North Korean traffic girls and Officer Johnson
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Their uniforms, it is said, were designed by Kim Jong II.
They rotate only counter-clockwise.
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I must say I prefer officer Johnson.
Last week I watched the Vice guide to North Korea and was floored. Being a Canadian Liberal boy, I remember that I even bought into some laughs at George W. Bush's expense regarding the term "axis of evil." Many years, articles and two books later- I'm not laughing.
Not sure if the line originated with Christopher Hitchens but after becoming better informed, I have to agree it's as if the country were created with 1984 as their blueprint.
I'm surprised that your reconnaissance on the Internet hasn't led you to PyongyangTrafficGirls.com. Yes, there's an entire website devoted to them. I suppose that Rule Thirty Six applies. ("If it exists, there is a fetish for it - no exceptions.")
Ebert: Considering that the Traffic Ladies have to be beautiful, it may be Kim Song II's fetish.
OK, now I need to know more.
1) What's the deal with the traffic ladies?
2) What's the deal with the MINI? Where'd it come from? Why was the driver filming? Will the driver be summarily executed for failing to follow the Dear Leader's traffic patterns?
3) How'd those get filmed without being confiscated?
4) What's the DEAL with the DPRK, anyways?
Ebert: With #4, I think you've hit on it.
But Kim Jong-Il’s real passion is the movies.
Oh Roger, how I love your mind.
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I love film's more because of you.
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I'm just surprised that they have enough cars in North Korea for traffic to even be an issue.
Makes you wonder whether today's geopolitical logjam could be resolved by having reps for the Six Parties (North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China, Russia, U.S.) show up at a neutral intersection in appropriate make-model cars and let the Pyongyang girl(s) steer them to diplomacy.
These women will no doubt have lung cancer at a young age due to all the car exhaust they inhale every day.
Re: Maikeru48's comment, "I'm just surprised that they have enough cars in North Korea for traffic to even be an issue."
They don't, they simply funnel the same 26 automobiles through this one intersection to fool us.