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A Chinese official and his lover decided the best place to conduct their affair was over a micro-blogging service, blissfully unaware of the public nature of tweeted messages. The couple, both of whom are married to other people, set up micro blogging accounts and followed each other, unaware that every message was being …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Facepalm

    Inscrutable?

    More like entirely scrutable...

    in·scru·ta·ble /inˈskro͞otəbəl/

    Adjective: Impossible to understand or interpret; impenetrable; mysterious.

  2. D. M
    Facepalm

    And these are typical

    people who are in power to set rules for thing they don't understand. It is more or less in very country, the gov are hopeless.

  3. Bill Fresher

    What a tool

    That's why I communicate with my mistress through the register forums.

    See you later Candytuft. I've checked us in as Mr. and Mrs. Iberis.

    1. The Fuzzy Wotnot
      Meh

      The big fly will go with Tom!

      "The monkey has left his wallet at the pool. The bluebottles will arrive by car around 5pm when the giraffe will call for his medicine."

      Oh sorry, I thought this was a surrealist appreciation forum?!

      1. Graham Marsden
        Happy

        @The big fly will go with Tom!

        Did you send messages to the French Resistance in WWII? ;-)

  4. PhilipN Silver badge

    His expenses.. .

    ...to be examined by whom? By other petty officials who cheat a lot more successfully than this guy?

    That's a remark which would cause anyone familiar with the system in China to snort with derision.

    And only one lady friend? Shoot! All his colleagues will be pissing themselves.

    Cheers

    1. Trevor 7

      RE: His Expenses...

      They will be scrutinized by other officials that cheat more successfully and want to show that they are tough on corruption.

      He got caught, he becomes a scapegoat. They all know that is what happens.

  5. Atonnis
    FAIL

    Ahahahahahahahahahh.....

    .........AHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHAHHH!!!

    !!!!AHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHH!!!

    ....ahem.

  6. disgruntled yank

    very civilized

    In some countries there'd be a flash mob to serenade them at the motel.

  7. Ken Hagan Gold badge
    Happy

    At last, a use for social networking sites

    Outing people who are too stupid to hold positions of power.

  8. Eduard Coli
    Meh

    Cue

    Kind of dumb when the punishment for this kind of thing is the same as that for retirement and being unpopular and involves a 9 mm.

    Bubba used to use tie color.

    One color meant it was on another not and different colors meant where and when.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      WTF?

      You left it over there

      Your clue has been found, avoid further embarrassment by claiming it now.

      You have no clue about Asian culture.

      Claim your clue now.

  9. Eddy Ito

    Lovely

    It's nice to know we in the U.S. don't have all the stupid politicians.

  10. Bill Fresher
    Facepalm

    Zip it

    What the hell are you lot doing intruding my private yum hmm?

    If Mankytuft finds out about this secret place all will be bad.

    Silent chums. What happens here stays here eh?

  11. David Haig
    Joke

    Obviously ....

    ... a DDoS takedown

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