Talk:Feng shui
Now this is something that's always annoyed me: afficionados tell us it's to be pronounced "fung shway" - as it's a transliteration from Chinese then why isn't it spelled that way? SJGsjg 18:03, 14 September 2007 (MDT)
- Because there are many kinds of Chinese and many ways to transliterate. As I recall, "fong schway" is Mandarin, while "feng shoy" is more Cantonese. --AKjeldsenGodspeed! 18:45, 14 September 2007 (MDT)
- HUMAN!!!!!! If you are refering to Wu Xing, the chinese phisosophy of elements, there are actually five. Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. If you want to keep the joke along the same lines, Metal and Fire are easy, just use Mirrors and Candles. Earth would work with leather. Water and Wood would be a tad harder, but if you want to take the leap, water would go as lube. Wood is still the biggest problem. --*Gen. S.T. Shrink* Get to the bunker 01:53, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- Thanks, my memory failed me;) I remember reading about these and thinking I had them all covered in all my rooms. I forgot fire. I mistook leather ;) which could be earth, but of course plants are good for that. Mostly, I just let the dirt pile up. Water could be, er, you know, um, "watersports".... while "wood" seems hard, isn't it it's own joke, as I just made, really badly? Please, feel free to repair the wanton ignorant damage I did, and don't forget to mention that Wu Tang Clan guy you mentioned! Or was his name Wa Xing? A modern fetish, no doubt, but it surely has ancient... roots. ħuman
02:13, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- I was doing some work with an oriental once and it was always difficult to park in their car park. Some 25% of it was permanently roped off. On enquiry I was told that it was on the instructions of the Feng shui Master. The opinions of the largely British staff can be imagined.--Bobbing up 03:40, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- Did they have a lower-than-average car park crash rate? ħuman
04:08, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- Actually yes, it was about 25% less than would have been expected for a car park that size, so it must have worked.--Bobbing up 05:10, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- Probably because they used 25% percent less of their car park : D
Radioactive Misanthrope 05:12, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- More to the point, did they have a higher-than-average car park exasperation rate? : )
Radioactive Misanthrope 05:12, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- The exasperation rate was quite high. It was in a busy town centre with very little on-street parking nearby. As I remember all the plants in the building had to be in very exact positions too, and, I seem to remember that one of the private offices was kept permanently empty as well. Weird.--Bobbing up 05:30, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- Very weird. I just keep dirt, water, steel, and all that stuff in all my rooms... because I like them? ħuman
06:42, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- Very weird. I just keep dirt, water, steel, and all that stuff in all my rooms... because I like them? ħuman
- The exasperation rate was quite high. It was in a busy town centre with very little on-street parking nearby. As I remember all the plants in the building had to be in very exact positions too, and, I seem to remember that one of the private offices was kept permanently empty as well. Weird.--Bobbing up 05:30, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- Probably because they used 25% percent less of their car park : D
- Actually yes, it was about 25% less than would have been expected for a car park that size, so it must have worked.--Bobbing up 05:10, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- Did they have a lower-than-average car park crash rate? ħuman
- I was doing some work with an oriental once and it was always difficult to park in their car park. Some 25% of it was permanently roped off. On enquiry I was told that it was on the instructions of the Feng shui Master. The opinions of the largely British staff can be imagined.--Bobbing up 03:40, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
- Thanks, my memory failed me;) I remember reading about these and thinking I had them all covered in all my rooms. I forgot fire. I mistook leather ;) which could be earth, but of course plants are good for that. Mostly, I just let the dirt pile up. Water could be, er, you know, um, "watersports".... while "wood" seems hard, isn't it it's own joke, as I just made, really badly? Please, feel free to repair the wanton ignorant damage I did, and don't forget to mention that Wu Tang Clan guy you mentioned! Or was his name Wa Xing? A modern fetish, no doubt, but it surely has ancient... roots. ħuman
- HUMAN!!!!!! If you are refering to Wu Xing, the chinese phisosophy of elements, there are actually five. Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. If you want to keep the joke along the same lines, Metal and Fire are easy, just use Mirrors and Candles. Earth would work with leather. Water and Wood would be a tad harder, but if you want to take the leap, water would go as lube. Wood is still the biggest problem. --*Gen. S.T. Shrink* Get to the bunker 01:53, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
The facing of the buildings is listed by real estate agencies not because of Feng Shui, which few people care about, but for a very concrete simple reason which is sunshine. An east/west facing apartment only get sunlight on dawn/dusk. A north facing one does not get as much as a south facing one during the day in North Hemisphere where China is located. — Unsigned, by: 209.148.169.15 / talk / contribs 01:09, 11 August 2010
Wait, so the five elements that should be present in a room are mirrors, candles, chains, leather, and paddles? To promote a favorable balance of Qi, I need to turn my apartment into a BDSM dungeon? (talk) Meshakhad 19:45, 1 March 2015 (UTC)