A friend sent me a very Taiwanese joke that has the rarely mentioned element in it-- sound:
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I have a colleague called Mi-Cu-Hwai. After more than 3 years of marriage, a sudden accident took this loving couple apart.
This colleage took medicine to commit suicide once. Luckily he was discovered soon and no regret was made.
After being rescued, he was absent-minded all day long and almost got
his job lost. Several friends wanted to help him but without a success.
Later on people had an idea, that was to persuade him to hold a
calling-spirit ritural. Although it was a bit superstitious, it is a
kind of psychological treatment.
People thus donated some money and hired a pretty alrigh Toaist monk
(at least someone who did not make a fraud). The retural was hold in the
evening. A few colleagues came to company Ku-Haui.
Two little monks set up the alter.
The old monk adjusted the mic hung on his chin and burn a few pieces of
ghost paper. He started to rang the calling-spirit bell with
'lin-lin-lin' sounds.
After just a moment, the old monk suddenly grabed the table very tightly and shivered with his whole body.
The little monk standing next to him said to us with axiety: 'it's
alright, it should be the ghost mounting his body...' The old monk
started to shout out: 'Mi...Mi... Micu...Micu...'
Having heard his late wife calling his own name, Ku-Hwai wanted to run forward. His colleagues hold him and Ku-Hwai shouted out loudly
with tears: 'Shiao-Fan... Shiao-Fan... I am here... I...'
The old monk was shivering even more seriously, he shouted out all the
time: 'Mi...Mi..Mi...Mi..Micu..Micu.....Micu... Micu is leaking...'
(the electricity of microphone is leaking)
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Ha-ha, sorry, it is not a very funny joke... However, with this example, I would like to ask you:
1. Who would record that 'lin-lin-lin' sounds? Would you think about
recording while family and relatives holding a funeral ceremony? (In
fact, I ....)
2. Is it possible to have an electric leakage from the microphone?
