oh oh! i just have to tell a really bad pun i heard and then i'll go. i swear it wasn't me who thought it up. and half the people who read this are non-sinophones and wouldn't get it anyway so my reputation will still be intact.

Q: how do you translate "how are you?" into chinese?
A: zen me shi ni?
Q: and what about, "how old are you?"
A: zen me lao shi ni?

hee hee hee.