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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Because of wow. / This is the Type of Thing You’d Expect to See in Florida: Floriduh! Goes International!!!

This is the Type of Thing You’d Expect to See in Florida: Floriduh! Goes International!!!

by Adam L Silverman|  September 4, 201812:01 am| 43 Comments

This post is in: Because of wow., Foreign Affairs, Humorous, Open Threads, Not Normal

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We never had this at the Hillel School of Tampa…

Kindergarten greets students with pole dancing performance on first day back at school https://t.co/ibXmkjOwTa pic.twitter.com/2DjMb4rUdD

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 3, 2018

A Chinese kindergarten welcomed back students back from summer break with a bizarre pole dancing performance on Monday, sparking outrage among parents.

Footage of the incident, posted to Weibo, shows a woman dressed in risqué clothing, dancing around a pole on a low stage while three- to six-year-old children and their parents watched from below in southeastern China.

After the incident, the Shenzhen Xinshahui Kindergarten, in Bao’an District, issued an apology to parents and students explaining that the performance was intended to “lighten up the atmosphere.”

“We apologize for not putting more consideration into the planning of the dance performance and for causing a bad experience among students and parents,” Lai Rong, the pre-school’s principal, said in the apology.

On its official Weibo account, the Shenzhen Education Bureau said that pole dancing for children is “not appropriate” and confirmed that the ministry will investigate the incident. “The education bureau believes it is not appropriate to arrange pole dancing performances for children in kindergarten,” it said.

The authority has also called for Lai to be dismissed as the kindergarten’s director.

Ya think?!?!?!?

This is the type of thing you expect to happen in Florida, not China. Apparently the Floriduh! is spreading…

Stay flexible!

Open thread.

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43Comments

  1. 1.

    ruemara

    September 4, 2018 at 12:05 am

    I feel so confused about what they thought they’d accomplish.

    We are all now very confused 3-6 year olds.

  2. 2.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 4, 2018 at 12:08 am

    @ruemara: I’m pretty sure this was a Van Halen video from the mid 1980s.

  3. 3.

    NotMax

    September 4, 2018 at 12:08 am

    “We honestly thought it was a multi-cultural opportunity for education. Polish folk dancing.”

    Repeating from below:

    No, no, a thousand times no.

    NASA may explore endorsements, naming rights deals

  4. 4.

    Suzanne

    September 4, 2018 at 12:09 am

    The education bureau believes it is not appropriate to arrange pole dancing performances for children in kindergarten.

    Words that I never thought would have to be written.
    Rotating tag?

  5. 5.

    SRW1

    September 4, 2018 at 12:14 am

    Maybe on extremely close contact ‘Florida’ is infectious and somebody from Florida has recently been to Shenzhen and in extremely close contact with the poor pole dancer.

  6. 6.

    SRW1

    September 4, 2018 at 12:16 am

    @Suzanne:

    Apparently, not only science advances on trial and error.

  7. 7.

    MisterForkbeard

    September 4, 2018 at 12:18 am

    @NotMax: You know how this works, right? NASA’s going to pay Trump to use the Trump name on rockets and stations.

  8. 8.

    Yutsano

    September 4, 2018 at 12:22 am

    @MisterForkbeard: That’s…not how naming rights work usually.

  9. 9.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 4, 2018 at 12:23 am

    @NotMax: I have a good friend and colleague, a retired USAFR colonel with a PhD who was an Air Attache at the US Embassy in Beijing – an old China hand as they say. I forwarded this story to him and this was his response:

    I told them I wanted Pole (as in Polish) dancing!

  10. 10.

    NotMax

    September 4, 2018 at 12:24 am

    Next an introduction to antique furniture, featuring the Chippendales.

  11. 11.

    Adam L Silverman

    September 4, 2018 at 12:24 am

    @SRW1: More likely the school principal.

  12. 12.

    Doug R

    September 4, 2018 at 12:26 am

    Are you a pole vaulter?
    No, but how did you know my name is Vautler?

  13. 13.

    NotMax

    September 4, 2018 at 12:29 am

    @Doug R

    “Thanks for asking, though.”

