the mrbrown show: Bak Chor Mee Man 2
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You must pay top dollar for top talent. You must pay top dollar for top talent. Did I mention, you must pay top dollar for top talent?
Podcast: the mrbrown show 19 April 2007: Bak Chor Mee Man 2 (MP3, file size: 2mb, Time: 00:04:05)
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April 19th, 2007 at 10:24 am
kakakaka!
I listen already really cannot tahan myself but to laugh out loud loud. Think the whole office can hear me liao.
MB, you really hit the nail on the spot man.
Well done again, Keep it up!
April 19th, 2007 at 10:51 am
briliant.
April 19th, 2007 at 11:15 am
wahahaha….
nice nice….
April 19th, 2007 at 11:28 am
wonderful piece of work
April 19th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Whoa!! The Bak-Cho Mee Man sure come back with a Big Entrance, eh? Maybe we should continually to have more Hawker scenes. :)
Great Job!!!
April 19th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
This is simply the best take on the pay hike now… Mr. Brown FTW!
April 19th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Hahahahahaha!!
April 19th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
I can’t help but laughing so loud in my lab that everyone ask me what is going on. This podcast is one of the best so far. :)
April 19th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Yet another classical piece of work…! =D
April 19th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Ya! Totally agreed with everyone, it’s too good. :D
But hor, wait white horse might get jealous lar.. U more popular than him.. After he’ve done so much & we the citzens not being appreciative ar.. hahahaha
April 19th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
classic
April 19th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Dear mrbrown,
Let me join many before, in saying: well done!
You’ve managed to get Bak-chor-mee man to succinctly
summarise all the salient points from both sides,
in a clear & entertaining way,
that heartlanders like us can empathise with.
To continue on a cheeky note:
more hawker podcasts,
and you see more real hawkers being phased out,
on excuse of hygiene & upgrading concerns;
and then the war intensifies on our favourite local food,
for reasons of health!
Onwards toward an even more monolithic society!
April 19th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Gonna be a Classic manz!!! Gd work ;P
April 19th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
well done! :)
we, the masses should spread this podcast around, so as to spread the glory of mrbrown. :p
April 19th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
GLORY MR BROWN!!
we will spread this podcasts!!
April 19th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Tak kong!
April 19th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Classic. :) Well done!
April 19th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Classic…
Wish you can slip in the line:
“I don’t want price to be the reason people selling bak chor mee; but i don’t want price to be the reason people not to sell bak chor mee”
April 19th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Whahaha! “Later your mother and daughter become meat!!!!” WHAHAHHAHAHAHA!
MB, you are godly sent and super creative! LOL! laughed the hell out especially towards the end of the podcast.
You use their words !exactly! and its so damn funny! I’m lovin’ it!
You must becareful though, MB. They have all the power and now even more money, might try all thier means to silence you.. its Black and dark down here…. though it seems to be bright.. thats Singapore… sorrows to all Singaporeans… Don come singpaore, Mr/Miss/Mrs foreigner. you will definitely regret it!
haha! i want more podcast like this! i am even willing to pay to listen! whahaha!
April 19th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
this one better than reading newspaper… nice!
April 19th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Foreign Talent for Gahmen.
April 19th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
GOD, I think he said “maid” lah, not “meat”.
April 19th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
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April 19th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Dear Mr Brown,
Wah piang! This one damn solid!!!! Thanks!
Cheers!
DOM
ps: 82 vs 2???? No way! The 82 Albino Vampires are being exorcised by Father Brown………slowly but surely!!!
April 19th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Its meat! its talking about ba chor mee! the original is maid but here is meat la! haha. =)
April 19th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
That was bloody hilarious man. Keep it up!!! Mr Brown is the funniest Singaporean on the web
April 19th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Good work!
April 19th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
This was by far the best podcast I have heard Mr Brown! Except for maybe the “Mai Hum / My Hump” one!
April 19th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
http://www.thinkcentre.org/article.cfm?ArticleID=2845
”
Why are Singaporeans leaving?
(Think Centre)
08 April 2007 by Leong Sze Hian
Why are Singaporeans leaving and may not be returning, when it is the best place in the world for expats to live and work, and the best for quality of life in Asia?
