For Mr. Korean

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April 29th, 2009 · 149 comments

“There are many ethnicities crammed into a fairly small area here,” writes John in Singapore, “and sometimes there are…frictions. The red bin referred to in the note (at the bottom of the photo there) is an incinerator for firing up offerings to various deities/dearly departed by Chinese Buddhists. They are all over the place here in Chinatown, and everybody knows what they’re for.”

Without a doubt, John says, “The Korean gentleman using it as an ashtray is provoking his neighbors deliberately.” How…how…what’s the word I’m looking for here?

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#1 Bunnee

I wonder if they’re referring to Mr. South Korea or Mr. North Korea?

Apr 29, 2009 at 9:07 am rating: 18

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- #1.1 Ti to the O
  
  Mr North Korea can’t afford even the cigarette butts let alone to live in Singapore.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:14 am rating: 24
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#2 unholyghost2003

This warms the cockles of my heart. See WORLD? Americans are not the only or even the biggest culturally insensitive asshats!

Apr 29, 2009 at 9:11 am rating: 51

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- #2.1 Ti to the O
  
  Nothing like a smoke after a big bowl of dog stew. Zing!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:15 am rating: 20
- #2.2 marlo
  
  KOREAN/CHINESE EAT DOG/CAT joke = older than Hamsterdance
  
  pick some newer zings!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:18 pm rating: 14
- #2.3 kitty
  
  Why it’s wrong to eat dogs or cat? I mean eating one kind of meat is ok and other is cruel, is beyond me. dont get me wrong, I like animals alright. Actually I am vegetarian myself and never ate meat of any kind in my life. But If I was not disgusted by idea of eating dead things I would not discriminate(I can’t come up with better word) against any animals.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:33 pm rating: 20
- #2.4 amy d
  
  Here kitty, kitty, kitty.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:40 pm rating: 11
- #2.5 aaa
  
  The only reason I’m vegetarian is because I don’t want to end up with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from eating human.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:43 pm rating: 10
- #2.6 unholyghost2003
  
  Which animals are for eating and which are not is totally cultural. Chastising the average Westerner for being a little freaked out by the idea of eating cats/dogs/horses is on par with chastising Jews for not eating pork, chastising Hindus for not eating beef, or chastising yourself for not practicing FGM (All things I doubt you would ever do)
  
  Different culture different rules.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:45 pm rating: 48
- #2.7 aaa
  
  Aw, don’t be a Debbie Downer by bringing in logic and rational thinking. :c (I still thumbs-upped your comment, though. )
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:51 pm rating: 3
- #2.8 kitty
  
  Thanks Amy_d. I thought I would be torn to the pieces for saying that.
  @ unholyghost2003, what’s FGM?
  Exactly my point, To hate people just because they are different that is unfair. Mind you that does not include violence or any kind of activities that harm other people.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:54 pm rating: 0
- #2.9 unholyghost2003
  
  FGM = Female Genital Mutilation … aka female circumcision. An integral part of cultural and religious aspects of many societies.
  
  Exactly my point. Life isn’t fair. Ever. To anyone.
  
  I shant respond again so go ahead and rip me apart but…
  
  Who gets to decide what is “harmful” … is it you? What is your criteria? And what is your criteria based on?
  
  No one is able to full stop being ethnocentric you you might as well be aware of it and own it.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:58 pm rating: 5
- #2.10 oi!
  
  The reason I am vegetarian is not because I love animals but It’s because I hate trees!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 2:04 pm rating: 26
- #2.11 kitty
  
  oh! Those people need to be chastise, that’s only fair.
  It is very easy to decide what’s is harmful or wrong. The people who are receiver of the action, do they consent? If not, it’s harmful or plain wrong.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 2:13 pm rating: 0
- #2.12 amy d
  
  I was neither supporting nor taking a stand against you, Kitty. I was trying to be funny.
  
  Why it’s wrong to eat dogs or cat ?
  
  Cat = kitty.
  
