Posted on 05/01/2010 2:24:50 PM PDT by AZLiberty
A comedy show on North Korean TV has the distinction of being one of the longest-running in the world, although there's very little that's actually funny in it.
Following are some jokes from North Korean defectors compiled by Radio Free Asia, a US-government affiliated broadcaster for the region:
- An Englishman, a Frenchman, and a North Korean are having a chat. The Englishman says: "I feel happiest when I'm at home, my wool pants on, sitting in front of the fireplace."
The Frenchman, a ladies' man, says: "You English people are so conventional. I feel happiest when I go to a Mediterranean beach with a beautiful blonde-haired woman, and we do what we've got to do on the way back."
The North Korean man says: "In the middle of the night, the secret police knock on the door, shouting: Kang Sung-Mee, you're under arrest! And I say, Kang Sung-Mee doesn't live here, but right next door! That's when we're happiest!"
- Chang Man Yong works on a collective farm in North Korea. He goes fishing, gets lucky, and brings a fish home. Happy about his catch, he tells his wife: "Look what I've got. Shall we eat fried fish today?"
The wife says: "We've got no cooking oil!"
"Shall we stew it, then?"
"We've got no pot!"
"Shall we grill it?"
"We've got no firewood!"
Chang Man Yong gets angry, goes back to the river, and throws the fish back into the water.
The fish, happy to have had such a narrow escape, sticks its head out of the water and cheerfully yells: "Long live General Kim Jong Il!"
- Two men are talking on a Pyongyang subway train:
"How are you, comrade?"
"Fine, how are you doing?"
"Comrade, by any chance, do you work for the Central Committee of the Workers' Party?"
"No, I don't."
"Have you worked for the Central Committee before?"
"No, I haven't."
"Then, are any of your family members working for the Central Committee?"
"Nope."
"Then, get away from me! You're standing on my foot!"
- Kim Jong Il and Vladimir Putin are having a summit meeting in Moscow. During a break, they're bored, and they decide to take a bet to see whose bodyguards are more loyal.
Putin is on the 20th floor and calls on his bodyguard Ivan, opens the window, and says: "Ivan, jump!"
Sobbing, Ivan says: "Mr. President, how can you ask me to do that? I have a wife and child waiting for me at home"
Putin sheds a tear himself, apologises to Ivan, and sends him away.
Next, it's Kim Jong Il's turn. He calls his bodyguard Lee Myung Man and yells: "Lee Myung Man, jump!"
Not hesitating for a split second, Lee Myung Man is just about to jump out the window.
Putin grabs Lee Myung Man to prevent him from jumping and says: "Are you out of your mind? If you jump out this window, you'll die! This is the 20th floor!"
Nevertheless, Lee Myung Man is still struggling, trying to escape Putin's embrace and jump out the window: "Mr. Putin, please let me go! I have a wife and child at home!"
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- At High School No. 1 in Pyongyang, a girl brags to her teacher about the cat she's got at home: "Our cat has just given birth to seven kittens. All of them just stick close to their mother, they feel really comfortable, and sleep all the time. They're all true communists."
A few days later, the teacher asks the girl: "Are the communist kittens at home growing up nicely?"
The girl says: "Comrade teacher, big trouble! They've all opened their eyes, and they've all renounced communism!"
- Chinese, Russian, Japanese, American, and North Korean police officers gather and decide to assess their investigative capacity.
Under the watchful eye of their supervisors, each team gets a mouse, then lets it loose, and the mouse runs up a big mountain.
The winning team is the one that manages to catch and bring back the mouse in the shortest time.
The Chinese police employ human wave tactics, combing every square inch on the mountain in their thousands.
They capture and return the mouse after only one day's search.
The Japanese policemen use a smell detector, and after only half a day, they detect the mouse hole, search it, catch the mouse and bring it back.
The Russian cops send a robot equipped with a heat-seeking device up the mountain.
The robot locates all the mammals on the mountain and after only three hours the Russians capture and bring back the mouse.
The only ones left now are the American and North Korean police officers.
The Americans use a satellite signal device to locate the mouse, and then send in a mechanical gadget that looks like a snake gliding up the mountain.
The gadget gets into the mouse hole, catches the mouse and brings it back after only one hour.
The North Koreans are last.
Although the supervisors are watching, none of them makes a move, there is no brainstorming, and no one comes up with a plan of action, nothing at all.