Singapore has been voted as the top choice of location for expats in the world and also the best asian city in the 2007 Worldwide Quality of Living Survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The Senior Minister has voiced his concerns about Singapore’s brain-drain. So, why are Singaporeans leaving and may not be returning, when it is the best place in the world for expats to live and work, and the best for quality of life in Asia?
The answer may lie in some statistics for the last year or so……”
April 19th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
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April 19th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
The pay hike is a big thing but there is another thing tat will affect singaporean. Tat is plastic bag issue. They are forcing to tranfer the charges to consumer so tat company will have more profit. no matter what, we still need to use plastic bag to throw rubbish. nw we might need to buy the black thrash bag to throw rubbish. if gamen wats to stays green, y open up ubin again? y dont use electric car?(bec of revenue in petrol?) US gamen rebates those who buy hybride car to stay green. s’pore gamen neh? green my foot. its all abt money! think they use this chance to implement many bad things at one goal so tat they get bombard one time only. worth ah!
April 20th, 2007 at 12:10 am
I love it!
April 20th, 2007 at 12:14 am
5 stars!!!! Great work, brighten up my day!!!
April 20th, 2007 at 12:17 am
So funny…. so damn funny…. i love the part about the not linking the chopsticks price to the bak chor mee price…. how ‘true’.
April 20th, 2007 at 1:05 am
Its a piece of Art! May the force be with you and may this Bak Chor Mee saga be glorified! Cheer Bro!
April 20th, 2007 at 1:11 am
i’m loving it
April 20th, 2007 at 1:24 am
so funny. thanks.
April 20th, 2007 at 9:05 am
Maybe can add this ?
ok lah, ok lah. Since you all talk so much, I will donate the extra money to charity for the next five years.
April 20th, 2007 at 9:50 am
LOL!… This is a good one! Especially when the hawker rants like a mad man when his customers start thinking about other choices.
Good one Mr Brown!
April 20th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Excellent !
Another classic !
April 20th, 2007 at 10:50 am
*clap* *clap* *clap* …
April 20th, 2007 at 11:22 am
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April 20th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
*To the Point* *Hope the Mee Siam man can understand* *This is a new generation* * All the Excuses given are so stupid, Raise GST to help the poor, my toes are laughing* *What have the Government become?* *Raise the Ministers pay to market, then in these case, take away the pensions* *Singaporean are no longer naive anymore. *Wait and see the next election* *66.6% become the decline of your voter, Mee Siam man*
April 20th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
u got paypal for me to donate some contribution? I feel that its a sin not to “pay top dollar” for something so “transformational”, haha
April 20th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Perhaps your should add the line that the hawker helper request the customer to “Move On’. Hahahahaha….
April 20th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Powdahful man! Spread the word!
April 20th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
It’s very funny and yet I’m not laughing.
April 20th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
mrbrown’s bar chor mee episodes are so yummy. :D
April 20th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
hawker will corrupt your bak chor mee if you dont allow them to increase to $6.00 they will reduce your mee and others food. So you only eat with a empty bowl.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Why peg to 8 richest bosses who do business in that estate? Should peg to restaurants, high class cafes, etc. Better linkage.
If Bak Chor Mee Man don’t sell in hawker center, he can sell in restaurant.
:)
April 20th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
lol. got 50 comments means must be damn good. funny funny..
April 20th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Well Done…Mr brown….i always wonder whether you will be the opposition party in the parliment..U got my vote….:)
April 20th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Just wanted to add a comment to add to the statistics. Haha
PS: ever wonder y so many ba chor mee stalls are familee business?
April 20th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Vely good, Mr. Brown, vely good!
April 20th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Wao Lau erh! I think kena snooked by this donation organisation lah. Can anyone tell me whether donations are also subject to GST? I don’t know exactly the name but something like “rainbow kids” charged GST for donations leh. They also collect GST to pay top dollars for leaders too?
April 21st, 2007 at 2:15 am
haha! i laughed so loud that i think almost woke up my sleeping parents! nice one :)
April 21st, 2007 at 2:27 am
Excellent job on the bah chor mee and Wolfowitz. Don’t fault Mr Brown for doing such a good job and giving people an “alternative” point of view. Nothing wrong with being critical. The post-65 generation is a generation that will be hard to please.
