CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 tony was there once and he wasn't shipped off to a death camp therefore it's not so bad really. Or Tony is open minded enough not to believe everything he reads in the sun .... You should go see it for yourself you'll be pleasantly surprised 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) I've always said there was an element of Truman show about it and the quickest route from A to B was via G But the DPRK isn't the only country in the world with people starving ( India , A fair few countries in Africa , China ) ... It isn't the only country in the world locking people up without trial ( Guantanamo anyone ) and it isn't the only place in the world with poverty and hardship ( Sheffield ) Edit: just back from reading the website your image came from He might just as well have written that from a hotel in Washington , he's got every stereotyped cliche you could ever want and its full of inaccuracies... Whilst we did chuckle at the museum when the guide told us how the North managed a strategic withdrawal as they got pushed back towards China , they at no point referred to a US surrender ... The war hasn't officially ended and they always referred to it as an armistice Our hotel wasn't on an island , nor was it surrounded by armed men .. I left it and went for a walk one night ... True you can't do a lot but I wandered down to a football stadium near by and had a little look about Edited December 13, 2013 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 8pints Posted December 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) Poverty...Starvation...Imprisonment....Welcome to the 'Things that cheer you up' thread Edited December 13, 2013 by 8pints 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I've always said there was an element of Truman show about it and the quickest route from A to B was via G But the DPRK isn't the only country in the world with people starving ( India , A fair few countries in Africa , China ) ... It isn't the only country in the world locking people up without trial ( Guantanamo anyone ) and it isn't the only place in the world with poverty and hardship ( Sheffield ) Edit: just back from reading the website your image came from He might just as well have written that from a hotel in Washington , he's got every stereotyped cliche you could ever want and its full of inaccuracies... Whilst we did chuckle at the museum when the guide told us how the North managed a strategic withdrawal as they got pushed back towards China , they at no point referred to a US surrender ... The war hasn't officially ended and they always referred to it as an armistice Our hotel wasn't on an island , nor was it surrounded by armed men .. I left it and went for a walk one night ... True you can't do a lot but I wandered down to a football stadium near by and had a little look about It's OK, they can't come after you now. Yes, you can't take the words of journalists either side of the fence face value, but you can listen to people who lived in North Korea and managed to get out, and I'll take their experience of years under a horrid dictatorship over any anecdotes from tourists kept on a tight leash. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) In not sure you've actually read what I've said ... We weren't kept on a tight leash .... when you can wander out of a exhibition walk over to a park buy an ice cream and have a beer with some locals and then wander back in order to meet the 3pm departure time id say it was more of a loose leash .. I'm happy that I've given an honest appraisal of what I saw ... I've never claimed the country to be perfect .. But it is amusing to read about how the Koreans are brainwashed when 99.9% of people will happily accept everything they are told about the DPRK without even raising a single Roger Moore style eyebrow .... but we don't live in the DPRK so if you'd chose to believe that "what but why " blokes version over mine you wont disappear in the night (But I have about 1000 photos of things that he claims you can't take pictures off to back my version up ) Edited December 14, 2013 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baselayers Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Chicken pie and roasts. Lots of gravy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Chicken pie and roasts. Lots of gravy I can make all those quite awesomely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted December 14, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2013 Chicken pie and roasts. Lots of gravy I can make all those quite awesomely giggity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Mighty Boosh reference This cheers me up. It's bloody old though, waaay before The Boosh. I have a copy of it on CD because it was the NME single of the week. Good album as well. MY GOD. I LOVE THIS TUNE. Midfield General actually owns Skint records doesn't he? That and Freq Nasty's "Amped". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted December 15, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2013 On the VT app, when it says, "You've reached the end of the thread" I always read it as "You've reached the end of the Internet" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Only a few weeks away from the BDO World Darts Championships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Darts is as exciting as accountancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 You're about as exciting as accountancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I wish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted December 15, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2013 You know people who go to darts? Do they get excited and go mad ironically or do people really find it that good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Stefan, Stefan, Stefan, let's not play the boring sports card... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 You know people who go to darts? Do they get excited and go mad ironically or do people really find it that good? They're all drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 You're thinking of classless PDC darts fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 You're thinking of classless PDC darts fans I don't know one from t'other. This song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zIZxAZBKnI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 PDC. You can tell by the extra fingers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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