XL Country 100.7 KXLB Radio » chinese http://xlcountry.com Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Latest Chinese Fad Involves Live Reptiles on Keyrings http://xlcountry.com/latest-chinese-fad-involves-live-reptiles-on-keyrings/ http://xlcountry.com/latest-chinese-fad-involves-live-reptiles-on-keyrings/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:15:21 +0000 XL Country http://xlcountry.com/?p=8760 Street vendors in China have helped to create a new trend in the country by touting tiny reptiles sealed in colored water and attached to a keychain to passers-by.

The newest craze is nothing short of bizarre, which is probably why so many people are interested in purchasing one of their own portable salamanders, turtles or goldfish. Despite its novelty, though, animal activists are less than pleased.

]]> http://xlcountry.com/latest-chinese-fad-involves-live-reptiles-on-keyrings/feed/ 0 If Fortune Cookies Were Only Real Fortunes http://xlcountry.com/if-fortune-cookies-were-only-real-fortunes/ http://xlcountry.com/if-fortune-cookies-were-only-real-fortunes/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:07:36 +0000 Tom Jordan http://xlcountry.com/?p=4041 My wife Lori and I went to eat at THE WOK recently.  We eat there often.  Love the place.  I do have one gripe about what folks call fortune cookies though.  And that is they really aren't fortune cookies.  I call them ADVICE COOKIES! :) I don't think I've ever gotten a cookie with a real fortune inside!  Anyway, here's why I think the way I do about them:

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