¡¡¡¡ 13701570_2006102610174695741500.jpg France¡®s President Jacques Chirac (L) arrives at Beijing airport October 25, 2006. French President Chirac leads an elite business contingent to China on Wednesday, hoping to seize a greater share of the world¡®s fourth largest economy on a 4-day state visit. [Reuters]
A group of psychiatrists were attending a convention. Four of them decided to leave, and walked out together. One said to the other three, "People are always coming to us with their guilt and fears, but we have no one that we can go to when we have problems." The others agreed. Then one said, "Since we are all professionals, why don't we take some time right now to hear each other out?" The other three agreed. The first then confessed, "I have an uncontrollable desire to kill my pati...
A group of psychiatrists were attending a convention. Four of them decided to leave, and walked out together. One said to the other three, "People are always coming to us with their guilt and fears, but we have no one that we can go to when we have problems." The others agreed. Then one said, "Since we are all professionals, why don't we take some time right now to hear each other out?" The other three agreed. The first then confessed, "I have an uncontrollable desire to kill my pati...
The aspiring psychiatrists were attending their first class on emotional extremes. "Just to establish some parameters," said the professor to the student from Arkansas, "What is the opposite of joy?" "Sadness," said the student. And the opposite of depression?" he asked of the young lady from Oklahoma. "Elation," said she. "And you sir," he said to the young man from Texas, "how about the opposite of woe?" The Texan replied, "Sir, I believe that would be giddy-up." "
A man walked into a therapist's office looking very depressed. "Doc, you've got to help me. I can't go on like this." "What's the problem?" the docotor inquired. "Well, I'm 35 years old and I still have no luck with the ladies. No matter how hard I try, I just seem to scare them away." "My friend, this is not a serious problem. You just need to work on your self-esteem. Each morning, I want you to get up and run to the bathroom mirror. Tell yourself that you are a good person, a fun ...
¡¡¡¡ 11020307_1161302401568_1.jpg Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of Chinese National People's Congress, shakes hands with Svetlana Orlova, Vice-Chairperson of the Federal Assembly of Russia in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 19, 2006. Wu meets with a Russian women delegation led by Orlova on Thursday. (Xinhua Photo) ¡¡¡¡Photo Gallery >>> BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), met a ...
The psychology instructor had just finished a lecture on mental health and was giving an oral test. Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, "How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?" A young man in the rear raised his hand and answered, "A basketball coach?"
BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- A man killed himself by jumping off the platform in front of a train at a Beijing subway station on Wednesday, local police said. The accident occurred at 2:37 p.m. at Chongwenmen Station on the No.2 Line, which circles the central area of the capital. The driver activated the emergency brake but failed to stop in time as the man was too close, the police said. The electricity was cut off following the incident and the subway was suspended for...
A guy had been feeling down for so long that he finally decided to seek the aid of a psychiatrist. He went there, lay on the couch, spilled his guts then waited for the profound wisdom of the psychiatrist to make him feel better. The psychiatrist asked me a few questions, took some notes then sat thinking in silence for a few minutes with a puzzled look on his face. Suddenly, he looked up with an expression of delight and said, "Um, I think your problem is low self-esteem. It is very...
Chinanews, Changchun, October 18 ¨C Too shy to tell your love to the one you secretly love? No problem. Let the ¡°love messengers¡± help you. ¡°Love messenger¡± is a new service provided by dating agencies in Changchun. They will not only pass customers¡¯ ¡°love message¡±, but even offer advice on how to start a love affair to those who are ¡°inexperienced¡±. The messengers will send the message in a very proper and romantic form at a right time and in a right place to make sure that ...
Canadian government and native groups have agreed to build a new national park in the country's far north in a bid to defend local wildlife from the threat of mining there. The park, to cover 25,000 to 38,000 square km, almost four times the size of Yellowstone Park in the United States, will include the most pristine part of the deepest lake in North America, Great Slave Lake, according to local reports. Environment Minister Rona Ambrose signed an agreement Friday with the sm...
LAW 1: No matter how bad your last shot was, the worst is yet to come. This law does not expire on the 18th hole, since it has the supernatural tendency to extend over the course of a tournament, a summer and, eventually, a lifetime. LAW 2: Your best round of golf will be followed almost immediately by your worst round ever. The probability of the latter increases with the number of people you tell about the former. LAW 3: Brand new golf balls are water-magnetic. Though this cannot be p...
A normally sweet Great Dane Psil has one quirk: she hates United Parcel Service drivers. While walk Psil one day, around the corner of a house came a UPS man. Struggling to keep hold of Psil, the owner tried to ease the situation said, "As you can see, he just loves UPS men." "Don't you feed her anything else?" he responded.
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "If I show you a really good trick, will you give me a free drink?" The bartender considers it, then agrees. The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out a tiny rat. He reaches into his other pocket and pulls out a tiny piano. The rat stretches, cracks his knuckles, and proceeds to play the blues. After the man finished his drink, he asked the bartender, "If I show you an even better trick, will you give me free drinks for the rest of the eve...
BANGKOK, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's newly appointed interim cabinet was sworn in Monday before King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a necessary step required by the constitutional monarchy that runs the Kingdom to put the post-coup cabinet in place. The 26 cabinet ministers plus Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont,who had been sworn in as Thailand's 24th PM on Oct. 1, arrived at the Chitralada Palace, the King's present residence in Bangkok, on Monday afternoon to attend the swear in ceremony, acc...