  Here kitty, kitty, kitty = I will eat you for lunch today.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 2:19 pm rating: 6
- #2.13 kitty
  
  That’s why I thought you supported me by eating me.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 2:25 pm rating: 3
- #2.14 aaa
  
  ô.ó
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 2:47 pm rating: 2
- #2.15 Saysh
  
  What’s wrong with Hamster Dance?
  
  Makes me laugh EVERY SINGLE TIME.
  
  Besides, the old jokes are usually still around for a REASON. Because they are freaking FUNNY.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 3:33 pm rating: 8
- #2.16 Canthz_B
  
  Kitty doesn’t eat dead things.
  She takes a mean bite out of a live tree though.
  
  decides to go with mac-n-cheese for dinner, pet is safe for another day.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 7:23 pm rating: 3
- #2.17 Clumber
  
  Oddly enough – I have two things for show-n-tell today that vaguely relate :
  
  A.We often threaten one of our dogs, Stella, with this : “You’re one strike short of being sent to the Oberto Factory! Have us some Stellaroni pizza, Oh Boy!!”
  
  II. I had a work order that one of our users needed a new input device… specifically, Kitti needed a mouse.
  
  Clumber, floating a Citizen’s Initiative around to legalize the consumption of PETA & HSUS members.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 7:36 pm rating: 2
- #2.18 anglophile
  
  What do the other dogs get threatened with, out of curiosity?
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 7:41 pm rating: 2
- #2.19 Clumber
  
  Well… let’s see… just last night the puppy I threatened to tie by his ever-so-long-silky-ears to the ceiling fan.
  
  Stellaroni is probably about as clever as it gets, I’m afraid. See, much like rock bands the 2nd release is never as good.
  
  In any case, i present you with just one more reason we have dogs and not kids – no matter what we tell the dogs it is exceedingly unlikely they’ll write a book, go on talk shows, a/o get us jailed. In fact, Stella wags her butt off when you say Stellaroni. “My name! You said my name! SAYmyNAMEagainPLEASE!”
  
  You know… as opposed to “Yes, CPS? Please come immediately, and bring the malfunctioning arc-ing tasers!”
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 8:05 pm rating: 3
- #2.20 kitty
  
  oh poor CB! he thought he made a clever remark! That is an age old argument against vegetarians and good one too but it does not work in my case. Let me explain.
  The first and foremost reason for not eating meat for me is Disgust towards eating something that was walking/flying/flowing, in short showing sign of life a while ago. Vegetation does not do that, so does not induce disgust in ME. My dislike towards violence is also part of my being vegetarian but that is not the first one. For example I am at somebody’s place and they have leather couch I would not mind sitting on it as it does not involve eating dead animal . see my point?
  you sound like you hate vegetarians and I can see where is that coming from. Some vegetarians can be in your face attitude type. Believe me I am not one of them. I enjoy my meatless dish and you can enjoy your meat too. I am all about personal freedom.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 8:37 pm rating: 1
- #2.21 anglophile
  
  Um, kitty? I don’t think any of us care if you’re a vegetarian or not. That’s your choice, and that’s ok.
  
  CB is just pointing out the kind of funny way you said you don’t eat dead things. Because, you know, plants were once live and then you pick them and cook them and then they’re dead. And then you eat them.
  
  PLEASE don’t think I hate vegetarians. One of my best friends is a vegetarian.
  
  Another vegetarian I also admire is the cow who will be my dinner tomorrow.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 8:44 pm rating: 12
- #2.22 Canthz_B
  
  Kitti/mouse nice.
  
  I had a claimant named B**** Senior Jr. (not even that first letter is real folks) today. Got kind of a kick outta that one.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 8:46 pm rating: 0
- #2.23 kitty
  
  see that’s what I am talking about in your face attitude, only difference this time it’s not vegetarian.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 8:47 pm rating: 0
- #2.24 anglophile
  
  Clumber, when my cats misbehave, I threaten to make mittens out of them. I keep expecting them to make a LOLcat about it and send it to the authorities.
  
  You no can has mittins!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 8:48 pm rating: 7
- #2.25 kitty
  
  2.23 refers to 2.21.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 8:49 pm rating: 0
- #2.26 Canthz_B
  
  Oh, poor kitty! She actually thinks I care what she eats and why. Didn’t I see the word “smug” around here recently.
  Damned Prius pricks, vegetarians and Vegans can’t tell when a joke is just a joke, not a put-down.
  
