The Marmot’s Hole

9 Comments

1. a-letheia
   Posted February 10, 2007 at 2:02 pm | Permalink

   I thought those gangsters owned them? They do in my neighborhood in Seoul.

2. Sperwer
   Posted February 10, 2007 at 2:09 pm | Permalink

   :))

   I ran into one of these signs at The Jeju Shilla 12 years ago and ended up being denied entrance to the Hotel sauna because I might frighten people by my “similarity to a yakuza”.

   That has only been topped by the guy on Sejongno who wanted my autograph because I was “that famous American boxer.” When I asked which one he meant, he said “Marvin Hagler”.

   It must be the blue eyes.

3. seouldout
   Posted February 10, 2007 at 2:27 pm | Permalink

   Yeah, it used to be any tattoo would get you the boot. Pretty liberal times nowadays at the bathhouse. Except for foreign workers in Ansan (wasn’t it?).

   Lucky for me they don’t ban anyone who has recently undergone the cupping treatment done by Oriental doctors. Frightening looking circles cover my torso. My scuba instructor in Cebu thought I had AIDS.

4. SomeguyinKorea
   Posted February 10, 2007 at 4:20 pm | Permalink

   Actually, they could get sued by those who have tattoos for infringing on their rights.

5. Brendon Carr
   Posted February 11, 2007 at 1:36 pm | Permalink

   It seems like the police in Pusan are very active as enforcers of public morality — bathers with too many tattoos, wife-swappers, and English teachers overstepping the bounds of their visa status by staging plays of sniggering crudity. How are they on crime?

6. railwaycharm
   Posted February 11, 2007 at 3:46 pm | Permalink

   B.C., They are organized.

7. R. Elgin
   Posted February 12, 2007 at 12:06 am | Permalink

   I believe railway has used a double entendre there and rightfully so.

8. Sonagi
   Posted February 12, 2007 at 12:52 am | Permalink

   @Brendon:

   :)

9. railwaycharm
   Posted February 12, 2007 at 10:53 am | Permalink

   R. Elgin,

   I am a big fan of irony; I chose the correct adopted county to revel in it.