April 21st, 2007 at 9:52 am
chio kah peng!
April 21st, 2007 at 10:29 am
Knew this one had to be in the pipeline, and you did it without Miyagi’s help! Your kids must be so proud of daddy!
April 21st, 2007 at 1:39 pm
hilarious!
April 21st, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Another brilliant production, as usual. Keep it up!!
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:33 am
Hahaha! It’s good and illustrates the point across very well.
But since everyone seems to be on ONE side … have you ever considered the other civil servants who will also benefit from the salary revision?
You must admit there’s some truth in words of the Bar Chor Mee Man. We all feel lousy for workng hard and getting underpaid. Why wldn’t ministers feel the same?
The chinese proverb says every extra cent contributes to the quality (loosely translated).
Now everyone who wants to live comfortably can aspire to be a minister. And as long as the ministers are doing their job to run the country, I do not really care if they are doing it for the money or for altruistic reasons. Just do their job can liao.
I also support the ‘customers’ in the podcast lah. But just want to leave an alternative view here. Cheers.
Thanks MrBrown for lighting up our otherwise mundane lives. Keep up the good job!
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:51 am
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April 22nd, 2007 at 9:56 am
Wait, what civil service salary revision.
My colleagues who are Army regulars will not be receiving any pay increase at all.
April 22nd, 2007 at 10:17 am
Do not listen to podcast when eating breakfast ! (or Bak Chor Mee) I have to clean my milk and cereal -stained computer monitor. Still laughing…
Wahlau, Bak Chor Mee Ep.2 sequel is even better than Ep.1. Chio kar peng (laugh until flipped over).
Thanks Mr Brown. You make my day.
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:25 am
Good Job, but still i find the comparison not close enough. i know it is just a comparison but it does not sound rediculous enough compare to the facts, although it is already rediculous.
1st that Elite Bak Chor Mee Stall should be selling at $12. (average is $2.50-$3, those already considered high price will be $4[US president’s pay] so that store should be 3 times of $4 = $12)
So they are doing a step increase from $12 to $20, and then next year $28 per bowl of Bak Chor Mee!
This is the exact rediculous situation we are talking about. Only but these figures we can let our people understand this so called justified pay hike is simply rediculous, it is a never ending greediness.
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:40 pm
somebody said brown presented well for both sides.
I don’t know if greed has any other side.
when someone thought he has a say, he actually has none.
shame on you…and please don’t put on so serious a face…
guess the bla bla side is best enjoyed by most pathetic lot…sad.
April 22nd, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Absolutely brilliant. satire at it’s very best.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:16 am
The power of the word of mouth advertising! A friend gave me a wrong link to Mr Brown Show…… Somehow I managed to cut away the unneccessary syntax to get to the right link. You hit the nail in the coffin !
WAH LIAO!!! You are so TOK KONG!!!!!!! I must also develop this unconscious competence in SINGLISH.
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:08 am
dear all, my friends in all sectors including teachers are not paid an increment at all.. only a min lump sum to shut up their mouths. cheat!
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:39 am
Classic! Love it, every sentence is spot on! Wooooot!!
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 am
wa lah a…So solid one… see so many comments, also must join to praise MB. thank u. well done…
can MB do something on recycle plastic bags.
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Mb rocks… Bak Chor Mee Man is finally back again! lol…
April 24th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
learn a lesson from this folks. please be careful with your vote in future.
even if there is no good opposition, a good vote in the right direction will encourage better parties next time.
let us not vote blindly, nor sentimentally, nor fearfully again.
April 24th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
My friends in civil service get less than 5% if any.
I also quite like the part where the workers disagreed with the boss, but voted for him anyways… hope the 66.6 can wake up.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
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April 26th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
We should all enjoy MB’s satire or is there more serious note that can be left here?
Greed - GreeD - GreED - GREED!!!
Hope you carry all your millions with you! No shame! Don’t know what is tolerable level still - ask for more, why stop here. This is not top dollar yet…don’t be shy…It is OK - all citizen will buy anything the media-savy you put up - you have conditioned us all in talking about $ only, nothing else…
SAD Singapore…Sad me, happy you.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
woohoo!!!!
great podcast!!!
laughing my ass off….
