Line up! Line up! Line up for Civilisation!

[highlyeccentric]

"it is civilised to queue, it's glorious to be polite", according to the Chinese. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6351667.stm

Melanie says when she was in Beijing recently, the locals could be seen in the parks, practicing queueing. Not lining up *for* anything, per se. Just lining up.

oh wow. According to this article (http://standinaqueue.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/beijing-china/), other slogans in favour of queues include:

“Voluntarily wait in line, be polite and put other people first.”

“I care about and participate in the Olympics and set an example by queuing.”

and finally

“I am a member of the queue.”