Comments on: Now THAT’S a Stupid Foreigner Trick

By: Info on Kaesong Tour « Yeolchae

Info on Kaesong Tour « Yeolchae — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:13:22 +0000

[...] Security: The North Korean military are now taking a softly softly approach after what happened at Geumgangsan and mostly just look on from a distance. At each site the South Korean tour guides form a perimeter as the tour buses arrive and ensure that nobody wanders off in the wrong direction. The North Korean guides within the groups don’t seem to be armed and i didn’t see the military personel holding guns (they were just mostly in hostlers or thrown over their shoulders). I felt very comfortable at all times but its still not a good idea to try anything like this there. [...]

By: cmm

cmm — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:53:53 +0000

hamel, I think I saw a pic of that guy over at koreabeat.com.

By: keith

keith — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:27:26 +0000

I cook good food and have great teeth. Regarding ’sexual peccadilloes’ that’s not something I’m familiar with as I’m certainly not a tory.

By: hamel

hamel — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:22:29 +0000

Does anyone have a link to the footage of last week’s Armed Forces Day parade in Teheran-ro? Apparently there was a naked local there who jumped out in front of a military vehicle, carrying a fake/toy gun of some kind. Links, PLEASE?

By: kerplunk

kerplunk — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:31:40 +0000

Something has to I guess, for the food, sexual peccadilloes and dental services wouldn’t.

By: keith

keith — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:09:00 +0000

Hilarious! Makes me proud to be a Briton!

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:04:59 +0000

Well, that said, it seems most people — the linked newspaper article not included — took the spate of foreign jackasses running out onto baseball fields this summer with a sense of humor:

http://koreabeat.com/?p=1008

Of course, the situation might be different if somebody streaked Cheong Wa Dae.

By: ScottF

ScottF — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:49:52 +0000

BumfromKorea – On the scale this is closer to the Lincoln Memorial than a college prank at a tourist trap. The Japanese Emperor lives inside the palace and even though Japanese no longer believe he is a deity this is probably the same as someone streaking the Capital Building in D.C. A lot of us would laugh but many would be upset.

As for Marmot’s comment on when a prank like this would show up in Korea I feel that the Koreans have a lower tolerance for stupid foreigner tricks as they do in Japan. One is more likely to get their ass beat down even if they do what some of our morons consider their birthright (standing on taxi cabs, grabbing your girlfriends or some random woman’s ass on the subway, etc, etc). This potential ass beating quotient that resides out here keeps the stupidity down.

By: oranckay

oranckay — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:21:13 +0000

Video still up here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....&NR=1

I’m doubting the morning talk shows in Korea would find something similar similarly humourous.

By: hardyandtiny

hardyandtiny — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:06:52 +0000

he duh foreigner