JI MAO SUAN PI BLOG RSS Once upon a time, in China (obviously), there were two neighboring families. One family slaughtered chickens for a living, and the other ran a restaurant...a very garlicky restaurant.The family who slaughtered chickens had to pluck the chicken feathers every morning and would leave their floors a mess. The family with the restaurant would peel garlic and leave the shavings all over their floors. This mess took place almost every day.Now, when the wind blows, sometimes the chicken feathers would fly over to the garlic side. And other times, the garlic peel would find itself being blown over to the chicken feather side. Both families would get upset and blamed the other party for the mess. Even though both are technically responsible.They brought this issue up to the magistrate who immediately dismissed the problem as soon as he read: chicken feathers and garlic peel.Ever since then, the Chinese would refer to trivial matters as "chicken feathers and garlic pee...