S. Korea: Unemployed Man Rioted in a Rhino Pen(a real animal displaces rhinos)

Chosun Ilbo ^ | 06/05/06 | Chung Ji-sup

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Ah, ok.

But it did make for a colorful picture.

Guy up in tree with the police throwing peas at him while two white rhinos watch through the bars of their pen.

"honestly Wilbur, people are strange aren't they?"

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #21

You are right. In that case, cops are also zoo material.:)

[TheCrusader]

"There were two white rhinos in the pen, but zoo keepers deftly got them into a shed, causing no injuries."

Then the two white RINOs, Senators John McCain and Arlen Specter were later released from the shed so they could vote for amnesty for illegal aliens.

[Vicomte13]

No, no, it's "pee", misspelt.

The police surrounded him and peed on him, demonstrating to him that he really is as lowly and pathetic as he was screaming about all day, so he gave up.

Now, returning to the actual story, think about how lowly this guy turns out to be: he goes nuts, charges the rhinoceri (who ignore him), climbs a tree and screams epithets at people all day because he can't get a job, has the police coax him down, and doesn't even get charged with anything.

So, not only can't he get a job or persuade the police to arrest him, he doesn't even have the presence to be able to anger a pair of rhinoceri when he's TRYING to do it.
This is the true meaning of nebbish!

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #24

Yeah, I bet his low self-esteem plummeted even lower.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You really have to feel sorry for the guy even as you understand why no one wants to hire him.

Honestly who among us has not been tempted to climb a tree in a rhino pen?

[Vicomte13]

The Jews have that great word, "nebbish", but this guy's case could be the inspiration for one of those short phrases that come out the Orient sounding like ancient Chinese wisdom, something like "the worm the fisherman rejected".

[lowbridge]

A man in 30's went into a rhino pen and rioted for three and a half hours.

With all that security? How did he manage to get on the floor of the Senate to begin with?

[skr]

LOL!

[Panzerfaust]

I was able to participate in a behind the scenes tour of the zoo in Chicago and got to feed a rhino. VERY large animals (with a weird prehensile upper lip that took my hand right into its mouth). There is no way I'd want to encounter one without some bars between me and it. I'm 6'1" (that's me on the right), so you can see the rhino is about 5' at the shoulder and is about 4' wide. Very impressive animal!

[Americanchild]

Cool, aren't they? That looks like a Black Rhino with you there, but I can't be sure with that angle.

[Americanchild]

Honestly who among us has not been tempted to climb a tree in a rhino pen?

I have that temptation every time I see my boss coming. The difference is that I actually have the opportunity! LOL

[razorback-bert]

There were two white rhinos in the pen, but zoo keepers deftly got them into a shed

We need to hire those guys to put Mclame and Magic Bullet-Scottish Law Spectorator in the shed.

[Thud]

He shoulda tried that on the hippos. They're near-sighted and nervous.

[Kokojmudd]

Whenever I went to the zoo in Korea I always saw Korean men rioting......they were always throwing rocks and bottles at the animals. But the best rioting of all can be seen at a pro baseball game in Pusan....especially when the team from Kwangju is in town!

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #35

Both Pusan and Kwangju folks are freaks(ttorai). To them, flipping is a laudable quality.:)