  BTW, you have a mouth full of live things right now, always do, and you’re constantly swallowing them.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 8:51 pm rating: 6
- #2.27 anglophile
  
  I tried, I really did. I used smilies and everything to indicate friendliness and jokiness. Lighthearted give-and-take, walk a mile in the other guy’s shoes, etc.
  
  But I forgot.
  
  I’m a cunty bitch.
  
  But hey, at least I’m not humorless and deliberately obtuse!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 8:55 pm rating: 7
- #2.28 Canthz_B
  
  Hell, I don’t eat live things either.
  I got over my Klingon phase years ago!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 8:57 pm rating: 3
- #2.29 Canthz_B
  
  Glo, if people expect to receive a snarky reply, they’ll see one even where there ain’t none.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:04 pm rating: 3
- #2.30 kitty
  
  Well when bully has nothing better to say where he resorts? in name calling right? Am I being accused of smug vegetarian? wow! I thought I started with the idea of eating dogs and cats are ok. cool!
  Anyway,
  @ CB, I see that was only a joke, just like pita bread and tortilla right?
  @Anglophile: silly me. I forgot America is only country where they use internet. So when I say something on internet which does not agree with American culture of course I am obtuse.
  Well I gotta go to home, my daily dose of arguing is over now. Nice talking to you guys.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:11 pm rating: 1
- #2.31 mamason
  
  Me-ow!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:18 pm rating: 6
- #2.32 mamason
  
  “BTW, you have a mouth full of live things right now … you’re … swallowing them”
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:21 pm rating: 5
- #2.33 Canthz_B
  
  See what I mean? You made up your mind what you expected my post to mean based on older comments about a totally different matter.
  You projected, Kitty, what you wanted to see from me rather than what I was saying.
  
  Thanks for proving my point.
  You saw snark, because you expected to see snark, not because my tree joke was anything more than a joke.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:28 pm rating: 3
- #2.34 Canthz_B
  
  Oh, and Kitty…That I threw in Vegans and Prius drivers was a major clue that that was a stretch, an exaggeration…a snarky joke at the expense of the “Green Revolutionaries”. I wouldn’t need all of that if I were calling you smug.
  
  Jokes can be tricky to find if you don’t believe someone’s telling one.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:38 pm rating: 2
- #2.35 Canthz_B
  
  Vegetation “flows”. It’s called phototropism, if I remember 5th-grade science class right. Anyway, they move towards the sun.
  Also, flowers open and close, and the Venus Flytrap has been known to “eat live things”.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:44 pm rating: 3
- #2.36 Saysh
  
  Umm CB.. regarding 2.28
  
  WHAT THE HELL??
  
  I AM NOT coming over tonight then…
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 12:34 am rating: 2
- #2.37 Canthz_B
  
  Saysh, I’ll seriously reconsider my diet, but only if you let me give you a mouthful of my live things.
  
  Err, that didn’t cum out quite right!
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 1:21 am rating: 1
- #2.38 Saysh
  
  Baby, I’ll eat just about anything you give me..
  
  Wait…I said ALMOST!
  
  mmmmmmmmm wiggly, squirmy live things….
  
  I meant SNAKES!
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 1:29 am rating: 0
- #2.39 Canthz_B
  
  Funny you should mention my snake…Saysh, Mamba. Mamba, Saysh!
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 1:49 am rating: 0
- #2.40 Saysh
  
  mmmmmm Mamba… my favorite!
  
  GIMMEH!
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 2:08 am rating: 0
- #2.41 GK
  
  So was there a missing comment between Canthz_B’s 2.16 and kitty’s 2.20 or something? Otherwise I cannot figure out where kitty is getting this “you sound like you hate vegetarians” crap from. ~~I’m sure she’s not just hallucinating insults.~~
  
  I’m amused by the unintentional irony of kitty saying something to the effect of “not all vegetarians are humourless jerks”, though!
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 3:04 am rating: 5
- #2.42 Canthz_B
  
  I don’t care what anyone eats, as long as it doesn’t come off of my plate without permission!
  
