the Beijinger's Six-Word Writing Competition: All the Entries – Part 9

The competition may be over but the Beijinger's Six-Word Writing Competition keeps on giving. It's time to share every single entry that we received. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Your efforts are appreciated. As for all of you who didn't enter the contest: Get ready to enjoy the fruits of their labors. Without further ado ...

OK, a small bit of further ado. All of these entries are listed verbatim as they came to us in the original emails. They have not been intentionally edited. The copy editor in us wanted to write "[sic]" all over them but this caveat can serve the same purpose.

1. Xizhimen is a transfer station. Nooooo....
2. You are too old for wudaokou.
3. Only in China: teachers earn most
4. people before me in bank
5. Simple errand takes a hundred years
6. Wang Jing: the Seoul of Beijing
7. Pollution visible even in the subway
8. Angry Eggs thrown at apple store
9. Smog fetuses gestate in my lungs.
10. Not your fears, but a lifetime.
11. Mephitic wonderland, sky like Roman Candles.
12. Millions sell themselves for pretty delusions.
13. Dining in front. Slurry in back.
14. Too much heat. Not enough friends.
15. Lonely. Neon. Fetid. Post-Apocolyptic. Horse burgers.
16. English slogans that make no sense.
17. Heat induced madness, gold plated toilets.
18. Foreigners beware falling debris and projectiles.
19. Bright new buildings. Big black bogies.
20. New expat bar. Not you again...
21. Beijinger reader competitions. Lazy drunk journos.
22. The hour between Yanjing and jianbing
23. "Bona-fide metropolis brimming with sublime brilliance"
24. "Classifieds: Foreign language experts wanted immediately"
25. "Beijing= brave new world of opportunity"
26. "Vacation of a lifetime...xiexie Beijing!"
27. "Love/hate relationship with the capital"
28. "Culture shock at its finest, Beijing"
29. "Ceaseless firework displays infused night sky"
30. "Am I really moving to Beijing?"
31. "Toothsome Peking duck that is unparalleled"
32. "Mass exodus, spring festival, homecoming glory"
33. "Filiopietistic society embracing first things first"

Think you can do better? Go and leave your six words on the collage at The Bookworm.

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