Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Advice for Canadians returning from Taiwan

Please do not urinate on the National War Memorial on Canada Day. Or sit on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. During the rest of the year, it's okay though.

Does the photo look like anyone we know?

UPDATE: For some contrast, check out these rules and procedures:

"Then you enter the palace proper, and walk the length of a very large hall, at the end of which there is a statue of Kim Il Sung, a little smaller than the one outside the Revolution Museum, against a beautifully lit pastel coloured backdrop, with soft music playing. I was advised that I should pause in front of the statue, and look somber, but not bow at that point. However, my guide said “If you feel it is necessary to wipe a tear from your eye, that is permissible”.

After standing before the statue, visitors are then led into the darkened hall where Kim Il Sung lies in state. The North Koreans have done a great job of embalming their eternal president. He looks like he is just sleeping. As the guards direct the line of visitors to make a complete circuit of the coffin, you are required to bow three times, once on each side and once at the bottom. The hall is very quiet, but you can hear the sounds of some of the women visitors sobbing (not the foreigners, the North Korean women that is) and as you emerge, most of the Korean women will be wiping tears from their eyes."

2 comments:

Chaon said...

He's just being photographed out of context.

Red A said...

Yeah, the photo doesn't explain that he had no other way to put out the fire.