Screw the chopsticks, it’s all about yurts, baby!

by Robert Koehler on July 3, 2006

If Koreans have their chopsticks to thank for their success in the biotech industry, Mongolians have their ger (yurt) to thank for their success in adjusting to American schools.

And remember, Chingis Khan was the Adam Smith of his day.

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1 R. Elgin July 3, 2006 at 10:58 pm

Those modern yurts we call “mobile homes” never did too much for the southern white trash I saw as a child though, Robert. Perhaps it was the painted, white tire planters that subverted the nomadic totem.

2 dda July 4, 2006 at 8:11 pm

“Jenghis”?!? “Tamerlane”?!?

They sure need to brush up on their spellings…

Also, you think Second Secretary Sukhbaatar Altantsetseg still lives in a tent? :D

3 brian July 4, 2006 at 8:34 pm

Wow, Robert Koehler, where did learn all that from? From your Mongolian wife, perhaps?

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