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Tuesday 6 June 2017
Men and their Medals.
Don'tcha love 'em? Men with medals?
Which nation hands out medals like confetti? Yes, of course, it's North Korea; Fat Boy's kingdom!
Those snazzy badly tailored suits, oversized hats, and a kilo or two of brass, makes the North Korean military big-wigs winner of this year's 'Most decorated henchmen' award.
Well done boys; just watch your backs (and your fronts, and your sides; in fact anywhere you haven't got medals)!
There was a time when fat people were considered desirable. Similarly pale white skin too was in vogue. But today it is all about being skinny and tanned.
Poor things having to put up with that. No man in his right sense would enjoy looking like a burk. I feel so much for the people of North Korea having read a little of their lives. Briony x
Went to Korea a few times and the Korean people are wonderful,warm and compassionate. Our guide took us to the DMZ where he looked North and sobbed knowing he would probably never see his relatives again in his lifetime. He couldn't even write to them since the communists would backmail him for money if they found out. So sad for a people that long for ancestry and family.
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Optimistic Cro!
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I think that is the annual bottle top collectors convention.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that's what they really are; bottle tops!
DeleteThey have the same value!
DeleteYes; nil!
DeleteSort of like extra armour.
ReplyDeleteWhich often seems to fail.
DeleteI wonder if they appreciate just how silly they look!??
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they do, but they wouldn't dare say so.
DeleteIn their society, they do not look silly at all.
DeleteThere was a time when fat people were considered desirable. Similarly pale white skin too was in vogue. But today it is all about being skinny and tanned.
Poor things having to put up with that. No man in his right sense would enjoy looking like a burk.
ReplyDeleteI feel so much for the people of North Korea having read a little of their lives.
Briony
x
What you've never had you never miss.
DeleteI think they miss a couple of good meals a day.
DeleteThey look like a Far Eastern version of Pearly Kings.
ReplyDeleteThe Pearly Kims.
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ReplyDeleteTin.
DeleteHang them from the Christmas trees.
They'd look better on Christmas trees!
DeleteWent to Korea a few times and the Korean people are wonderful,warm and compassionate. Our guide took us to the DMZ where he looked North and sobbed knowing he would probably never see his relatives again in his lifetime. He couldn't even write to them since the communists would backmail him for money if they found out. So sad for a people that long for ancestry and family.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very sad situation. No doubt at some time in the future things will change and the two countries will re-unite. I hope so anyway.
DeleteImagine being a medal collector in North Korea. What is a medal collector called? Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteI think it's called 'A North Korean Army Officer'.
DeleteFat Boy's Kingdom - LOL
ReplyDeleteLike it when you've got the ginger up:)
Oh, my! Medals on the shoes next.
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