  To some folks, though, it’s a cause…but I’m lukewarm on the whole thing.
  
  To each his own.
  
  WAITER!!! TAKE THIS STEAK BACK!!!! I SAID RARE DAMN IT, NOT FUCKING PINK!!!!
  I WANT TO SEE BLOOD!!!!
  
  Where was I…??…
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 3:49 am rating: 2
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#3 Ti to the O

Please honorable ancestor a non-smoker.

Apr 29, 2009 at 9:12 am rating: 12

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#4 Bunnee

Well, Mr. Korea should be chastized! Everyone knows that deities are non-smokers.

*please to ignore gigglebrax fail, Timo*

Apr 29, 2009 at 9:21 am rating: 5

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- #4.1 Ti to the O
  
  Ahhh Bunnee!!!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:30 am rating: 1
- #4.2 park rose
  
  Try telling Hephaestus/ Vulcan/Agni that. Or since we’re in Singapore, Zhu Rong
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:52 am rating: 6
- #4.3 Mishee™
  
  Zhu Rong?
  
  That’s an LOLcat, right?
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:57 am rating: 11
- #4.4 park rose
  
  Hee-hee. I had to wiki it, so I’m probably way off beam.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 10:02 am rating: 1
- #4.5 amy d
  
  Are Zhu Rong or are Zhu Right?
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 10:14 am rating: 5
- #4.6 park rose
  
  I may be crazy,
  But it just may be a lunatic you’re looking for
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 10:18 am rating: 7
- #4.7 amy d
  
  You are always what I am looking for, sweet Rose.
  
  Oh, maybe I shouldn’t get so personal. I heard that caused a dust up the other day. I would hate to cause another one. Have I mentioned anal sex yet? Here, I’ll do so now and tie it in to the note:
  
  Your butt is fucking the bin up, Mr. Korean.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 10:29 am rating: 14
- #4.8 Melanie
  
  Or fucking up the bin, to keep the infinitive intact.
  
  *keep the infinitive intact*
  
  (did I do that right?)
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 12:41 pm rating: 5
- #4.9 amy d
  
  Thanks, Mealnie, but that was intentional on my part. I wanted to insinuate the cigarette was butt fucking the bin.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:34 pm rating: 3
- #4.10 anglophile
  
  I say split ‘em. Split those infinitives to hell. We’re all going to die anyway. Might as well live a little first.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 2:00 pm rating: 9
- #4.11 mamason
  
  If lovin’ Zhu is Rong, I don’t wanna be right.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 3:26 pm rating: 11
- #4.12 oi!
  
  I thought you loved me, mama.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 4:25 pm rating: 1
- #4.13 claw71
  
  *heavy lumbering footsteps approach, a large hulking man enters*
  
  “Zhu rang” he says in a deep voice that seems well below the common definition of bass.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 4:41 pm rating: 6
- #4.14 mamason
  
  Claw, bringin’ teh corn!
  
  oi, I love you even more than I thought possible after your reason for being vegan!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 5:29 pm rating: 3
- #4.15 Eric
  
  What’d Zhu DOOO?!?!?!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 5:38 pm rating: 2
- #4.16 oi!
  
  hurrah!
  *starts dancing but painfully realizes she is @ work*
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 5:41 pm rating: 1
- #4.17 Mark
  
  There is no Dana. Only Zhu.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 5:42 pm rating: 7
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#5 Mishee™

How much you wanna bet that “John” is not submitter’s given name?

Apr 29, 2009 at 9:46 am rating: 2

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- #5.1 txBart
  
  Was this “John” was visiting Chinatown for business or pleasure?
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 4:23 pm rating: 2
- #5.2 Mishee™
  
  To “John” business is his pleasure.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 4:35 pm rating: 1
- #5.3 mamason
  
  I thought John’s son’s business was pleasure…
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 5:31 pm rating: 5
- #5.4 Beanster
  
  i had a student whose chosen name was “Twin”.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:37 pm rating: 1
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#6 park rose

It’s confusion over the protocol of how to respectfully dispose of the cigarette ash once it has had its last breath drawn.

