In N. Korea, Eccentricity Well Off the Scale

WP ^ | 02/29/08 | Blaine Harden

[TigerLikesRooster]

N. Korean traffic cop

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[NCBraveheart]

Just imagine the giant statue of OUR Dear Leader...Obama

[sam_paine]

Wow. She’s so hot she melted the ice around her.

[OB1kNOb]

NOT GUILTY !

[dfwgator]

And today Albania is a staunch ally of the US. So if they can emerge from a nut like Hoxha, there is hope for North Korea once the Kim Il Sung dynasty finally goes to the ash-heap of history.

[DManA]

How could they write and article like this and not include this astonishing creation?

http://theshapeofdays.com/2004/09/07/the-ryugyong-hotel.html

An 105 story shell of a hotel they’ve just abandoned.

[NCC-1701]

"..."They are the faces of the road, and they are chosen for their beauty and their height," a minder explained. "They cheer us up and clarify our minds."..."



I can see that.

[gracesdad]

Well, N. Korea has done one thing right.

[reagan_fanatic]

Wow. I wouldn’t mind it if she minded me.

[ASA Vet]

In N. Korea, Eccentricity Electricity Well Off the Scale.

[NCC-1701]

She’s not your type. }:-)

[MindBender26]

A few years ago, there was a State Library in Pyongyang. It had 100,000 books.

All but 6 were about the “Kims.”

[dfwgator]

"Come and keep your comrade warm..."

[NCC-1701]

I bet it’s minus 10°F in that picture. But, like the good commie she is, she will stand her post and guide what few cars there are in NK on their way to misery and oppression.

You want to bet she’s not there, now that the New York Symphony is gone? She’s probably hacking down some tree for warmth. She was meerly eye candy for the visitors.

[MindBender26]

I understand most of the lights emanating from Seoul and other areas of ROK, but what are the ones from east of the Sea of Japan coastline?

Oil rigs or map displacement error?

P.S. Long time no FReep!

Be well

[ASA Vet]

Fishing boats

[MindBender26]

Wouldn’t take much C4 on a lower floor to drop that sucker.

4 guys with backpacks could do it easily

[MindBender26]

Ah ha!

Tnx.

[MindBender26]

PS, Looked at the “Way to Amarillo” vid on your link. Loved it. Spent 2 years in Amarillo.... it’s a little less pleasant than the country shown in the vid!