Seoul’s Gangdong Police Station booked without detention a 58-year-old moving company employee, identified by his family name of Mun, on charges of assaulting another passenger on a subway for expressing displeasure after Mun farted in front of him.
Mun was taking taking the Line No. 5 subway heading toward Cheonho Station on Tuesday morning when the buildup of gas in his large intestine forced him to rather unceremoniously break wind — loudly. This prompted the 25-year-old passenger who was sitting in front of him, identified by his family name of Seo, to leave his seat while expressing displeasure. Unable to let the little punk humiliate him for so natural a bodily function, Mun went right after Seo, kicking him and biting his little finger.
Mun pleaded with the police for leniency, explaining, “It’s an unavoidable physiology phenomenon for humans, so was it necessary [for Seo] to rebuke me like that?”
The victim was less than sympathetic. “There were other people sitting there, so did he have to stand in front of them and resolve his physiology phenomenon in such an obnoxious way?” Demanding punishment, Seo said, “He even beat me after farting in an airtight public place.”
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I’d fart on him too! If Mr Seo is so upset about his flactuous friend, perhaps he ought to invest in a car. That is what a subway is, a tightly packed train that has minimal seating at best-those that do get to sit as they travel are putting their noses in harms way by being at about the same level as the butts of all those whose unfortune it is to have to stand. The physical attack on Mun’s part was uncalled for but Seo deserved to be followed and farted on again for the comments.
I like the headline: “Subway Farter Attacks Fleeing Man”
I guess this helps us clarify the Korean definition of assault…
I guess it’s funny because it’s a Korean on Korean incident that was reported, and not a Korean on a USFK personnel.
Hmmm, kimch’i breath in the morning ain’t too hot either. I remember a salaryman burping next to me on the metro, and the garlic/kimch’i fragrance was, er, pervasive, and before my second coffee, that was a bit too much.
However, I didn’t move ? seats on line #6 were/are priceless in the morning ? but kept staring at the garlic-eating Neanderthal. After a while he left… Brie breath 1 - Kimch’i breath 0 mwahahahaha
Look at it this way, what if kimchi eating “neanderthals” with bad morning breaths also reek out body odour? i took the train today, and I almost suffocated in this heat wave and the packed crowd in the subway platforms. Either people don’t wash everyday, or they stink like sheep meat when they sweat.
Save face.
I just love the expression ‘resolve (one’s) physiology phenomenon’ - I plan on using it today (that is, if I have to).
Nose picking, gum popping, and farting. Common behavior in the subway cars — which is more offensive?
Pshaw–that’s nothing. I’ve seen people spit and vomit in subway cars in Seoul, and once went to sit down, only to barely escape sitting on a turd somebody left (forgot to take off the train with them, maybe).
Maybe it was her dog that left the turd?
There’s a Korean proverb for this:
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By the way, orankay, that’s a classy gravatar. Can I use “bang kwe gwen no mi seong naek da” without getting my head stopped in?
Story of the year?
Kimbob, I think it’s probably more that Koreans “stink like sheep meat” when they sweat rather than not washing, because most Koreans don’t wear deodarant. At the moment in Korea it’s viewed as novelty, only available in summer, and waaaay overpriced.
Sorry if everyone knows this already…