Apr 29, 2009 at 9:55 am rating: 10

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- #6.1 Ti to the O
  
  Depositing them in an old tin seems better than the red can ancestral incense burner. Mr Korea is being really rude.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 10:00 am rating: 7
- #6.2 park rose
  
  Homeland security should be informed.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 10:10 am rating: 3
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#7 Joe

without a doubt, john says, “the korean gentleman…

I would expect it’s not in doubt what John said — you received the email directly from him, didn’t you?

Apr 29, 2009 at 9:57 am rating: 5

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- #7.1 Mishee™
  
  I just have a feeling the PANGoddess (who is usually perfect in every way) may have accidentally forgotten to put quotes around, “without a doubt” as that was also something “john” was saying…
  
  But it doesn’t matter what the issue was.
  
  I still love you kerry.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 10:00 am rating: 4
- #7.2 mamason
  
  The 3 Rules of PAN
  
  1) Thou shalt not correct Kerry.
  
  2) Kerry is always right.
  
  3) If Kerry is wrong, refer to rules 1 & 2.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 3:33 pm rating: 6
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#8 GhostWriter

Many Koreans practice the contemporary religion of Marlboroastrianism. A daily ritual is to fire up a cigarette, as an offering to the deity Slim Virginia.

It is thought to grow the heart.

Apr 29, 2009 at 10:05 am rating: 14

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- #8.1 Bunnee
  
  I guess that makes me super religious.
  
  cough-cough
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 11:16 am rating: 4
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#9 amy d

Dude, my cigarettes are the offerings I am firing up for the deities.

Apr 29, 2009 at 10:21 am rating: 6

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- #9.1 Neeners
  
  That’s a good one ” Tokin’ for the gods”!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 10:26 am rating: 12
- #9.2 Ti O
  
  LOL!!!
  Token/Tokin’ for the dieties = awesome!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 10:57 am rating: 5
- #9.3 Shadow Lurker
  
  Have you seen the price of cigarettes lately? That is a valuable offering nowadays.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:18 pm rating: 4
- #9.4 GhostWriter
  
  I have always considered “The Return of the King” to be the estimable Tolkien for the Gods.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:56 pm rating: 12
- #9.5 meg
  
  That butt was fucking delicious!!!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 4:39 pm rating: 1
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#10 Neeners

They really hate Korean butts around there. Whatever happened to embracing diversity?

Oh well, it should be common respect not to throw cigarette butts in the “offering” bin but why make the offering bin look like a trash can? There is a subliminal message there.

Apr 29, 2009 at 10:23 am rating: 1

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- #10.1 Ti to the O
  
  I was going to say something about how I really like Korean butts and infer some lame sexual innuendo but I’ll just skip that for today…
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 12:40 pm rating: 4
- #10.2 Mark
  
  I like Korean butts and I cannot lie,
  You buddhist bruthas can’t deny,
  When a Chink walks by with an itty-bitty height and some slanty things on his face you get
  Gung (Ho)
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:05 pm rating: 24
- #10.3 Bunnee
  
  ^^^clap, clap, clap!! Can’t get enough Sir Mix a Lot references!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:40 pm rating: 1
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#11 claw71

Cigarette butts really tick me off and I have to applaud Mr. Korean for having the presence of mind to not carelessly toss his out on the street. As for Buddhists and their burnt offerings: it’s 2009. Have you heard about this little thing called global warming? Why can’t you people just pour a little malt liquor on the curb like the brothas? Like the brothas, homie!

Apr 29, 2009 at 10:31 am rating: 13

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- #11.1 meg
  
  Yeah, cause this community’s Buddhist rituals must be a sizeable chunk of that “Other” on the “Sources of Greenhouse Gases” pie chart.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 5:14 pm rating: 5
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#12 Chinchillazilla

Smokers are dicks the world over.

COMMENCE FLAMEWAR.

