I attended a Chinese wedding feast on the weekend.  The meal consisted of 11

courses!  It is traditional for the couple to have jokes played on them by friends a

and guests at the wedding.  As all the jokes were in Mandarin I wasn’t able to follow much.

Except one –  an apple is tied by a string to a long pole and dangled between the couple who

have to work together to bite the apple together.   Just as they about to bite it is pulled away

much to the general amusement of the crowd.  Eventually they succeed – to great cheers from

the guests.

Lorna

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