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Enid Clifford writes: " I nearly choked on my vol au vent when I saw that visiting Peking grandee and Politburo Chief Tsang Zemin in the paper the other day. He seems to bear an uncanny resemblance to that nice Sir Donald Tsang who used to be in the running for Governor. P.S. Is there a chance of ten pounds at least?" (No.Ed.)
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"The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin." - Balzac
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(Wally Wilde)
(Originally in Private Eye)
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Doris Fenby writes: "Has anyone else noticed the uncanny resemblance between Syria's man of steel President Assad and Basil Fawlty, John Cleese's uncompromising impression of the hotel manager from Hell in the BBC vintage comedy series Fawlty Towers? Does Mr Assad own any hotels?"
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Doris Fenby writes: "Leafing through one of those helpful nature books in Dymock's the other day, I couldn't help being struck by the resemblance of the South China Morning Post's beleaguered Editor with that curious animal the meerkat. Does Mr Clifford have any connections with southern Africa at all?
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Enid Fenby writes: " I couldn't help thinking that nice but sadly demised Chairman Mao bears a great resemblance, wart and all. to bashed-up solicitor and McDonald's patron Albert Ho. Did Mao like Big Macs too? He was certainly a fat git."
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Doris Fenby writes: " Has anyone else noticed the complete lack of similarity between the internationally successful and stinking rich Vanessa Mae and that severely local wannabe, triad-related-old-man-loving Canto-crooner Joey Yung, even though the latter is holding a funky violin in the promos for her upcoming concert with the world-famous Moravian Philharmonic no less? Of course they are both titless. But that's beside the point."
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Has anyone else noticed the slight similarity between the real Hong Kong Canal view and and the pictures used by the Hong Kong Tourist Board? Who will be the first tourist to sue them under the Misrepresentation Ordinance?
| Chapter: | 284 | Title: | MISREPRESENTATION ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | |
| Section: | 7 | Heading: | Application to Crown | Version Date: | 30/06/1997 |
This Ordinance binds the Crown.
It's always worth a try.
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"Has anyone else noticed the stunning resemblance between horribly serious Cannes Palme d' Or winning film director Ken Loach and zany late English comedian Eric Morecambe? Separated at birth? "
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"Has anyone else noticed the stunning resemblance of Asia-friendly Prince Philip, now celebrating his 85th birthday, with the upper class twits of Monty Python fame?"
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Has anyone else noticed the stunning resemblance between Harriet Miers, the Texas lawyer nominated to the US Supreme Court by US President George W Bush and falling flat on her beak, and Crackers the Corporate Crime Fighting Chicken, nominated for eggstrordinary devotion to duty by Michael Moore?
Sharples ........... Hu
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Did anyone fail to notice the stunning resemblance between UK sitcom sourpuss Ena Sharples and President Hu of China on a visit to a Toulouse factory recently? Have they ever been seen in public at the same time?
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Robert Fung writes: " It appears that Monica Lewinsky is a dead ringer for Marie Osmond. Both belong to religious minority groups with strange beliefs. I wonder if they are somehow related?"
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Dear Sir, I wonder if any of your readers has noticed the uncanny resemblance between George Bush's outgoing Director of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, and Adolf Hitler's favourite, Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering. Did Goering reincarnate as an American, perhaps? Yours truly, Julian Snodgrass.
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Watching the news on my TV the other day, I was struck by the similarity in appearance of Bush henchman and scumbag, would-be Homeland Security Chief Bernard Kerik, to former Nixon henchman and scumbag Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy. I wonder if they are related in some way other than their rabid right-wing politics and despicable lack of ethics. Minnie Rowse.
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Warwick Reid writes: "Has anyone not noticed the remarkable resemblance between HK's dodgiest barrister Kevin Egan and Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko? Is long life at the Hong Kong Bar and the FCC boozer equivalent to a dose of dioxin? It would appear so."
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Cheng.............. Cheng
Lady Doris Sproat writes: " I wonder if any of your more observant readers have noticed the stunning similarity between Peking-friendly, China-aligned HSBC boss Vincent Cheng with that old colonial lickspittle Vincent Cheng, OBE, JP, Legco and Exco member under the disgraceful, exploitative pre-1997 Hong Kong regime?"
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Paisley...................................................Tu
Dear Editor, On viewing your recent item about Elsie (Elliott) Tu's blog, I was struck by this senile, religious, left-wing Hong Kong loony's uncanny resemblance to senile, religious, right-wing Ulster loony Ian Paisley. Since Newcastle is but a short distance across the water from Belfast, and both have a habit of ranting about irrelevant issues in barely intelligible accents, I wonder if perhaps they are related. Yours truly, Conchita Sanchez (Ms.).
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Dear NTSCMP, I was watching an interview with the appallingly unfunny American actor Jim Carrey on TV last night. A brief clip was shown of him playing the role of Count Olaf in his latest film, A Series Of Unfortunate Incidents. I was immediately struck by the uncanny resemblance of the said Count Olaf to Hong Kong's own appallingly unfunny cartoonist (Only when he works for Steve Vines. Ed), Larry Feign. I wonder if they might be related. Portia Trembley-Thrill
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CONFUSION REIGNS IN WASHINGTON RESHUFFLES
AND IN HONG KONG...