Apr 29, 2009 at 11:48 am rating: 6

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- #12.1 Mark
  
  But what about midnight tokers?
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 11:56 am rating: 7
- #12.2 Chinchillazilla
  
  They and the jokers can have a pass.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 11:58 am rating: 7
- #12.3 Ti to the O
  
  Dude! Do you take your lovin’ on the run too?
  You know some people call me the space cowboy. WTF?
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 12:37 pm rating: 5
- #12.4 Mark
  
  Yeah, those people call me Maurice. Freaks. I was only speaking about the pompatus of love! OMG!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:01 pm rating: 4
- #12.5 Saysh
  
  Hey y’all.. I have these peaches… do you want to shake my tree?
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 3:41 pm rating: 3
- #12.6 claw71
  
  I’m a gangster of casual, and semi-consensual sex.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 4:32 pm rating: 6
- #12.7 mamason
  
  I’m a picker and a grinner… oh wait… that’s entirely different.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 5:55 pm rating: 7
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#13 octavius

Mr Korean is the Chinese name for that well known albino Mr Kleen and it looks like he is urgently needed in this neighborhood.

Apr 29, 2009 at 12:06 pm rating: 3

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- #13.1 Mishee™
  
  Don’t you know over there they use Mr Sparkle?
  
  Oh wait. That’s Japan.
  
  Nevermind.
  
  Mr. Sparkle is a magnet for foodstuffs…he will banish dirt to the land of wind and ghosts
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 12:15 pm rating: 9
- #13.2 aaa
  
  Dude, I so have a button with Mr. Sparkle on it. Mr. Sparkle is teh shit. And yes, the “teh” is intentional.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 12:21 pm rating: 2
- #13.3 Neeners
  
  Mr. Korean knows who he is.
  
  It’s obvious there is only one male smoking Korean in the whole neighborhood and probably country.
  
  That’s like me writing my mom a letter and addressing it “Mom”. I am sure the post office can figure that out.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 2:30 pm rating: 6
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#14 LotteryCalifornia

hahaha, really good one!

Apr 29, 2009 at 12:10 pm rating: 1

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#15 kathie

This one really made me laugh

Apr 29, 2009 at 12:33 pm rating: 0

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#16 bob

Um, Buddhists don’t have deities.

Apr 29, 2009 at 1:25 pm rating: 4

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- #16.1 aaa
  
  And I’m not a dude. But some tidbits of information just aren’t absorbed by the average jackoffs.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 1:48 pm rating: 1
- #16.2 GhostWriter
  
  Q: Why don’t Buddhist mothers breastfeed?
  A: They have no deities.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 2:06 pm rating: 10
- #16.3 kat
  
  Hactually, it depends on what form of Buddhism is followed. Although traditional Buddhism does not worship the Buddha as a deity but rather as an enlightened teacher, in many Asian countries Buddha (and the Buddhas and Bodhisattva) are revered as deities. This is a consequence of the incorporation of Buddhist thought with pre-existing practices of a multi-theist/ancestral worshiping/animist native religions.
  
  The more you know! *rainbow*
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 4:25 pm rating: 9
- #16.4 claw71
  
  Buddhism is a stupid religion practiced by stupid freaks in ornage robes. Creepy.
  
  Not like Christians who celebrate the son of their deity by pretending to eat his flesh and drink his blood. Communion. That doesn’t sound creepy at all, does it?
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 4:30 pm rating: 6
- #16.5 Wade
  
  Claw has just proven the validity of Hinduism, as he is obviously the reincarnation of Ambrose Bierce.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 4:36 pm rating: 2
- #16.6 claw71
  
  Bierce was born in Ohio near Gallipolis which is in Meigs County, a rural area in Southeastern Ohio known for its illicit agriculture.
  
  I went to college not far from there and became quite familiar with that county’s wares.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 4:53 pm rating: 1
- #16.7 mamason
  
  What are ornage robes?
  
  And cannibalism is the highest honor one can bestow upon another. When I ingest your flesh I can keep you with me always. You become a part of me and I’m never alone again. How can that be creepy.
  
