I didn't know until my recent Korean visit thatthe Koreans had totem poles a la native Americans!
Scared -- not once but thrice at least(cf. the small as well as large print)! ;b
Teeheehee! Brian's story about a mix up between snakes and snacks over on the hot pot post's comments thread got me chuckling when I read it this morning. It also reminded me of a funny sign I saw at the Korean Folk Village at Yongin that prompted the following exchange between my mother and me:-
Me: "Scared? Why should the poles be scared?"
My mother: "Aiyah, they're not scared poles. They're sacred poles!"
And is it just me or do the faces on the poles look like they're in on the joke too? ;DDDDDD
Me: "Scared? Why should the poles be scared?"
My mother: "Aiyah, they're not scared poles. They're sacred poles!"
And is it just me or do the faces on the poles look like they're in on the joke too? ;DDDDDD
7 comments:
Those are cool! And they do look like their privy to the joke. It's also interesting how similar their faces look like the laughing emoticons of today.
I never knew about thos poles either.
I love the joke!
Hi duriandave --
Agreed re the similarity of those totem pole faces to today's laughing emoticons! :D
Hi dragonstar --
Brings a smile to the face and a chuckle out of the throat, doesn't it? :)
Hi ytsl,
Funny stories and fun pictures.
Hi sbk --
Thanks for reading as well as looking! :)
Too funny! Yeah, those faces do look like they're laughing. (And like the emoticon! :D)
Hi Alejna --
In other words: those poles look far from scared, don't they? ;D
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