NK Olympics

[chokonen888]

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/ ... -n-koreans

And last November, a 1-0 victory in a qualifier over former colonial ruler Japan was seen as sweet revenge for past injuries -- and a chance to humiliate the visiting team.

Only 150 tickets were allocated to Japanese supporters, and players were held up for four hours at immigration.

They were told off for laughing and had items such as bananas, chewing gum and instant noodles confiscated, Japanese media said.

Before the game, deafening boos drowned out the Japanese national anthem in an intimidating atmosphere at Pyongyang's Kim Il-Sung Stadium, named after the current leader's grandfather.

[Taro]

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/301774/dear-respected-kim-inspires-n-koreans
...And last November, a 1-0 victory in a qualifier over former colonial ruler Japan was seen as sweet revenge for past injuries -- and a chance to humiliate the visiting team.

Guessing from the exciting score, that's a football/soccer. Checking...yep.

Only 150 tickets were allocated to Japanese supporters, and players were held up for four hours at immigration.
They were told off for laughing and had items such as bananas, chewing gum and instant noodles confiscated, Japanese media said.

That list of dangerous contraband sounds like wise advice on what to bring to Best Korea. I suspect the J-supporters bought bananas, chewing gum and instant noodles as gifts/bribes as well as for their own needs.

Best Korea doesn't have fruit when it's not in season (bananas would be rare there); chewing gum is useful to equalize pressure on the plane flight (and would be a great gift to the local children); and instant noodles are a good backup in case they want to avoid a meal* (typically Japanese travelers put cup-ramen and pre-cooked Japanese rice in a retort bags into their suitcases as comfort food during any trip to alien worlds).


*Maybe the Japanese supporters saw Anthony Bourdain's episode on Korea or Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods South Korea?
A. Bourdain:
http://youtu.be/TOs6Qf58OP4?t=1m55s
Bizarre Foods:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6BNAx3mC2o

[chokonen888]

Typically Japanese travelers put cup-ramen and pre-cooked Japanese rice in a retort bags into their suitcases as comfort food during any trip to alien world

I always see this...the funny part is watching them try to find ways to get boiled water to make use of it.

[GomiGirl]

Cup ramen is the nastiest stuff - the NK govt probably thought the J-visitors had it as lethal weapons.

[chokonen888]

Cup ramen is the nastiest stuff - the NK govt probably thought the J-visitors had it as lethal weapons.

Yeah...never got the appeal of filling a suitcase with that shit when there is so much else out there in LA. (and the same shit they just imported can be bought for 1/6th the cost in LA)

[Hammer]

Slightly OT, but some J-relatives of ours recently visited Hawaii, where they ate nothing but ramen, sushi, etc. Then they came back complaining that they didn't like Hawaiian food.

[chokonen888]

Slightly OT, but some J-relatives of ours recently visited Hawaii, where they ate nothing but ramen, sushi, etc. Then they came back complaining that they didn't like Hawaiian food.

But, but, but, Japanese have the most refinedphobic pallets in the world...

I hear that kind of stuff regularly...fucking unadventurous children that are worse to deal with than vegetarians...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

My family is full of people like the average Japanese....

[chokonen888]

My family is full of people like the average Japanese....

...and now we know why they locked you up

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

...and now we know why they locked you up

Not fair on the family, though!

[Gaspard de Coligny]

My family is full of people like the average Japanese....

Some days I wish I could say the same...

Woke up 2 days ago to a mominlaw asking what "hacking the gibson" meant...

Put XBMC on her mac mini few weeks before... and seems she's improving her english by watching "Hackers" bits by bits... (still better than Ali-G...)

Also remember that:
http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/07/0 ... est-sudoku

Gave it to dad a friday at 9, it was finished for lunch...

[IparryU]

My family is full of people like the average Japanese....

Some days I wish I could say the same...

Woke up 2 days ago to a mominlaw asking what "hacking the gibson" meant...

Put XBMC on her mac mini few weeks before... and seems she's improving her english by watching "Hackers" bits by bits... (still better than Ali-G...)

Also remember that:
http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/07/0 ... est-sudoku

Gave it to dad a friday at 9, it was finished for lunch...

where the fuck is the puzzle?

[Gaspard de Coligny]

There:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/scie ... ck-it.html

(sometimes you are a bit embarrassing guys...)
(yeah, I know, I'm always embarrassing, but I'm supposed to be an excuse/quota, not a role model)

[Russell]

Back to food.

I remember this hilarious episode of Michael Palin's around the world in 80 days, where he ate maggots in Mexico, only to conclude that those "were not the best maggots he had ever had".

Unfortunately, I could not find it on YT.