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Anecdotes about Kim Jong Il's last Russian vacation...
2002-08-24
A heavy rain frequently fell on St. Petersburg from some days ago before Kim Jong Il arrived there during his Russian tour last year. Officials who came out to receive him looked up to the sky with concern. But it did not rain when he laid a wreath, reviewed a guard of honor and visited a museum after arriving there. There was a torrential rain only right after he got on a car.
Why, that's amazing!
A cloudy sky began to clear up when he arrived at Lenin Square.
Simply amazing!
A torrential rain fell again when he boarded a car and headed for the Kirov Factory after going round the statue of Lenin and a metro station.
Yep. God Lenin Sombody's definitely waching over him...
A Russian official on hand, surprised at the wonders of nature, told him as follows: "Comrade Kim Jong Il, the sun is yours as people say. You seem to let the sun throw its rays, when necessary, while going with it kept in your pocket".
Yasss... Dictators always look best with a thick coating of butter, don't they?
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#2  How 'bout that? The Dear Leader likes old-time American food!

In the Old West, soldiers used to eat what they called the Jenny Lind steak, which was the tongue of a played-out mule. It was named after the popular singer of the day...
Posted by: Fred   2002-08-24 17:52:52  

#1  Apparently Mr. Kim also has some decided prediliction for mule meat, which apparently was not an easy menu item to come by in parts of the train ride on the Trans Siberian RR. His fits of pique concerning this diplomatic lapse had his guides in fits also.
Posted by: Tom Roberts   2002-08-24 17:01:45  

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