    “You’re velcome.”

    (rimshot)

  14. 14.

    Roger Moore

    September 4, 2018 at 12:30 am

    @Yutsano:

    That’s…not how naming rights work usually.

    Yeah, but we’re already in Bizarro World, as shown by the fact our President is the one who was less well qualified and received fewer votes. Why is it so surprising that naming rights would work backward here, too.

  15. 15.

    SRW1

    September 4, 2018 at 12:30 am

    Pole dancing should only be permissible if done by inuits! And in their traditional kind of dresses!

  16. 16.

    rikyrah

    September 4, 2018 at 12:33 am

    Da phuq???

  17. 17.

    rikyrah

    September 4, 2018 at 12:34 am

    @NotMax:
    More Da phuq???

  18. 18.

    Duane

    September 4, 2018 at 12:37 am

    The children wouldn’t have felt it inappropriate if it wasn’t pointed out as such. Now you get to explain to a 5 year old why it’s wrong.

  19. 19.

    cain

    September 4, 2018 at 12:37 am

    So apparently out in Durango, CO there is a street – Florida St, but is pronounced “Floreeda”.. sheesh. Of course, now everything in that town is suspect. :P

  20. 20.

    NotMax

    September 4, 2018 at 12:37 am

    Truly a tragedy.

    ‘Incalculable loss’ as massive fire tears through Brazil’s 200-year old National Museum

    Follow-up.

    Anger smouldered in Brazil on Monday after a fire destroyed the National Museum, a cherished historical repository that lacked a sprinkler system and which had suffered years of financial neglect.

    Outside the entrance to the elegant park that houses the 200-year-old former Imperial Palace, police in riot gear shot tear gas into a small, angry crowd that tried to enter, live TV images showed.

    The rising tensions reflect anger over the destruction of the much-loved yet dilapidated museum, which suffered from declining federal funding. The fire stirred emotions in Brazil, whose angry electorate is reeling from a frail economy, widespread graft and rising violence ahead of an unpredictable presidential election in October.
    [snip]
    The National Museum’s collection ranged from archeological finds to historical memorabilia.

    The museum, which is tied to the Rio de Janeiro federal university and the education ministry, was founded in 1818 and housed several landmark collections, including Egyptian artifacts and the oldest human fossil found in Brazil. Source

  21. 21.

    frosty

    September 4, 2018 at 12:38 am

    @Suzanne: Definitely a rotating tag. Who’s in charge of these now? I haven’t seen “And don’t forget to stay hydrated” either.

  22. 22.

    lgerard

    September 4, 2018 at 12:40 am

    Just a logical progression form this tradition

  23. 23.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    September 4, 2018 at 12:50 am

    @Yutsano: Usually exited the building January 20, 2017.

  24. 24.

    rikyrah

    September 4, 2018 at 12:52 am

    Oliver Willis (@owillis) Tweeted:
    bannon being invited to a @NewYorker event is a good endcap on how so much of the mostly white, male press negated our concerns about the open racism of trump. again, to almost all of them this is SIMPLY A GAME. the concerns of latinos, blacks, everyone who isn’t them? whining https://twitter.com/owillis/status/1036684175762501632?s=17

  25. 25.

    Ninedragonspot

    September 4, 2018 at 12:56 am

    Apparently the school had closed out the previous academic year with a ten-day salute to the military, replete with elaborate displays of armaments.

    Tough finding a reliable school for your kid these days.

  26. 26.

    Amir Khalid

    September 4, 2018 at 1:00 am

    @Adam L Silverman:
    Congratulations! Your Florida Man propaganda posts are achieving their intended effect! First, the kindergarten teachers of the so-called People’s Republic! And then, the gullible masses!!

  27. 27.

    burnspbesq

    September 4, 2018 at 1:15 am

    @frosty:

    https://youtu.be/kd3eL4C8nCw

  28. 28.

    rikyrah

    September 4, 2018 at 1:15 am

    Ok,
    This cracked me up.
    I don’t know what the point of the hats is?

    https://twitter.com/wheresyonce/status/1036294825853808641

  29. 29.

