Wherein I try my hand at rewriting a song
12 August 2010
Is it just me or does ‘dating partner‘ sound like a really bizarre phrase? Yes, the Singapore government is still trying to get the peeps together to get married and push out babies.
Loads of strange stresses and contradictions in this. Apparently PM Lee has asked citizens to ignore the Chinese zodiac and shag for Singapore (tigers are… what? Fierce, I take it, so that means people born in the year of the rabbit should be able to take up the slack). That calls for a new patriotic song:
#Shag hard for Singapore
Do the best you can
Reach out for some poontang
You’ve got to get with the plan
Recognise you must play your part
Let it come right from your (nether) parts
Be prepared to give a little more
Shag hard, shag hard for Singapore#
The next verse involves doing it with a smile (lie back and think of LKY?). Heh.
But anyway. I thought we were all about embracing China as the next great power? Are we only embracing the bits we like (i.e. cheap labour, manufactured goods, questionable political freedom, and tourists)? It’s highly unlikely that an ad campaign is going to encourage adult Singaporeans to date, especially if they were discouraged from dating in adolescence in favour of achievement, achievement, achievement. The message is messed up, yo.
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Ahem. I'm a tiger… got something you want to say?
Comment by neil — 12 August 2010 @ 9:41 pm
what are you trying to say? grrrrrr.
Comment by chuen — 13 August 2010 @ 2:45 am
Not me, lah, PM LHL said it!
Comment by Andrea — 13 August 2010 @ 11:22 am