I guess Yao haters would really like to be in company with Adolf Hitler.  For Hitler, hate is the very source of strength that keeps him aggressive. For some people, hatred just comes naturally and easily. And a lot of Chinese fans even use Hitler's theory of "racial supremacy". They say Yao is not playing physical and moving too slow and stuff. These haters say the blacks are the best athlets and Yao is soft and always gets bullied on the court....

Hoopchina is a junk yard home for Yaohaters. They worship Tracy Mclady and they constantly bash Yao even he gets 30 points and 17 rebounds. They would say he is just filling up the stats sheets and no use at all. Well I just hope somebody high up there in heaven prepares a special place for these Yaohaters.

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“She was in Los Angeles and I was in Albuquerque…And she broke down in tears. And I played my part and she played her part. She phoned it in.”

- Actor Tommy Lee Jones jokes about doing a scene over the phone in In the Valley of Elah. (Entertainment Weekly)

to give a poor performance; not to try very hard

Phoning it in means pretty much the same thing only it usually has to do with a performance that has no energy. It comes from the idea that a really lazy actor or singer might try to deliver a performance over the phone rather than actually coming in to work.

People use phoning it in a lot when they’re talking about concerts and movies. It can also be used to talk about other types of performances, like you’re performance at work. If you knew you were going to quit your job for months before you did, and you stopped trying very hard, you could say you were phoning it in near the end.

Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon did a scene where they are talking on the phone in In the Valley of Elah. He explains that he and Sarandon were actually on the phone and in different cities when the scene was shot. He makes a joke that Sarandon phoned it in because she literally gave her performance over the phone.

Normally, to say someone phoned it in is a mean thing to say. But Jones is only kidding. He actually thinks Sarandon did a very good job. It just happens that she did it over the phone!

“They’re not playing well at all. This team just doesn’t care. They’re totally phoning it in.”

“The show was OK. The singer was kind of phoning it in though. He seemed distracted.”

A few people guessed the correct meaning of phone it in, but nad1a had the best guess because she knew that Jones was making a joke.

I was shocked by the video clip about CCTV 5 sports commentator Zhang Bin's wife. This woman, supposedly lost her job or something got to the stage and grabbed the mike... There you go, the sad story of a woman being cheated by the husband.  I didn't watch it live but man, that is gross... Privacy is so fragile in front of the media. Anything can be blown out of proportions on TV. I understand there must be something wrong with their marriage life. But who doesn't have a problem with their marriage in this day and age? Do we need to publicize it to make people know how much you are suffering from this stifling lifeless marriage?

Zhang Bin, according to his wife, is leading a double life. Many men do that nowadays I guess. Marriage as an institution has never been this fragile in Chinese history. I guess for a lot of people marriage is not a responsibility anymore. It is just a motel of somekind. You know when you get tired and such, you go back to the motel and have a cup of tea and grab something good to eat .At night you have a bedfellow. That is all. And women are doing that too. Many become mere golddiggers or money grabbers. They dont care about family or marriage. They need a place to feel good about themselves.

CCTV 5 is going to play a big role in the coming olympics. I am sure none of this marriage blah blah will appear on the TV screen anymore. But I just hate these wound-licking things .... when you see too much of these, you become insensitive ....