Q: What do you enjoy most about your rookie season in the NBA? (Colin is doing the translation) A: Getting in a car accident __________ What the hell?? Either Yao misunderstood Colin or Colin misunderstood Yao because that didnt make sense. but when did he get in a car accident???
I bet it's misinterpretation. Colin probably asked him what's most memorable in his rookie season. And Yao probably refered to a minor crash his car suffered on Rockets practice area (there's something about it on the ESPN magazine story). It's a funny incident.
he hit one of the comets player SUV..he went back into the westside tennis club to look for the SUV owner too..now if ESPN mag wasn't "following him" to do their story..i don't know if he would have went back in to find the SUV owner..h aha ha ha..i wouldn't...i would run as fast as i can..unless they have cameras..ha ha ha
Look, everything Yao Ming says is funny. you know why cause he doesn't try to be funny. isnt that how it is with your bros, you know those dudes who dont mean to be funny...those are the funniest ones,. Well thats Yao. He's just a funny guy , No, not "what are you callin me funny goodfella funny ill bash yo face in Joe Pescie funny" but Yao is just funny funny, his whole face is sweet n funny, maybe i'll just squeeze his cheeks cause he's just so funny. You know what I Ming? ooh what did you think that last line was funny..huh...huh...ha..ha..gotcha.
not to take the limelight away from Yaos funny ways in this thread but I always thought itd be cool to be one of those guys who other people just dont understand and they get slapped with those freaky "whatcha be talkin bout Willis faces". thanks man.
It amazes me how the concept of sarcasm seems to elude so many people. It was not a mistranslation. Just a sarcastic remark from Yao. Same as when he said his favourite thing in Houston was the traffic.