During the Olympic prelims that started today for women's soccer, North Korea refused to play for over an hour because the jumbotron in the stadium put up the South Korean flag instead of the North Korean one. Oooops!
I'm not so secretly hoping this was intentional. This will probably be a better excuse as to why North Korea doesn't win gold than their World Cup excuse...being struck by lightning. We can always count on the North Koreans for solid soccer hilarity.
Paging CRex!
If I were on the US team and
If I were on the US team and they threw up a Canadian flag on the screen, I would refuse to take the field too.
Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.
The olympic commitee trolling
The olympic commitee trolling North Korea nice!
903 wins most in college football
HERRO
Fuck it, Dude, let's go bowling.
I was going to say RIP, but
I was going to say RIP, but that really woudln't seem right.
So lets just leave it at : Rest.
Why so serious? -Me
Alternatively:
"U Mad Bro?"
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Well
Kim Jong can sure rock
Kim Jong can sure rock a pants suit.
He's really good at looking
That link was comedy gold.
That link was comedy gold.
I need those shades.
I need those shades.
I once
had a problem with lightening, but then I shaved my head and let the hair grow back in its normal color. Problem solved.
ooops
Fixed! Nice catch. Sometimes I have trouble with the wordz.
A Møøse once bit my sister. No realli!
the chinese fans
they hired didn't seem to notice
North Korea is one of the 5
North Korea is one of the 5 worst countries in the world. Probably just above Somalia or Western Sahara.
I'm surprised it took an hour
I'm surprised it took an hour to fix. You'd have thunk the coach would have just quick dialed the IOC on his invisible cell phone and the mixup would have been taken care of in minutes.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/world-cup-2010-north-korean-coach-talks-kim/story?id=10931655
The swag is back.
Can Believe the Animosity
Having spent six months in Korea, I'm not surprised. The animosity and pettiness definitely goes both ways between north and south, and it is really sad. If you go to the joint security area in the DMZ, the restrictions are ridiculous. There is genuine hostility, but sometimes, it seems as if both sides have more than they need of "Barney Fife" characters.
Having said that, I will observe that the parochialism, paternalism, and ignorance of the West towards much of the rest of the world can be grating and irritating. All too often, Japan, China, Vietnam, and Korea are all lumped together.
Here's an analogy anyone on this board would understand: if UofM went to an NCAA basketball game without their pep band, and the fight song and flag for Michigan State were displayed, it would be irksome. On several occasions, not living in Michigan, I've had individuals assume that Michigan and Michigan State were the same. Think how you'd feel about that, and then multiply it 10 fold, and you've got an idea of how the North Koreans feel.
"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up." Vince Lombardi
In totum, I agree the situtaion is very sad.
But your analogy falls short: UofM stands for culturally uplifting things like integrity, the pursuit of knowledge, and a high academic standard. PRK stands for starving its citizens and denying basic human rights.
In short, I don't care what NK thinks.
N. Korea
Should've been honored.
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
They are the same, right?
They are the same, right?
Seriously, the South Korean flag is sooooo much cooler than the North Korean one.
Abort, Retry, Fail?