OT: North Korean Athletics

[elocomotive]

Top 3 North Korea Sports "Truths"

(3) Glorious dictator bowls a perfect 300
To be fair, Kim Jong Il does have a bowler's body. Low on the list because it lacks that real sensationalism. A 300 his first time bowling seems pedestrian compared to his golfing skills, no? I would have preferred something like 4 straight perfect games and 53 straight strikes until a lowly spare.

(2) Soccer Team Struck by Lightning
North Korean team manager Kwang Min Kim blamed last week's 2-0 loss to the U.S. in the women's World Cup because FIVE players from the team were struck by lightning during training a few weeks prior. No mention of this incident were made before the start of the tournament or at the time of the incident itself. That's the best excuse for a loss I've ever heard. If they had said the lightning strick happened during the 2-0 loss, that would have been ever better. But this was definitely one upping the alleged food poisoning the men's team suffered at the hands of the South Koreans a few years back.

(1) Kim Jong Woods
On his first ever trip to the golf course, Kim Jong Il shot 38-under par, including 5 hole-in-ones (on a 7,700-yard course no less). He didn't par any holes (only part of the story that is true), because he did no worse than birdie on any hole that day. That is an astounding feet considering most first timers wouldn't even par a single hole.

 

[mattola]

can you imagine if they ever hosted a major event. man the bribery lol

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Saw a documentary where the film crew had to basically lie about what they were filming in order to be allowed to video tape in North Korea. I don't know how much of it is fear and how much is the population is brainwashed, but these people are insane. They will do whatever this madman tells them to do, which is a scary thought.

 

[elocomotive]

Saw a documentary where the film crew had to basically lie about what they were filming in order to be allowed to video tape in North Korea. I don't know how much of it is fear and how much is the population is brainwashed, but these people are insane. They will do whatever this madman tells them to do, which is a scary thought.

You don't think most people believe it though, do you? Like the golf score, no chance anyone actually believes that. I ocassionally have heard the handicaps of a few of our Presidents in the single digits and have a hard time believing THAT! I think it's like when your boss tells a terrible joke, you just smile and nod.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

You don't think most people believe it though, do you? Like the golf score, no chance anyone actually believes that. I ocassionally have heard the handicaps of a few of our Presidents in the single digits and have a hard time believing THAT! I think it's like when your boss tells a terrible joke, you just smile and nod.

Except in this case, the boss has biological and chemical weapons and controls your ability to eat drink and well....live.....

North Korea is a giant laughing stock. The unfortunate thing is that it actually does exist and is no joke to the oppressed people who fear murder, disease and starvation that actually have to live there.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Considering the fact that the people of North Korea are starving it's amazing they have any atheletes whatsoever.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

It really does fascinate me that a country like North Korea can still exist in this day and age. In the demilitarized zone, there is a door that connects the two countries that is only opened when it is something serious, and when it is opened roughly 15 South Koreans have to hold on to the guy that opens the door in case they get pulled accross the border. Insane.

 

[blindbaby]

Clinton used to cheat at golf (among many other things), too.

 

[puckhead]

North Korea is really good at celebrating "earth hour"

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

All I am saying is we fail to recognize the fact that almost 25 million real live human beings, just like you and I actually have to live in that totalitarian hell hole. Unfortunately, it is just one of many. It makes you really stop and think about the bitching and moaning that we do about our lives.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

You don't think most people believe it though, do you? Like the golf score, no chance anyone actually believes that. I ocassionally have heard the handicaps of a few of our Presidents in the single digits and have a hard time believing THAT! I think it's like when your boss tells a terrible joke, you just smile and nod.

I don't know...starvation can do funny things to people.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

All I am saying is we fail to recognize the fact that almost 25 million real live human beings, just like you and I actually have to live in that totalitarian hell hole. Unfortunately, it is just one of many. It makes you really stop and think about the bitching and moaning that we do about our lives.

People in African nations are starving as well. We've done all kinds of things to help them in terms of donations. The one thing people don't seem to understand is you can't grow shit in the desert.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

People in African nations are starving as well. We've done all kinds of things to help them in terms of donations. The one thing people don't seem to understand is you can't grow shit in the desert.

Most of Africa is not desert. Plus, you can grow palm and casava.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Most of Africa is not desert. Plus, you can grow palm and casava.

Then why did we bother with the feed the world & we are the world stuff? We continue to do all we can for many of those countries. Yet they're still struggling to survive.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Then why did we bother with the feed the world & we are the world stuff? We continue to do all we can for many of those countries. Yet they're still struggling to survive.

Why??

Because we can. In many cases it has worked as well. Take a look at Ghana or Rwanda. A decade ago they were war torn horrific places, Now they re back on their feet.

Why does it not worK??

A lot of times it has to do with the governments of those countries not giving the aid where it is needed.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Why??

Because we can. In many cases it has worked as well. Take a look at Ghana or Rwanda. A decade ago they were war torn horrific places, Now they re back on their feet.

Why does it not worK??

A lot of times it has to do with the governments of those countries not giving the aid where it is needed.

The government lives it up in every country. My only problem with foreign aid is we should take care of our own people first & we don't.

 

[makeshiftb0y]

It really does fascinate me that a country like North Korea can still exist in this day and age. In the demilitarized zone, there is a door that connects the two countries that is only opened when it is something serious, and when it is opened roughly 15 South Koreans have to hold on to the guy that opens the door in case they get pulled accross the border. Insane.

I don't know about the door thing, but the DMZ is a pretty interesting and tense place. I stood in a building of which half lies in South Korea and half in North Korea. I got a picture, while standing on the North Korean side, of a North Korean soldier taking pictures of tourists in South Korea. I saw him through a window, was like five feet away, maybe. It was surreal.

Also, what's the name of that documentary? I'd be interested in seeing it. I've heard of people sneaking in cameras and stuff, but there pictures seem to be of the same things as those of people who don't hide it and are allowed to film--they let you film a bit, but they pretty much only show you what they want you to see anyway.

 

[Automattic]

Here's that documentry...

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