To Stay or Not To Stay

Since our/my company has asked us to extend our relocation to Shanghai, Bekah and I thought that we should put together a list of pros and cons to determine whether or not we should stay!

US - Spork/China - Chopstix = Advantage US - the spork is behind only the paperclip and the internet for greatest invention of all time!
US - Reunion Tower/China - Oriental Pearl Tower = Advantage China
US - Potatoes, Bread, Pasta, Cole-Slaw, Potato Salad, Okra, Corn, French Fries, Baked Beans, Green beans, salad, chips, onion rings, mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, sweet potatoes, mac-n-cheese and rice/China - Rice = Advantage US
US - Tiger Woods/China - KJ Choi = Advantage US (13 Majors to None)
US - Kleenex/China - Finger = Push (I prefer my index finger, I don't know where the Kleenex has been)
US - Diapers/China - Poo Poo Pants = Adv China
US - Grandparents have own home/China - Grandparents live with kids = HUGE Adv US
US - Buffalo Chicken Wings/China - Shanghai Chicken Feet = Adv US, unless the chicken feet are covered in Buffalo sauce, then Push
US -15-20% Customary Tip/China - NO Tip - Adv China
US - Restrooms/China - any alleyway, street corner, bush, curb, garbage can, bucket = Adv US for women, Adv China for men = Push
US - Driving/China - Driver = Push (my driver doesn't speak any English, so I can never go where I really want to go anyways)
US - Hot Dog/China - Sticky Buns = No one wins - it's mystery meat!!!
US - The wall that separates the Aviary from Hunters Landing/China - The Great Wall = Push the wall in Murphy helps to provide a buffer from the Youngs while the great wall stopped an invasion by the blood thirsty Mongols!
US - I dominate basketball/China - I still dominate basketball = Slight Adv China - Because I dominate more!
US - Baylor Football/China - Tingong University Football = Huge Adv China though they don't even have a football team!!!
US - Blockbuster (where you can rent movies for $4 a piece)/China - random street merchant on a bike (where you can own movies for $.50) = Adv China - Even though the movie may be in Russian or French and have to have the language setting changed to play
US - NASCAR/China - Taxis = Adv China - I get to experience it!
US - Michael Jordan/China - Yao Ming = Adv US
US - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner/China - Meal = Adv US
US - Weight Watchers/China - Diarrhea = Adv China - its quicker, but problematic if you refer to restrooms/various locale comparison mentioned above
US - Nesquick (Chocolate or Strawberry)/China - Milk Tea = Adv US - milk and tea should never mingle.
US - $3,000 Rolex, Tag, Breitling, Cartier, Omega/China - $30 Rolex, Tag, Breitling, Cartier, Omega = Adv China for now, but in a year when the watch breaks Adv US. I take that back Adv still China, because I can buy 100 of them!
US - Pajamas for sleeping/China - Pajamas all the time = Adv China
US - Pre-packaged meat products/China - bulk bin meat products = Adv US - refer to Kleenex/finger comparison above
US - Atlantic and Pacific Oceans/China - Pacific Ocean only = Adv US - (SUCK-IT China)
US - speak English/China - speak Engrish = Push - Engrish is funny (http://www.engrish.com/, thanks Drew)
US - Maid Service $35/hr./China - $2/hr. = Adv China
US - MTV/China - MTV Phillipines = Adv US
US - Clear Drinking Water from the tap/China - Tea colored drinking water from the tap = Push due to contributing weight loss redeeming quality of China tap water.
US - Pants' Fly closed/China - Pants' Fly open = Adv US - it may be cute with the Poo Poo pants, but not with grown men!

So in recapping the final score it was a close one, US = 12 and China = 11 - Looks like we are going to be home for Christmas.

By the way, our company has not asked us to extend our stay, but it makes for a better read.

Later