A young Chinese lad was taking his first trip to the Western world.

Upon arriving in NYC, he made the typical exchange of currency to purchase things in America.

He was very well learned, and had little difficulty navigating through the city for his 10 days abroad. Upon returning to the airport customs area, he again went to the currency exchange booth to trade in his dollars for his native Yen.

When he calculated the exchange to be somewhat short, he inquired to the gentlemen in the booth. The simple response he received was a curt "fluctuations" from the man behind the window.

The chinese student walked a few feet away, turned back to the booth attendant, and yelled back:

"fluc you Americans, too!"

It took me a while to get it, but when I did it was pretty funny. I think I'll tell it to a few folks. I'm here in China now, and it will go over well.....

**side note: The Japanese use Yen, Chinese use Yuan (pronounced You-ahn), which is also called RMB (pronounced RMB or Rem-m-bee).

good joke.

It is funnier when spoken.

Thanks for the Yuan correction.

I knew it wasn't "yen", but when I spelled it as "yien" it didn't look right.

Yes, I agree....sort of like my Oi Oi Oi spelling.....

The "symbol" for the Yuan, is a "Y" with a line through it......the same as the Yen.

Yuan, Yen, and Won (Korean money) all sound alike. China once influenced all of Asia. Most Asian food can be attributed to Chinese influence, as can most alchohol, and spice.

I like lotus root.

I like that Chinese garlic-chili paste with the picture of the rooster on the label.

I call it ****-sauce to piss off my wife.

Adroomi,

Who's lotus?