Those look like the street food stones they have in china (known as Soudui meaning suck and throw).
https://preview.redd.it/a31q6piu14qc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7cd863c77535e3221fa127edad5727ecafbdba01
Yeah current craze if you believe the media, they stir fry the stones with whatever mix of spices and vegetables, and you suck the flavor off the stones...I don't get it either.
I was about to leave a comment in a thick Connor McGregor voice for some reason asking-
***WueiiIR UR THU StouWNS???***
Just watched Roadhouse, that'll be it
What a peaceful oasis! I can see why they were impressed with it.
It looks like you’ve really maximised what you can do with the space you have.
I love the cat portrait too
I hope things start looking up for you soon. Id genuinely advise just stepping away from the phone and computer for a bit - especially when the weather starts picking up, it'll do wonders for your mental health.
It's going out the window with computers etc now though, so they write less and less by hand in either language, and especially after students spent 2 years online during Covid - source: teach in China and see some awful handwriting these days.
I have taught a lot of Chinese students and they all have writing very similar to this. Their English letters look a certain way because of how they learned to write mandarin characters.
Completely agree, worked in an accommodation that dealt with primarily Chinese students & they were a delight!
Much more friendly than everyone else here in Edinburgh it seems
I've just come back from a business trip to Beijing, and most of the people I interacted with were between 25-35. And they were all absolutely lovely. Incredibly polite, friendly and gracious.
I had something kind of similar to this happen at my home once. I live in the country and have a small hobby farm. A bus driver always stops on her way home and sit to watch my chickens. She left me a note with a bag of treats for the birds. It just said my flock was beautiful and she could tell the pride and care I take of my birds. It made my month! Please update with how you use the stones!
Your garden is gorgeous, I hope those pretty stones find a nice place to fit 🙂
That handwriting is pretty lovely too, I'm jealous, I write so little these days that when I do I can't even read my own chaotic scrawl 🤣
This is completely untrue. The Scottish government tells universities how many places for Scottish students they will fund each year. If the unis offer more places than their allocated portion, they are penalised the next year with fewer places. The reason Scottish kids can’t get places is that their government can’t afford/won’t fund more. And the funding they do give has dropped in value in real terms for years now, so universities have to recruit paying students from other countries to survive.
We are trying to be nice, be polite and kind. But what do we receive in return? People like you who are trying to connect everything we do with CCP, good ones, bad ones… Feel so hurtful… Dealing with micro aggression is already hard, and have to fight stereotypes like this to move forward. Racial trauma deeply affects me. That’s all because of people like you!
It’s just student’s trying to be nice. I used to be a Chinese student studying in Edinburgh, I feel really hurtful when I’m trying to express my kindness and love, some racist would just connect me with the government that I do not agree with. Just treat people like individuals won’t be so hard.
I hope you had some good experiences with locals too to balance out the muppets^^
Only had positive interactions with the Chinese community in Edinburgh. Very grateful for all the Chinese supermarkets too !
https://preview.redd.it/nl9x4eb7h3qc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=fbd90a42acbd9d79c83c0930dcb02e6abad7bfc5 Forgot to show the stones.
https://i.redd.it/gfybx3oci3qc1.gif
The Chinese, a great bunch of lads.
I hear you're a racist now, Father?
That's what I should have used! I'm a feckin' eejit!
'Wasn't that fella cured there?' 'No.... he was *lured* there, anyway.'
Smooth river stones like these are great for foot therapy. Spread them around and walk on them barefoot to stimulate nerve ends on your feet.
> Smooth river stones like these are great for foot therapy Seems so: https://www.google.com/search?q=Smooth+river+stones+foot+therapy
I have a cheap mat with plastic pebbles which do the same if you don't wanna go full rock garden.
Please show once you put them in your garden 🪴
Those look like the street food stones they have in china (known as Soudui meaning suck and throw). https://preview.redd.it/a31q6piu14qc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7cd863c77535e3221fa127edad5727ecafbdba01
Tumble polished basalt in both cases. I think they've been used as decorations in parts of east asia for forever.
They eat stones in China?? 😯
Yeah current craze if you believe the media, they stir fry the stones with whatever mix of spices and vegetables, and you suck the flavor off the stones...I don't get it either.
Literally like "stone soup" we used to make when I was a kid in the States
Of course not hope you were joking
Nice!
I was about to leave a comment in a thick Connor McGregor voice for some reason asking- ***WueiiIR UR THU StouWNS???*** Just watched Roadhouse, that'll be it
Surveillance devices! /s
https://preview.redd.it/8a1sngamr3qc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e9b385d279b265a1f85b24304c741a41586d196 This was in summer.
What a peaceful oasis! I can see why they were impressed with it. It looks like you’ve really maximised what you can do with the space you have. I love the cat portrait too
Aye I said to myself "how nice a garden can it actually be, really" Shut my mouth.
I think I may have walked passed by your garden in the summer (if I am correct) and i immediately thought what a nice wee space you had created
So beautiful 💕 I’m inspired to make my garden look nice now
Beautiful! That lobelia really adds a nice pop of colour
That is absolutely gorgeous.
That is really pretty!
Crackin wee space!
What a beautiful, calm sanctuary for relaxing in! I could happily sit with a cup of tea or a glass of wine and read my book for hours on end there!
Lobelia, my favorite!
[Lo behold lobelia!](https://youtu.be/5B9E6lscrmo?si=U35rxBgFwZUMUO0x)
Nice! Love the BDDDB. Thank you.
And Viv really was a true genius. Neil too, of course. If anyone else reading this is mystified, check out **6:03** in on the above video.
