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File this one under the strange things that only happen in China. Oh, and needles to say, this story is NSFW.
Residents of the Liucunbu village on the outskirts of the capital of the Shaanxi province in China were digging a well when they came across a strange object that looked like a large mushroom. Not even the village elder, who was over 80, knew what it was. With evidently no internet available — or perhaps the Chinese government was restricting these kinds of searches — the villagers called up Xi’an Up Close 《西安零距离》, an investigative journalism program, for help.
This is where things go from bad to worse, because the news production team, along with reporter Ye Yunfeng, came in to investigate. And what they found was… well… not the truth.
Reporter Ye describes the object to viewers, and if you have even a slightly dirty mind you’ll immediately know what it is when you see it. Ye, evidently, does not have such a dirty mind.
“As we can all see, this looks like a type of fungus, on both ends of which you’ll find mushroom heads,” she says with a straight face. “On this side, you can see what looks like a pair of lips. And on that side, there is a tiny hole which extends all the way back to this side. The object looks very shiny, and it feels really fleshy and meaty too.” The website Shanghaiist goes on to translate:
“I’ve done my own research on the internet,” says the afore-mentioned villager. “It’s a type of lingzhi mushroom, called the taisui.”
Without skipping a beat, reporter Ye chimes in with her own research, saying this type of lingzhi is generally found in the Shaanxi region deep underground and is hence rarely seen. “When the Emperor Qin Shi Huang was on the hunt for the secret to longevity,” she elucidates, “it is said he discovered this lingzhi was the answer.”
Needless to say, some viewers knew exactly what it was: a double-headed ************ toy with an artificial ****** on one side and an artificial anus on the other. How it got that far into the ground for the locals to find was never explained, but the “Mystery Mushroom Found in China” video went viral on the Internet when it was posted back in 2012. It’s recently popped up again, with some websites claiming it’s a current new story, but it’s not. Nevertheless, it’s still funny and worth retelling.
According to Shanghaiist, the embarrassed TV show issued an apology on its Sina Weibo profile the next day. Here it is with the translation they offered.
An open letter to all netizens and viewers: Hi everyone, one of our news reports which aired last night has made everyone laugh. This incident has been widely followed, shared and commented on. As our reporter was still very young and unwise to the ways of the world, this report has brought great inconvenience to everyone. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for your criticism and correction. Please forgive our oversight!
致广大网友及观众的公开信：各位亲！昨晚我们的一条新闻让大家见笑了。这件事引发了大家的广泛关注、转发和评论。由于我们的记者还很年轻，不谙世事，在这条新闻中给大家带来了不适和误导！在此，我们衷心的感谢各位网友对我们节目的批评和指正。亲们，请原谅我们的一次疏忽吧
http://firsttoknow.com/mystery-mush...ns-out-to-be-sex-toy/?utm_source=facebookpage
*LOL...watch the video (cc)*
Residents of the Liucunbu village on the outskirts of the capital of the Shaanxi province in China were digging a well when they came across a strange object that looked like a large mushroom. Not even the village elder, who was over 80, knew what it was. With evidently no internet available — or perhaps the Chinese government was restricting these kinds of searches — the villagers called up Xi’an Up Close 《西安零距离》, an investigative journalism program, for help.
This is where things go from bad to worse, because the news production team, along with reporter Ye Yunfeng, came in to investigate. And what they found was… well… not the truth.
Reporter Ye describes the object to viewers, and if you have even a slightly dirty mind you’ll immediately know what it is when you see it. Ye, evidently, does not have such a dirty mind.
“As we can all see, this looks like a type of fungus, on both ends of which you’ll find mushroom heads,” she says with a straight face. “On this side, you can see what looks like a pair of lips. And on that side, there is a tiny hole which extends all the way back to this side. The object looks very shiny, and it feels really fleshy and meaty too.” The website Shanghaiist goes on to translate:
“I’ve done my own research on the internet,” says the afore-mentioned villager. “It’s a type of lingzhi mushroom, called the taisui.”
Without skipping a beat, reporter Ye chimes in with her own research, saying this type of lingzhi is generally found in the Shaanxi region deep underground and is hence rarely seen. “When the Emperor Qin Shi Huang was on the hunt for the secret to longevity,” she elucidates, “it is said he discovered this lingzhi was the answer.”
Needless to say, some viewers knew exactly what it was: a double-headed ************ toy with an artificial ****** on one side and an artificial anus on the other. How it got that far into the ground for the locals to find was never explained, but the “Mystery Mushroom Found in China” video went viral on the Internet when it was posted back in 2012. It’s recently popped up again, with some websites claiming it’s a current new story, but it’s not. Nevertheless, it’s still funny and worth retelling.
According to Shanghaiist, the embarrassed TV show issued an apology on its Sina Weibo profile the next day. Here it is with the translation they offered.
An open letter to all netizens and viewers: Hi everyone, one of our news reports which aired last night has made everyone laugh. This incident has been widely followed, shared and commented on. As our reporter was still very young and unwise to the ways of the world, this report has brought great inconvenience to everyone. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for your criticism and correction. Please forgive our oversight!
致广大网友及观众的公开信：各位亲！昨晚我们的一条新闻让大家见笑了。这件事引发了大家的广泛关注、转发和评论。由于我们的记者还很年轻，不谙世事，在这条新闻中给大家带来了不适和误导！在此，我们衷心的感谢各位网友对我们节目的批评和指正。亲们，请原谅我们的一次疏忽吧
http://firsttoknow.com/mystery-mush...ns-out-to-be-sex-toy/?utm_source=facebookpage
*LOL...watch the video (cc)*
