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Bullshit News in Taiwan- The Taiwan Supreme Court Overturns The If You Go Beep Beep Watch 'Em Weep Rule

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The Historic Supreme Court Ruling In a landmark Taipei Supreme Court case,  City of Taipe i vs Driver Wu , it actually turns out that lightly beeping your horn twice while speeding through a red light does not make it ok to run the red light, even for taxi drivers.  Police Officer Wu jumped up and down for joy inside the Taipei Supreme Courthouse when the honorable judge Wong offered his verdict in the case. Mr. Wu, the defendant, who works as a taxi driver launched his crumpled up Taipei Times newspaper at the officer as he stormed out of the courthouse. His face allegedly looked redder than when he drinks two glasses of wine. Officer Wu Overcame Insurmountable Odds Our team visited Officer Wu two months ago when we first got word that the case was going to be appealed all the way up to the Taipei Supreme Court. He offered the following comments about whether or not he thought the case could hold up in court. "  Those taxi drivers have been terrorizing...

American Expat Comedian Bombs at the Taipei Steak House

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"I'm an expert at eating chopsticks," this awkward greeting was delivered to over a dozen Taiwanese customers at Long Wong Long's Steak House on Zhongshan Road in Taipei last night. Things got really weird when an American comedian took the stage with a fuzzy microphone to try and tell jokes. A distraught grandmother who witnessed the debauchery named Mrs. Cheng, reportedly even attempted to stab him in the neck with her own chopsticks last night when the American comedian got in the way of her trying to put sprinkles on her ice cream cone.  She told our reporters; " I would have done anything just to shut that idiot up." She continued to scream at our reporters from Bullshit News in Taiwan . "God damn it, I just wanted to put some sprinkles on my ice cream cone, and before you knew it I had this drunk American guy in my face, with a fuzzy microphone telling me that he is kind of an expert at eating chopsticks. Oh, and he would occasionally scre...