    Platonailedit

    September 4, 2018 at 1:16 am

    BBC

    The founder of the Haqqani militant network has died after several years of illness, the Afghan Taliban has announced.

    Jalaluddin Haqqani was a significant militant figure in Afghanistan and had close ties to both the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

    The Haqqani network has been behind many of the co-ordinated attacks on Afghan and Nato forces in recent years.

    His son is believed to have taken over control of the group in 2001.

    There were no details in the statement about the date nor the place of Haqqani’s death.

  30. 30.

    NotMax

    September 4, 2018 at 1:21 am

    @Platonailedit

    Not a moment too soon. Dolt 45 needs a prominent funeral to attend to save face.

    ;)

  31. 31.

    Amir Khalid

    September 4, 2018 at 1:40 am

    @Suzanne:
    I never thought I’d see those words in a sentence either, but that is an understatement for the ages.

  32. 32.

    frosty

    September 4, 2018 at 1:45 am

    @burnspbesq: Yes, but is it a rotating tag? Inquiring minds want to know!

  33. 33.

    SectionH

    September 4, 2018 at 1:46 am

    Serves me right for ruining a good day without being online.

  34. 34.

    Mnemosyne

    September 4, 2018 at 2:14 am

    @rikyrah:

    I think the hats are to show that they’re the same cats on different days, not just clips of the same day. Because most cats will eventually get bored and stop playing along, even for treats.

  35. 35.

    opiejeanne

    September 4, 2018 at 3:04 am

    @Mnemosyne: Ah. I just thought the hats were to humiliate the cats further.

  36. 36.

    Mnemosyne

    September 4, 2018 at 3:15 am

    @opiejeanne:

    Well, sure, but the cats don’t care about the hats being different. Only humans care about that. So obviously having them in different hats for each video was an attempt to make the videos obviously different from each other.

    I did like how the black-and-white cat that looks like our Charlotte almost refused to perform with the banana hat on, but the lure of the treats and the competition with the other cat meant s/he couldn’t resist. ?

  37. 37.

    John Revolta

    September 4, 2018 at 4:55 am

    Call me when they teach the cats to pole dance

  38. 38.

    PaulWartenberg

    September 4, 2018 at 7:40 am

    wait wait, back up to the bit about Chinese kindergartners getting greeted by POLE DANCERS.

    In Florida we NEVER sank that low.

    WE insisted the insanely low-paid teachers forced to work part-time as pole dancers kept their second jobs off the books.

    Our state is nice that way.

    /sarcasm, am truthfully enraged that our teachers are so poorly paid most of them HAVE to find a second job to keep roofs over their heads

  39. 39.

    somedude

    September 4, 2018 at 8:25 am

    I just moved to Shenzhen to teach high school, and this does not seem a common practice here. Rumor says that teacher is looking for a nce job, but not sure how reliable that is.

    Guangdong Province (which includes Shenzhen) is the southeastern mos province of the mainland (excluding Hainan Island), which does seem to make it the Florida of China. The snakes and gators are more likely to be eaten though

  40. 40.

    John

    September 4, 2018 at 9:39 am

    Am I the only one who noticed that the principal’s name is a homonym for Lie Wrong?

  41. 41.

    The Pale Scot

    September 4, 2018 at 10:49 am

    I think this of a thing with the various reports of companies coercing new female employees to perform risque dances etc on stage to entertain the male employees.

    And it’s amazing what comes up when google China and dancing. I would have loved to have this as an option when I was overseeing a framing crew

    Male employees forced to dance in their underwear on the street for displaying ‘bad attitudes

  42. 42.

    The Pale Scot

    September 4, 2018 at 10:54 am

    @cain: Well NYC has HOWston street, and down here FL watch the TV news people hem and haw over nîggér rd. Which is somewhere south of Betty if I remember

  43. 43.

    StringOnAStick

    September 4, 2018 at 12:34 pm

    @The Pale Scot: Florida pronounced FlorEEda would be proper if speaking in Spanish. That area of CO was formerly owned by Mexico.

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