  What time did you say you’d be over for dinner, Claw?
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 5:40 pm rating: 6
- #16.8 Neeners
  
  True, good intentions, but after you digest and your body disposes of it, it becomes the lowest honor on the way out.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 7:39 pm rating: 1
- #16.9 ashmeadow
  
  they say that every breath you take is part of caesar’s last breath
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 2:47 am rating: 1
- #16.10 Geek Goddesss
  
  Ornage
  The true color of carnage.
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 3:49 am rating: 3
- #16.11 Canthz_B
  
  They don’t “pretend”, claw. True Christians believe that the wafer and wine actually become the flesh and the blood of Jesus once they enter the body.
  
  That’s one reason I got off of the bus.
  
  Question…Can a Vegetarian or Vegan, or even someone who thinks serving Man is wrong ever be a true Christian?
  
  No thanks Padre, I brought a rice cake and a green tea from home.
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 8:43 am rating: 2
- #16.12 Canthz_B
  
  “TRANSMUTE”!!!!!
  
  I knew it would come to me when I wasn’t thinking about it.
  
  The wafer and wine are believed to transmute and become the body and blood of JC.
  
  May 2, 2009 at 2:40 pm rating: 0
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#17 claw71

John ins Singapore? John? As in probably not a native?

Ten bucks and 3 to 1 odds says John’s going to end up in a caning chamber once the Singapore government finds out he published an unathorized picure of their way of life on the internet.

Apr 29, 2009 at 4:35 pm rating: 3

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- #17.1 GK
  
  John’s going to end up in a caning chamber
  
  Some people would pay good money for that sort of thing.
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 3:06 am rating: 1
- #17.2 Saysh
  
  How do you think I make my living?
  
  May 1, 2009 at 5:16 am rating: 1
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#18 mamason

Dude, that wasn’t a butt. That was a roach. I was just firing up an offering.

Apr 29, 2009 at 5:43 pm rating: 4

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#19 mamason

I’m struck by the way “KOREAN” has been emboldened. I imagine the writer, as he traces and retraces, all the while muttering Korean racial slurs in Cantonese. It simply oozes with animosity.

Apr 29, 2009 at 5:53 pm rating: 5

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#20 Wade

What I don’t understand is how Mr. Korean gets away with smoking in Singapore:

With effect from 1 January 2009, the smoking prohibition will be extended [by the National Environment Agency (NEA)] to:

a. Indoor public places. These include non air-conditioned shops, non air-conditioned shopping centres (e.g. neighbourhood shopping centres), non air-conditioned offices, hotel lobbies, markets, multi-storey and basement car parks, ferry terminals, and more .

b. Lift lobbies

c. Entrances and exits to buildings and facilities where smoking is already prohibited. (within 5 metres of the entrances or exits where applicable)

d. Playgrounds and exercise areas

This gradual extension of the smoking ban, which the NEA has implemented over the years, is in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations under the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC), which Singapore ratified in May 2004. In the convention, parties are to provide protection from exposure to second-hand smoke in:

a. Indoor workplaces.
b. Indoor public places.
c. Public transport.
d. Other public places, as appropriate.

Maybe the reason he tossed his butt on someone’s ancestor, instead of in the tin, is he saw the Smoking Police walking toward him.

Apr 29, 2009 at 8:26 pm rating: 7

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- #20.1 Canthz_B
  
  Smoking Police:
  
  Stop, Drop, & Roll Officer Krupke?
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 1:38 am rating: 0
- #20.2 ashmeadow
  
  Krup you, officer, and your ancestral gods!
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 2:49 am rating: 0
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#21 surrahsurrah

What I’m a wee bit confused with is the fact that this taking place in Chinatown/Korea yet both signs are only in English…

Apr 29, 2009 at 9:19 pm rating: 1

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- #21.1 mamason
  
  It’s just so “they” can blame “us” for this, too.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:25 pm rating: 3
- #21.2 anglophile
  
  It’s from Singapore, where English is one of the four official languages. It’s the main language spoken there, if we are to believe Wikipedia.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:26 pm rating: 3
- #21.3 Wade
  
  Probably because the main language of Singapore is English. And the chances are strong that the Chinese don’t speak Korean, and vice versa, but both speak English.
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:29 pm rating: 3
- #21.4 Canthz_B
  
  Colonialism.
  Fools ‘em every time!
  