April 26th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Singaporeans are cowards. They can only complain non stop. But when called upon to act to their will - example vote, or give honest comments.. nobody dare to voice out. Cowards ! Singaporens ! Please keep to what you complaint. If you don’t want the expensive Bak Chor Mee, please stop buying the Bak Chor Mee ( Puns intended ). Don’t today complain, tomorrow say ” Bro lets go eat Bak Chor Mee ..! ” Puikk ! ( add phlegm ! )
April 26th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
wow lau want everything cheap cheap go malaysia or indonesia la
petrol lagi cheap very childish la ah beng more classic la
April 27th, 2007 at 12:35 am
do mind me putting this podcast on my blog? I will put a link to your site. if no just drop me a mail. thanks.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Great podcast, since the owner say the cure for that is a good dose of bad ba chor mee…but why don’t the customer think that the cure this is to have another ba chor mee stall setup to prove that the ba chor mee man should not be the only ba chor mee stall there…!!!
April 27th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Hilarious…and it makes me HUNGRY! :(..and no Bar Chor Mee around.
April 28th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Much bytes, ink, saliva has been spent on this issue. All I can say is: Be a History student.
April 29th, 2007 at 3:02 am
WAH… So Shiok, Man! I’m listening in as a Singaporean in Boston. Wait… Isn’t 666 the mark of the beast?
Singaporeans in Singapore need to wake up and smell the vinegar in the Bar Chor Mee… otherwise, we will all be eating Mee Siam mai harm with only one chopstick.
May 1st, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Wa lau eh~! Kena conned. Singapore lure blur ang moh (eh… ang moh in disguise) like me with clean and safe place to live then… WAH! Kena taxed at 15% of salary I received in U.S., per diem, and housing my company paid for… about 10,000 SGD in tax for working in Singapore for 4 months! Pay uncle Lee ang pau money, then pay TOP talents ang pau money, then I boh lui liao. These Singaporeans damn clever. Tax the blur ang moh till nose bleed. On top of it all, my English spoil liao. Blady sheet.
May 3rd, 2007 at 4:49 pm
A +++ ***
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:17 pm
i should think that the residents in that estate ask for it. who ask them to voke for the same bak chor mee man time after time. if more residents voke for other stalls such as the chicken rice or fish ball noodles … then the bak chor mee uncle won’t have enough power to raise his price mah !!!! if dun wanna the uncle to sell anymore then dun voke for him lor… throw in empty vodka also good… i will continue to support “Potato Pancake”.
“Chicken Seafood Tang” uncle rocks !!! his seafood conservancy fees didn’t increase for so many years …
May 4th, 2007 at 12:21 am
Wahahaha, u r the last hope for ordinary singaporeans, keep up the good work.
May 4th, 2007 at 12:23 am
Wahahaha, your show gives the ordinary singaporean a moment to forget their daily worries, keep up the good work.
May 4th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
It is my bad karma to be born here in Singapore.. May our Greedy leaders have Bad Karma… Die also dont want to die here in Sinkapore..
Hope to be born in other countries in my next life…
To all Foreigners, dont ever land here in Singapore, you will surely regret!!!
May 9th, 2007 at 10:19 am
hahahahahhaha
this is soooo funny. im not greedy!!
May 14th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Wah, just received garhmen letter wants to give me $400 to offset GST!
anyone know the bank ac # of our ministers can publish here leh.
since they are so underpaid, I’ll donate the $400 to one of them. I like mr. mah - he’s cute…maybe the $400 will go to his a/c.
May 23rd, 2007 at 7:01 pm
you should join politics, everyone will vote for you.
May 28th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Wonderful! Mr Brown Show Roxs! This is so funny! hahahaha!
June 3rd, 2007 at 6:49 pm
lolz…this 2 customer not lyk real singaporean…if it was me…
“tock tiao ar! aneh gui…ai si ar! mai jia liao la!”
June 15th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
If so expensive, I would flip the birdie at his lameass excuses and leave…
June 24th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Two thumbs up. Very good. Think this theory applies to all issue to come.
August 4th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
haha that was soo funny! go hear the one on the maid one july 2006 post.
June 8th, 2009 at 12:38 am
a lot of hidden meanigns lol
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