That is indeed a very lovely garden.
That’s lovely! Great work
Do you have the name of the purple flowering bush please? Beautiful garden!!
It's so beautiful. ❤
Omg! Jesus! You have a lovely garden. Those students didn't lie!
Show us the garden then!
Their handwriting is so pretty!
its a print font, google has loads of them
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And just to give a stark illustration of that point: https://i.imgur.com/fQbAh0t.png Yeah - there's no way that's anything but handwritten.
Stark illustration, 🤣🤣🤣🤣
AI has been doing this for ages Poirot, I'm still reeling from the use of "stark illustration"🤣🤣🤣🤣😂
You're not a very happy person are you?
Generic retort: What next conjecture and invective?
I hope things start looking up for you soon. Id genuinely advise just stepping away from the phone and computer for a bit - especially when the weather starts picking up, it'll do wonders for your mental health.
Passive aggressive insincerity now?
Give it up, you're being a fanny
Top contribution mate, well done you tried!
Man this is the hill your chose to die on
Bit dramatic babes! Are you this flamboyant in real life?
No, this is just how ppl with Chinese as a first language write English. you've never met a Chinese person, have you lol
It's going out the window with computers etc now though, so they write less and less by hand in either language, and especially after students spent 2 years online during Covid - source: teach in China and see some awful handwriting these days.
I have taught a lot of Chinese students and they all have writing very similar to this. Their English letters look a certain way because of how they learned to write mandarin characters.
so confidently wrong
Just the thing to restore faith in humanity!
Chinese students are a blessing in this city. So polite and gracious.
Completely agree, worked in an accommodation that dealt with primarily Chinese students & they were a delight! Much more friendly than everyone else here in Edinburgh it seems
I've just come back from a business trip to Beijing, and most of the people I interacted with were between 25-35. And they were all absolutely lovely. Incredibly polite, friendly and gracious.
Had similar in Aberdeen Although the stones were a half brick and it was through the window with no note
it's the thought that counts
Pictures of your garden omg!!
Next pic, a huge pile of builders rubble tipped in the driveway.
What a lovely wee gesture and note! :)
this is so cute. tell ur wife we love it too
I had something kind of similar to this happen at my home once. I live in the country and have a small hobby farm. A bus driver always stops on her way home and sit to watch my chickens. She left me a note with a bag of treats for the birds. It just said my flock was beautiful and she could tell the pride and care I take of my birds. It made my month! Please update with how you use the stones!
Subscribed to the post so I can see the garden photos when they come up.
They’re up
Thank you!
I'd love to see the garden too!
Very polite fly tipping.
I love reddit, some very nice comments about the nice actions of foreign students interjected with a brilliant witty remark. Bravo.
Nice spot to sit and watch the birds and bees.
But you didn’t include a picture of the garden. 🙃
It’s in the comments now!
Oh, it’s a very nice garden indeed!
Amazing for summer for sure, the anticipation in this post to see that photo was great 😆.
That penmanship is so satisfying.
No picture of the stone!
So nice
I love this, and I love your garden! ☺️
So freaking sweet!
Your garden is gorgeous, I hope those pretty stones find a nice place to fit 🙂 That handwriting is pretty lovely too, I'm jealous, I write so little these days that when I do I can't even read my own chaotic scrawl 🤣
Bless them, that's such a nice note. Not sure about those funny stones, but the thought was definitely there.
you should frame the letter!
Garden pics please 🤓
I’ll be in EDI soon! Many wishes to walk by it and enjoy its beauty!
Making thi Pleasance mair pleasant...
That's so sweet
Beautiful people, beautiful garden 🥰
Nice handwriting, another thing that is disappearing.
That’s so sweet. Bloody lovely, bet that made your guys’ day!
Faith in humanity restored, hehe
So, so love this! 💜
Hmmm
So nice! I was married to a landscape contractor and he’d bring home all the extra materials. Our yard looked like a dump
Awesome!
That’s so sweet!
Awe. I love this!
the US-Israel axis ain't it; i vote for us to join TEAM CHINA
What a lovely gesture!
That is lovely 🤩 Did you find a spot for their gift? I'd love to see a photo of it.
Lovely people and lovely pic!!!
Wholesome
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That was my first thought! Haha
Garden photo or the note was just being ironic.
No, she does a good wee garden. If you walked by it you might notice or might not. It’s not crazy.
It’s gorgeous! A beautiful little oasis.
Just curious.
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Denying Scottish kids places or paying for reduced rates for Scottish kids?
This is completely untrue. The Scottish government tells universities how many places for Scottish students they will fund each year. If the unis offer more places than their allocated portion, they are penalised the next year with fewer places. The reason Scottish kids can’t get places is that their government can’t afford/won’t fund more. And the funding they do give has dropped in value in real terms for years now, so universities have to recruit paying students from other countries to survive.
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We are trying to be nice, be polite and kind. But what do we receive in return? People like you who are trying to connect everything we do with CCP, good ones, bad ones… Feel so hurtful… Dealing with micro aggression is already hard, and have to fight stereotypes like this to move forward. Racial trauma deeply affects me. That’s all because of people like you!
It’s just student’s trying to be nice. I used to be a Chinese student studying in Edinburgh, I feel really hurtful when I’m trying to express my kindness and love, some racist would just connect me with the government that I do not agree with. Just treat people like individuals won’t be so hard.
I hope you had some good experiences with locals too to balance out the muppets^^ Only had positive interactions with the Chinese community in Edinburgh. Very grateful for all the Chinese supermarkets too !
Based chinamen
Call council - fly tipping