Man swims across Yangtze to escape chatty wife – China News

www.shanghaidaily.com — A MAN jumped off a ship on Tuesday night and swam across the Yangtze River during a torrential downpour in Chongqing Municipality to escape his garrulous wife, Chongqing Evening News reported today.

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Ryan 2 years 26 weeks ago

Haven't we all been there.

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