After only about 10 minutes, a few North Korean police officers show up dragging a dog before the supervisors, saying they've found the mouse.
All the supervisors are puzzled: "What are you doing? It is not a dog you were supposed to catch! Weren't you supposed to catch a mouse?"
Instead of answering, the North Korean cops drag the dog through the dirt and repeatedly kick it in the ribs.
The sobbing dog suddenly starts to talk: "Stop, stop, please stop! Yes, I confess, I'm a mouse! I'm a mouse, please concede that I'm a mouse, or else they're going to kill me!"
A target.
bttt
great jokes
bump
Actually, I did translate and post them here at FR a few years ago.
Some Freeper did not get the Putin joke at the time.:-)
I enjoyed the jokes.
Yeah, gee, wonder what that's like.
I like Putin joke ROFL
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971284/posts?page=8
/begin my excerpt
Story No.4 (What is happiness in life?)
British, French, and a N. Korean were having chats.
British: "I am the happiest man when wearing woolen pants and sitting before a fireplace at winter night."
French: "You British are so lame. I am the happiest man when spending vacation at the Mediterranean with a beautiful blonde and parting our ways upon our return."
N. Korean: "Somebody knocked at the door in the middle of night. I opened it, and they said, "Kang Sung-mi, you are under arrest!" However, Kang Sung-mi is actually my neighbor. That was our happiest moment!"
/end my excerpt
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970749/posts
Story No. 5
Kim Jong-il and Putin were having a meeting in Moscow. During the break, they made a bet on whose bodyguard is more loyal, just to kill time.
Putin called up his bodyguard Ivan. He opened a window(they were on 20th floor) and said, "Ivan! Jump out of this window!" Ivan was in tears, and said, "Mr. President, how could you do this to me? I have a wife and children." Putin was also in tears, apologized to him, and let him go.
Then Kim Jong-il called his bodyguard Lee Myung-man, and said, "Lee Myung-man, jump off from here!" Lee Myung-man was about to jump off without hesitation. Putin grabbed him and tried to stop him. He said, "Are you crazy? If you jump out of here, you will be dead!" Lee Myung-man was kicking and screaming, trying to jump off. He said, "Please let me go. I have a wife and children!"
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Good stuff here.
A: There is a new power plant in Hamheung-si.
B: No, I'm just coming back from there, but I didn't see a power plant.
A: And there is a new chemical factory in Kimjeongsuk-gun.
B: I was there a week ago but I didn't see any factory...
A: Comrade! Stop running around and read the newspaper once in a while.
The representatives from Zimbabwe visited North Korea, and asked for North Korean experts to build a Department of Navy. The North Korean officials were befuddled, and asked: “Why would you need a navy? Your country is landlocked!”
Zimbabwean representative replied: “What do you mean why? Then why does your country have a Department of Culture?”
Looking at a painting of Adam and Eve holding an apple in an art gallery, an Englishman said: “They are English, because the man shares delicious food with a woman.”
A Frenchman said: “They are French, because they are walking in the nude.”
A North Korean said: “They are North Korean. They have no clothes and little food, but they think they are in heaven.”
http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2010/01/ask-korean-news-north-korean-jokes.html
Sad, actually. The jokes are good, and I am glad they at least have their senses of humor left. But not having freedom is damn sad.
Sounds like our MSM doesn't it?
No not really.
If it was our MSM, the nuke plant would be melting down to the core of the earth while spewing high level nuclear waste into the water supply, and the chemical factory would be poisoning the environment while being an oppressive tool for "big Pharma".
- Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin are having a summit meeting in Moscow. During a break, they’re bored, and they decide to take a bet to see whose bodyguards are more loyal.
Putin is on the 20th floor and calls on his bodyguard Ivan, opens the window, and says: “Ivan, jump!”
Sobbing, Ivan says: “Mr. President, how can you ask me to do that? I have a wife and child waiting for me at home”
Putin sheds a tear himself, apologises to Ivan, and sends him away.
Next, it’s Obama’s turn. He calls his bodyguard Mike Jones and yells: “Mike Jones, jump!”
Not hesitating for a split second, Mike Jones is just about to jump out the window.
Putin grabs Mike Jones to prevent him from jumping and says: “Are you out of your mind? If you jump out this window, you’ll die! This is the 20th floor!”
Nevertheless, Mike Jones is still struggling, trying to escape Putin’s embrace and jump out the window: “Mr. Putin, please let me go! I have a wife and child at home!”
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