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

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

[TigerLikesRooster]

/begin my translation

an Unemployed Man Rioted in a Rhino Pen 

A man in 30's went into a rhino pen and rioted for three and a half hours. There were two white rhinos in the pen, but zoo keepers deftly got them into a shed, causing no injuries.

Gwachon Police Dept. said on June 4 that, on the previous day around 4:40pm, Mr. Lee(age:36) suddenly went into a white rhino pen at the Zoo of Seoul Grand Park, Gwachon City. Over three meter wide trench was dug separating the pen and spectators, but he went all the down to the bottom of 2.5 meter deep trench and climbed up its wall and over its fence.

He pushed away zoo keepers who tried to drag him out and climbed 25 meter up an zelkova tree, cursing and shouting, "I want to set fire on the whole world. I will kill you all."

He later muttered, "I am a healthy man, but nobody offers me a job. I was mad. That's why," according to the police. He voluntarily climbed down after police's pea around 8:10pm on the same day, gave a statement and was released.

Gwachon = Chung Ji-sup

2006.06.05

/end my translation

[TigerLikesRooster]

Maybe he should be put on permanent display next to white rhinos. He gets fed and people get to see an man who is a real animal. All he has to do is to periodically go berserk and curse onlookers. He would become the prized feature of the zoo.:)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[SamAdams76]

I can see why nobody will offer him a job.

[MoochPooch]

My thoughts exactly!

[cripplecreek]

He could always come here and run for office. He can't be any worse than what we have now. Besides he sounds like he could be entertaining.

[nuconvert]

"He voluntarily climbed down after police's pea around 8:10pm on the same day"

What does "police's pea" mean?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #6

I suspect it went as follows:

a few cops gathered around the tree and implore to him, "Please, it is getting late. we don't want to drag you down. You might fall and die in the process. You don't want it, do you?" Keep doing this until he gets cold, tired, hungry and decided to climb down.:)

[AntiGuv]

Doesn't "rioting" require more than one participant?

[nuconvert]

LoL. AHhhhh....Plea not pea. LoL. I couldn't figure it out.
Thanks

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #8

Well, I could have said "run riot.":)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #9

Thanks for reminding me.

Correction: police's pea plea

[Polybius]

Doesn't "rioting" require more than one participant?

We'll have to bring that question up at the next "Man Law" commercial. :-)

[grjr21]

climbed down after police's pea

After first turning down the flied lice

[nuconvert]

I'm sorry. I didn't realize this was your translation.
Normally, I could have probably made the correction in my head, but my brain just couldn't grasp it tonight.

[skr]

If they'd left the rhinos in the pen, he wouldn't have to worry about a job.

[cripplecreek]

If they'd left the rhinos in the pen, he wouldn't have to worry about a job.

I don't imagine the job of rhino squeak toy pays much.

[Nachoman]

This guy sounds like management material to me.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #17

M&A, golden parachute type?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

He voluntarily climbed down after police's pea around 8:10pm on the same day,

What in the name of Odin's beard is a police pea?

Did they throw peas at him?

[nuconvert]

We've been through that already.
It's a typo. It should be plea, not pea.