Tsao explains, "We were a bunch of kids who'd come together in the military from different backgrounds, and we'd joke around to let off steam. They'd call me 'savage' and 'mountain man,' and I'd call them 'old man Shandong' and 'my buddy from Jiangxi.' It was all in fun on all sides, though."
曹明生解釋：「一群來自天南地北的軍中年輕小伙子開玩笑抒解壓力，有人叫我『番仔』、『山地人』，我也叫過人家『大山東』、『江西老表』，但都不是出於惡意。」