Emptybottle.org

No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes


« A very blog thing
North Korea »

I was thinking this morning

I was thinking this morning about asking one of my friends to translate this into Korean, and making a few hundred cards:

"Spitting on the street spreads colds, flu and diseases like tuberculosis and hepatitis. Korea has one of the highest rates of tuberculosis infection in the world. Stepping in spittle on the street brings germs and viruses into the home. Every day, Korean children and elderly people die, because you and others like you feel an irresistable need to spit on every horizontal surface you see. If Korea is ever to enter a community of modern, civilized nations as a true equal, behaviour like this has got to stop. Please, think of the children!

and handing a card to every guy I see horking an oyster on the pavement or platform or stairs or any other public thoroughfare. The thing is, I suspect that would push me over the edge from amused, sardonic observer into raving crank. I also suspect that I'd go through a few hundred cards over the course of any given weekend.

*sigh*

I do like the way I've managed to work in a Metafilter injoke though. Almost makes it worthwhile.

Snrrrf...kchhhh...phppooo!

About This Post

What is this? Why am I here? What does it mean? Where should I go now?

Well, this is a post to the personal website Emptybottle.org. It was posted by your genial host stavrosthewonderchicken on January 18, 2002, and is titled I was thinking this morning. It was published to the categories: Korea-related. In any of those places you might well find other similar things that will bring you Super Double Happiness.

Note: Super Double Happiness is not guaranteed. Void where prohibited by local regulation.

If you feel like it, why not join the personal publishing revolution and leave a comment

You can also subscribe to the comments feed for this post. Not sure why you'd want to, but I aim to please.

The previous entry on the site is A very blog thing, and the next one is North Korea.

Enjoy your stay, and please indulge sensibly.

Need hosting? Emptybottle.org is hosted by and recommends Dreamhost. They're swell!

Search the site

Comments: You got fingers, right?
0 Comments |
Choose your poison: the 'bottle by category
Browse recent posts from 20000 feet

Metablogging

What's It All About, Alfie?

I have operated on a few simple principles for more than two decades now, with good success. First, do no harm. Or as little as [read more...]

Emptybottle Version 4.0

Well, I've rolled out the new design to the front page (as you can see if you're not reading this in a feedreader). I'm pretty [read more...]

Me|dia

What's It All About, Alfie?

I have operated on a few simple principles for more than two decades now, with good success. First, do no harm. Or as little as [read more...]

First Paragraphs From Stories I'll Never Write Episode 2

The nails didn't hurt nearly as much as I'd expected going in, but the pain bombshell blossomed as they dropped the post into the hole [read more...]

Thoughts That, If Not Deep, Are At Least Wide

LOLifornication

I've been downloading and cycloptically watching the new series Californication because a) I quite like David Duchovny b) he plays a hard-drinking writer c) the [read more...]

Armageddon Schadenfreude

When I was a teenager, I thought a lot about the end of the world. In particular, the rain of nukes that always seemed just [read more...]

Reminiscences

My Home Is Dying

When you grow up in the far north in Canada, if you're at all curious about the world and the people in it, you can't [read more...]

Armageddon Schadenfreude

When I was a teenager, I thought a lot about the end of the world. In particular, the rain of nukes that always seemed just [read more...]

Recent comments » Say stuff!

Advertisement



Visit all the fine destinations in the Wonderchicken Industries™ Network
OutsideinKorea
Wonderchicken-o-rama
Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Wonderchicken.com