This dump brought to you by Andy Lau, Tuesday December 13, 2005 Hong Kong Options

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Coming from Taipei, and with a side trip to Hong Kong, Shanghaiist had sort of acclimated to the omnipresent nature of Andy Lau (刘德华). Between his dominance of the Taipei movie channels, his Baleno endorsements, his singing, film producing, and comic-book-and-radio-play starring, a day did not go by when we lacked the opportunity to reflect on the greatness of this man, this myth, this, this … Andy Lau.

Shanghai, with the exception of the recent Cyma watch campaign (no permalink, sorry) appeared to be a relatively Andy-Lau free zone. Until Shanghaiist made a trip to have a “small convenience,” to use the Chinese term, and inadvertently ran into our old friend.

Which was sort of a first for Shanghaiist. Our toilet came with a celebrity endorsement.

But upon further reflection, fellow HK auteur Kelly Chen (陈慧琳) recently graced (perhaps wallpapered would be a more accurate term) Huangpi Nan Lu and Zhongshan Gongyuan metro stops with her spray-toilet endorsements. We are unsure whether this represents a new trend in HK product endorsements, or a personal crusade for Ms. Chen and her fear of “places without toilets.” There are also issues of in-movie product placement to consider.

Nonetheless, Shanghaiist is simply happy to learn that any call of nature may become an opportunity to commune with Andy Lau. In a red-blooded, heterosexual male sort of way.

[× d0ggiel0ver]

funny, once a person gets famous, you can see him or her everywhere...

lol it look funny. You can hardly see Andy Lau, lol

[crazyrex05]

does this mean that andy lau's career is now in the dumps... j/k... wow i really couldn't have imagine andy's that famous and has his face everywhere

[litoxpat]

haha so i guess he wants acareer in the plumbing buisness? jk i guess its an odd way to have him advertised....what happens when he goes to the bathroom and sees himself hahaha...

[Frosties]

until tat level...i think its quite disrespectful 2 him...he done 2 much 2 b put inside a toilet..

[kawanii]

toilet..thats a new one..but honestly..who would care if they see a celebrity on the toilet..wouldnt they be busy doing something else..

[alc17]

ha what will they endorse next. wonder if andy knew what they were gonna do with his pictures.

[Guest_Guest_*]

Andy is really getting annoying these days no offense..he should be more humble

[Steve120]

Puh-lease, I work in Shanghai right now, I've seen Andy posters and promotions, what's the article talking about? Shanghai is not an Andy-free zone.....I would guess that most large Asian cities have a little bit of Andy in them, whether as a poster or...on a toilet seat.

[HappyDude]

lol i'd never want my face to be on a toilet. thats just too embarrassing. but hey, maybe he got paid like millions of dollars for allowing this.

[ConfusedLover]

lol, thats just hysterical. its like me looking at Yan Can Cook, every time i take a piss because his steam cooker box is right infront of me.