I found this funny:
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid={2b11a791-6d09-4eb8-bb85-08fdd83c326c
Oct 17, 2011 (The Nation/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) --
One fine morning, pandemonium broke out in a South Korean supermarket, and customers and shop stewards alike scampered for safety. Babies strapped on their mothers' backs, others in prams screamed as their parents sought the nearest exits.
And it wasn't a terrorist attack, neither was it a band of robbers who had raided the convenience store. No, it wasn't a fire alert either.
One Kenyan woman had just walked in to make a purchase.
"It was terrible!" recalls the woman, Everlyne Nyambegera. "Children were crying, their mothers dashing for the exits and all this made me also break down and start crying too."
Good ol' menafn
I saw black people in Korean supermarkeys before.:mellow:
Quote from: Razgovory on October 20, 2011, 08:23:02 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 20, 2011, 06:28:34 PM
Good ol' menafn
I don't know what that means.
It's the website that article is on. It is also the only "news" site that Google lists as carrying that
story.
Have you heard of them before?
Ah, good. Thread title is keeping with the Martimmay tradition.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on October 20, 2011, 07:22:06 PM
I saw black people in Korean supermarkeys before.:mellow:
Same.
That's way to over the top for Koreans.
Quote from: Razgovory on October 20, 2011, 09:16:19 PM
Have you heard of them before?
No, that was kinda at the heart of my comment. -_-
Quote from: garbon on October 20, 2011, 08:55:04 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 20, 2011, 08:23:02 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 20, 2011, 06:28:34 PM
Good ol' menafn
I don't know what that means.
It's the website that article is on. It is also the only "news" site that Google lists as carrying that story.
Maybe its an exclusive from the Korean ambassador to Portugal? :)
What a strange story. And so little wrote on it...
That being said though I recall going into a convenience shop with my black friend here, the old woman behind the till instantly snapped out of her death like daze and erupted into a barrage of "OMG you are so handsome! Can I touch your hair!". Black folks do cause a stir in Asia.
Quote from: Tyr on October 21, 2011, 04:38:00 AM
What a strange story. And so little wrote on it...
That being said though I recall going into a convenience shop with my black friend here, the old woman behind the till instantly snapped out of her death like daze and erupted into a barrage of "OMG you are so handsome! Can I touch your hair!". Black folks do cause a stir in Asia.
It's
written, not
wrote. Seriously, wtf. English motherfucker do you speak it?
So she's an ugly woman. BFD.
Quote from: Martinus on October 21, 2011, 05:23:36 AM
Quote from: Tyr on October 21, 2011, 04:38:00 AM
What a strange story. And so little wrote on it...
That being said though I recall going into a convenience shop with my black friend here, the old woman behind the till instantly snapped out of her death like daze and erupted into a barrage of "OMG you are so handsome! Can I touch your hair!". Black folks do cause a stir in Asia.
It's written, not wrote. Seriously, wtf. English motherfucker do you speak it?
Oh, the irony.
Quote from: The Brain on October 21, 2011, 08:35:31 AM
So she's an ugly woman. BFD.
Unfortunately for a lot folks I talked to in Korea, Black = Ugly.
Quote from: Tyr on October 21, 2011, 04:38:00 AM
What a strange story. And so little wrote on it...
That being said though I recall going into a convenience shop with my black friend here, the old woman behind the till instantly snapped out of her death like daze and erupted into a barrage of "OMG you are so handsome! Can I touch your hair!". Black folks do cause a stir in Asia.
I think there's a difference between people being excited about hair types they don't often see and a story about people recoiling in terror.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 21, 2011, 08:44:37 AM
Quote from: The Brain on October 21, 2011, 08:35:31 AM
So she's an ugly woman. BFD.
Unfortunately for a lot folks I talked to in Korea, Black = Ugly.
I like my women white and my politics brown.
Quote from: DGuller on October 21, 2011, 08:43:37 AM
Quote from: Martinus on October 21, 2011, 05:23:36 AM
Quote from: Tyr on October 21, 2011, 04:38:00 AM
What a strange story. And so little wrote on it...
That being said though I recall going into a convenience shop with my black friend here, the old woman behind the till instantly snapped out of her death like daze and erupted into a barrage of "OMG you are so handsome! Can I touch your hair!". Black folks do cause a stir in Asia.
It's written, not wrote. Seriously, wtf. English motherfucker do you speak it?
Oh, the irony.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 21, 2011, 08:44:37 AM
Quote from: The Brain on October 21, 2011, 08:35:31 AM
So she's an ugly woman. BFD.
Unfortunately for a lot folks I talked to in Korea, Black = Ugly.
I think that's pretty much true everywhere.
Quote from: Alcibiades on October 23, 2011, 01:51:41 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 21, 2011, 08:43:37 AM
Quote from: Martinus on October 21, 2011, 05:23:36 AM
Quote from: Tyr on October 21, 2011, 04:38:00 AM
What a strange story. And so little wrote on it...
That being said though I recall going into a convenience shop with my black friend here, the old woman behind the till instantly snapped out of her death like daze and erupted into a barrage of "OMG you are so handsome! Can I touch your hair!". Black folks do cause a stir in Asia.
It's written, not wrote. Seriously, wtf. English motherfucker do you speak it?
Oh, the irony.
Quote from: garbon on October 20, 2011, 09:34:29 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 20, 2011, 09:16:19 PM
Have you heard of them before?
No, that was kinda at the heart of my comment. -_-
"News" stories that start out "One fine morning..." without saying when or where this actually occurred (other than at "a South Korean supermarket") kinda screams bullshit from the get-go.
Looking at the story, it is clear that this is just a story the woman made up/exaggerated to sound more exotic. The story not a news story, but a feature about a Kenyan businesswoman in South Korea.
I can understand why Martim thought it funny (given how similar it is to anecdotes about ambassadors), and think it is even funnier that he posted a fragment of the article here expecting anyone to believe that it is true.