Doris Kuok writes: " I was struck immediately this morning by the resemblance between City "Lick PRC Ass" University Honorary Dr Winnie Yeung Xiao Yang from the Supreme People's "Court" on the Mainland with those jolly chimps from the PG Tips tea advertisments all those years ago. Do you happen to have any pics in the archive?"
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Nelsson ........... Peel
Doris Kuok writes: "I was very much struck by the similarity between recently demised British musical guru and Man In Black John Peel and our own Hong Kong guru of musical excellence and similarly Man In Black, Anders Nelsson, who seems to be still alive?? Is it true that Nelsson put the "Ry" in country music?"
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Thug............ Sinclair..........
QQ writes : "Perusing a New York Times feature on Latin American thugs, I was instantly struck by the similarity of a notorious Honduras-based criminal to our own cuddly Kevin Sinclair. Does Honduras have a viable wine industry?"
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Enid Torode writes : "Have any of your readers noticed as I have the incredible resemblance between that famous British slapstick comedian of yesteryear Charlie Drake and that famous Asian slapstick comedian of today, Kim Jong-il? Separated at birth?"
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Brenda Armstrong writes: "G'day. I recently received this snap of my nephew playing in an irrigation ditch in the outback and was immediately reminded of the new Diana memorial fountain in London's Hyde Park. Once again, Australia showed their loyalty and love before any other nation. Good on 'em."
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Boagrius........................ ......BWG.....
Brenda Vines writes : "Have any of your more discerning readers noticed the stunning resemblance between six-feet plus, sword-wielding numbskull Boagrius (played by Nathan Jones) in the new Hollywood blockbuster Troy and six-feet plus, sword-wielding genius of the Hong Kong blogging world, BWG? Have they ever been seen together? Is film stardom another aspect of BWG's amazing array of accomplishments? I'm sure we would have been told."
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Spike "Magazine".....................NTSCMP.............
Dear Spike, We attach our montage of 3rd May which appeared in a much unfunnier form on your front cover 7th May. This is not the first time you have shamlessly pirated our material and ideas and we feel we ought now to charge you the going rate. No cheques please. No free subscription. No sandwiches. Regards, Dr George Adams, for ntscmp.com.
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Many of your readers I am sure must have noticed the uncanny resemblance between popular pelvis swayer Ricky Martin and unpopular knife swayer Mijailo Mijailovic, the man convicted of murdering the Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh. I was shocked. Yours, Doris Fenby.
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I notice that our Government Secretary for Commerce, Industry & Technology, John Tsang, is creating the post of Chief Information Officer and searching for suitable candidates, while his double Charles Bronson, in the Death Wish movies, always searched for suitable candidates for extrajudicial execution. Does Tsang really mean business this time? Yours, Robert Fung.
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Have any of your readers noticed the similarity between the British Government's anti-terrorist poster and that other supposed "veiled threat" of Islam ? Hardly subliminal. Yours, Grace Matthews.
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I wonder if any of your readers have noticed the stunning transformation of failed Hong Kong politician Jasper Tsang Yok Sing into a new Hirohito ?
Keep it up, Enid B. Fenby.
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Dear NTSCMP, Two of the scariest people in positions of great power today must be Ariel Sharon and John Ashcroft. I wonder if any more of your readers have noticed the striking similarity between these two men's facial expressions. Perhaps they are related in some way other than by their shared dedication to Zionism.
Spud O'Brien III
PS: Their family names also happen to have five letters in common. Spooky!
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Dear NTSCMP, When I saw a recent news photo of US National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, I was struck by her resemblance to Olive Oyl, the girl-friend of famous cartoon character Popeye. Of course, the physical resemblance is not that close, because Olive is only a cartoon and Condi is a real person, but when one considers that Condi is also closely associated with the cartoon characters Dubya and Rummy, the coincidence becomes more compelling. Add to this that Dubya, like Popeye, spends much of his time throwing his weight around and beating up swarthy men with big moustaches and it is uncanny. The clincher must surely be that, while Popeye has a special little friend named Wimpy, who begs change from him to buy hamburgers, Dubya has his own special little friend Tony, who is heavily dependent upon his largesse for survival. Yours, Grace Matthews.
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Dear Dr Adams, I have long been a fan of the easy-listening songs of musician Barry Manilow.
I was shocked on seeing a photograph of sandwich salesman and publisher of Spike magazine, Stephen Vines, to note the striking resemblance between the two.
Were they separated at birth?
Could this explain the remarkable similarities between their works?
I think we should be told. Sincerely Muriel N. Rowse
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Enid B. Armstrong writes: "Surely everyone has noticed the curious resemblance betwen that coronavirus called SARS and those lovely lollies called Chupa Chups whose inventor died recently. Or is someone in the labs having us on"
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Gladys Fenby writes: "Jonathan and I couldn't help noticing that Spike's totally unfunny columnette about Betty Tung does bear some resemblance in its title and overall conception to your own hilarious Betty Tung diary which came to an abrupt end some time ago. Please ask Spike to stop ripping you off and, if they do, they could at least try to be as funny as you were. Their diary sounds like recycled Vittachi, if such a thing is possible."
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Brenda Vines writes: "Has anyone noticed the similarity between your excellent spoof montage from around 1998 and the pathetic Spike magazine cover of November 21st 2003. Not only was your idea five years ahead of theirs but it is actually funny. No wonder they have to give it away."
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