Korean Funnies!

Some things in Korea can be very funny. Some of the funny things are Konglish mistakes, others are spelling mistakes and others are simply unexplainable, see for yourself.

Who knew -- no shemanism allowed in Wolchulsan. The extra fun part is that I have never seen this on a sign before -- so maybe shemanism is ok in Seoraksan, Odeasan, Jirisan etc.

So if you want to take the next path at Wolchulsan you should look for the next translation.

At Girimsa one of the more significant but less visited temples even the monks cannot live without satellite TV.

At some point I will need to get a picture of some dancing girls opening a store -- or anything else. Usually when something opens in Korean barely clothed women dance outside to draw attention to that business. In this case they hired the two guys -- they were way too funny -- much better and completely random.

These guys were performing in Nambu Subway station one day. I am not sure why. When I was there they were singing relatively modern English songs, just one of those things that is funny and impossible to understand here.

This was in a Baskin Robbins in Daegu (a major chain in a major city).

On its own this sign is humorous. But knowing that it is actually pointing down the mountain makes it better. Then on top of that you need to know that most hike signs are really helpful, this one, not so much...

These next 2 are some of my favorites, but they are not G-rated. Koreans have a love for the penis. There is a park (I have not been there) full of statues, but I have been to the phallus reststop:

The outside area is full of carvings like the ones above, and the reststop sells tons of penis stuff. They also sell tea to increase stamina. Quite the place. The first time I was here was after a 2 day hike and I wasn't really sure it was real -- I was too tired. But I have since been back and now I have this photographic evidence.