Published by Swiss James on 22 Mar 2008 at 03:57 pm
Smoked pork
Boy I tell you, the price of pork around these parts has sky rocketed over the last few years. Up 60% in 12 months or something, apparently pigs are dying of disease and whatnot before they’re actually meat.
No wonder this guy can afford to smoke Double Happiness (the good cigs)- he probably drives home in a gold Volkswagen Santana that runs on Chanel No 5.
MMMMmmmmm pork.
so do you ask these people if you can take their photos or is it all hit and run?
I’d already taken a few photos of him and he said “Wait, let me put my cigarette away!”
when we left they told Emma
“Come back soon, we enjoyed looking at you!”
so how much are double happiness cigs? i recall zhonghua being the expensive/good type.
In England the health and safety inspector would take issue with a butcher smoking while chopping cuts of meat, but Chinese citizens enjoy greater freedom than in the west!
lei- I think they’re about 15RMB a pack? Not sure, I don’t smoke em. Anyway, cheaper cigarettes are available- he’s getting rich riding that pig meat gravy train!
WoAi- I know, butchers in the UK have to wash their hands all the time, they can’t smoke a pipe, or comb their hair over the bacon or anything- that’s why I quit and became a computer guy.
nah, double happiness are only 5 or 8 a pack (my ex- smoked them - actually she still does)
But this does remind me that pork is delicious and highly underrated in the west.
wow, double happiness is pretty cheap then. I think when i was last in china, zhonghua cost about 50rmb a pack.
I like this pic showing the butcher’s smile… I always admire these professions and feel as though they have sacrificed their dreams to pursue other high prospect careers and serve us for things that we need.
That’s a nice thought but he hasn’t sacrificed a high prospect career, he’s doing this because he’s not qualified for a career in risk management or a hedge fund manager.