nothing to worry about except having your hammer stolen from you by an anxious person on the bus trying to escape when you take it out. My hammer cannot ensure that I will escape first! In this day and age, people are too selfish, [because] there are no safeguards/guarantees!
Antiqmoon:
I rode the #4 route bus this morning. After smelling something, I quickly got off and switched to the next bus. I felt a little crazy.
I did not imagine there would be so many brothers even more adorable/cute [silly] than myself.
乐阙:
There is something even more funny, bringing your own face mask and fire extinguisher.
最后的塔西陀:
The hammer, necessary when your family goes out and uses the public transportation or taxis!
hbsdzs001:
Hilarious, Sichuan people really love their lives.
老鹰抓足球:
When I go out and ride the public bus these days, the first thing I do is go pay fare; the second thing I do is look around for where the safety hammer is, because I must sit near the safety hammer. Even if I have to stand, I must stand somewhere where I can be sure to grab the safety hammer should an emergency happen.
With the circumstances the way they are now, one must be on the guard when going out.
站在马桶上:
This should not be funny, but it was really hilarious, haha.
凌初一:
Normal reaction, right now everyone is nervous,
although a false alarm is better than an incident.No one should treat this like a joke,
if you were present, you would also have this kind of reaction.
duiduiyan:
Earthquakes and floods and various bizarre disasters, are always working out Sichuan’s heroic citizens!!
We have reason to believe that many years in the future, China will be the land of the Sichuan people!!!
nxz111:
The fastest growing GDP enterprise for Sichuan this year – Chengdu Hammer Plant.
164545353:
Motherfuckers, now I do not dare to sleep while I am riding the public bus…
If I am not careful, I might wake up to discover my long dead grandfather fucking in front of me playing chess.
彤儿子:
Very creative! ~~~
However joking like this at this time is not very kind.
书生你好:
I think it was a drill/exercise, and the goal was accomplished.
Some netizens have said this is a re-used old story.
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Ride a bike to work!
do you cycle to work, and how far is your company away from home?
tragicaly ironics satirical cinical black humor..
We have reason to believe that many years in the future, China will be the land of the Sichuan people!!!–
never met a Sichuanese wanting to be in China… seriously, NEVER!
Cities across China inspected bus facilities over the weekend after the fatal bus explosive which killed 27 and injures 76 in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Friday.–
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/08/content_8261140.htm
china’s sichuan province…
China’s sichuan province…
China’s sichuan province…
long time ago the people of mongolian empire told themselfes: if repeat your greatest wish all day and night long then it will became true..
China’s sichuan…
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“one girl lost her clothes and was exposed while trying to jump out to escape.”
how do u say ‘fire’ in chinese lol
Zhao Huo La
It’s about time they check out those huge craps, some are so under-maintained that they routinely crap out on streets and passengers have to wait for the next one, and all these can be a sweet target for terrorist attacks, like how this one has turned out.
And we are approaching the 60 years anniversary, I smell MASSIVE security.
i think i figured out who stole the hammers from the first bus.
After 26 dead on bus in the same city, a “fake alarm amuses netizens” shows how funny Chinese are and don’t have the same taboo about death that in other part of the world.
By taboo about death do you mean respect for victims?
Yes.
Did the netizens amused themselves too with fake earthquake alarms after last years’ earthquake?
Sichuanese, dude.. Sichuanese…
And here is another one:
the girl said:”冒火了哈，摸锤子”means Damn,who impinge on me.but in Sichuan dialect,it also expresses it`s on fire,uses hammers.
well,it`s so funny.
for the record, I don’t think people are finding amusement in the bus fire. More so, amusement in the hilarious way people over reacted to a situation. It is a bit funny. I admit it. There is nothing wrong with that. A little dark, but funny…
it is so funny that “over a dozen people took out small hammers they had brought with them and smashed all the windows to pieces”,as a Sichuanese I may remind my friend to bring one. lol
My (si chuan) gf told me the other day that every Si Chuan person needs 3 things….An empty water bottle for earthquake detection, a thermometer for pig flu detection and a hammer for transportation evacuation. I don’t know about you guys, but it sounds like the beginnings of a Macgyver episode to me.
you forgot the money for the police.
LOL @ the picture of the guy with the fire extinguiser and face mask waiting for a bus…the smashing the windows of the bus with hammer story sounds fake though.
According to pic (if it is real), bus driver didn’t open the door. Shouldn’t each bus have emergency signal button, emergency door open button and emergency brake?
The most amusing part is the driver’s words: It fucking scared the piss out of me. lol~ That’s the typical Sichuan style, I love it.
Yellow Master Race:
“We have reason to believe that many years in the future, China will be the land of the Sichuan people!!!–
never met a Sichuanese wanting to be in China… seriously, NEVER!”
uh huh. seems rather contradictory. how do you expect china to be the land of sichuan people if none of them even want to be here?
also… relevance of your comment to the story? would love to hear an explanation.