  Apr 29, 2009 at 9:47 pm rating: 2
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#22 surrahsurrah

I suppose that makes sense, and since at least two people agree on that I guess I have absolutely no choice but to believe it. Stupid non-Americans showing off their bilingual abilities…

Apr 29, 2009 at 10:04 pm rating: 2

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#23 mamason

“there are many ethnicities crammed into a fairly small area here”

That’s what she said.

Apr 30, 2009 at 12:38 am rating: 9

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- #23.1 Saysh
  
  Mama.. you really shouldn’t talk about Mishee’s mom that way.
  
  At least not while Mishee isn’t here to give us all the details.
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 12:52 am rating: 1
- #23.2 Canthz_B
  
  “John” should know, he’s crammed in there with the rest of the “Johns”.
  
  This just in…condom sales in Singapore reach record high…Chinatown hooker sinks to record low!!
  
  Reminds me of a sign I saw outside a NY parking garage once…it read: “ALL SLOTS FILLED” !!!
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 1:31 am rating: 0
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#24 Canthz_B

Asian women have cute little butts, however, I believe they use a standard-sized can!

Apr 30, 2009 at 1:26 am rating: 0

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#25 ashmeadow

I wonder what that can was before. It looks like a cracker or cookie jar.

Apr 30, 2009 at 3:10 am rating: 0

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- #25.1 mamason
  
  My guess… tea.
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 3:38 am rating: 4
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#26 TheOldSchool

I’m guessing that it started out as a rock.

It’s kinda fun to imagine who it was who found it and handed it over to the can company.

What was going on in that kid’s head?

Apr 30, 2009 at 3:48 am rating: 3

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- #26.1 TheOldSchool
  
  What was he doing over in the rock area, anyway?
  
  He knew that it is a “no go zone.”
  
  Maybe he had “rocks in his head.”
  
  Wouldn’t be surprised. The whole family’s odd.
  
  I say we take ‘em to the quarry and stone ‘em.
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 3:52 am rating: 4
- #26.2 mamason
  
  I’d love to be stoned. But perhaps we’re thinking along different lines.
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 3:55 am rating: 5
- #26.3 TheOldSchool
  
  If I were the Korean man, I’d fill the can with tiny rocks — just to make a statement.
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 4:00 am rating: 1
- #26.4 TheOldSchool
  
  I thought the same mamason, because I was always good at dodgeball.
  
  Then it turn out they just wanted to smoke pot.
  
  Where’s the risk?
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 4:04 am rating: 3
- #26.5 mamason
  
  What statement would you be making by filling the can with tiny rocks?
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 4:18 am rating: 4
- #26.6 TheOldSchool
  
  If I were the Korean man? The statement would let the people know that I like to fill holes with hard things and get my rocks off over other people’s butts.
  
  If I were the real me? The statement would be the same as above but more focused on the writer of 26.5.
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 4:30 am rating: 5
- #26.7 mamason
  
  Oh, my! I’m so glad I asked.
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 2:19 pm rating: 3
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#27 TheOldSchool

No pot for me. No ma’am. Someone’s gotta be able to throw with a clear head.

That said, I grateful that no one, literally has a clear head. That would be too spooky. Easpecially if it was just the flesh of the head that was clear. We would all look like we’d been skinned alive. Not so romantic, now is it.

Apr 30, 2009 at 4:15 am rating: 3

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- #27.1 TheOldSchool
  
  Yeah…. Maybe it sounds old-fashioned, but I’m a skin fan. It hides and protects. It even stretches!
  
  For Christ’s sake, people, give sex a try. Then you see for yourselves what all the fuss is about.
  
  Apr 30, 2009 at 4:23 am rating: 3
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#28 Bugs Bunny

How generous of them to provide Mr Korea a butt can! Good people, they are!

May 1, 2009 at 6:26 am rating: 1

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#29 Bradley

What block is that? I live in Singapore and wouldn’t mind having a look at this myself. I’m always keeping an eye out for interesting things to photograph here. In fact, there’s an Engrish sign at the hawker calling to me right now…

May 7, 2009 at 4:37 am rating: 0

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