North Korea banned laughing by its citizens for 11 days to mark death anniversary of Kim Jong Un’s father. During this period, they are not allowed to laugh, consume alcohol, and engage in leisure activities.
Kim Jong Un cannot monitor the entire population whether they laugh or not. But he can, at least, check on his ministers and military generals if they laugh or not.
I was thinking how to help Kim Jong Un in this matter. I found a solution.
(There was a TV series in USA titled Make Me Laugh. It was a comedy game show in which the object was not to laugh at the comedians. Various comedians would have one minute each to make the contestant laugh. If the contestant was able to keep a straight face, he or she would win prize money and go on to face another comedian, and so on until at last they met a joke they couldn’t resist.)
Taking a clue from the above TV series, Kim Jong Un can hire a few comedians and ask them to tell jokes to his ministers and military generals. If they keep a straight face and don’t laugh, they can be promoted to higher rank and their lives will be spared. Or give some awards like North Korea Unlaugh Medal.
What will happen if any of these ministers or military generals could not keep a straight face and laugh? There is always the usual punishments like execution with anti-aircraft gun or feeding them to starving dogs.
I am not making up these punishments. They are already published news items. I mean the punishments.
PS: A dear friend of mine suggested for North Korea to put up following signs all over the country:
LAUGHTER IS NOT THE BEST MEDICINE.
LAUGH AT YOUR RISK.
haha.. Very good one!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Madhu.
DeleteNice caption like "To be or not to be" the famous dialogue in Othello play of Shakespeare. Your blog is of "Siri Sindhi"(laugh and think) nature.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Gowri.
DeleteYou come up with totally unexpected and unpredictable posts that make your readers smile safely within their homes. Every post is a new revelation!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your complements Mr. KP.
DeleteForget how to enforce such rules, how one can get such ideas is in itself a wonder!
ReplyDeleteDestination Infinity
Thanks for your comments Rajesh. Room pottu yosippanga pola irukku (looks like they book a room and think there.)
DeleteThis post made me laugh....thank God I am in a place where there are no crazy restrictions....sad to those people who live there....unexpected and interesting post SG as always ....
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Dee.
DeleteGood one! A very innovative suggestion from you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Pradeep.
DeleteHahaha, that's a great ideas!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Pooja. I am glad you liked it.
DeleteThe credit for the end of World War 2 goes to Japan. Japan did not retaliate. That is why.
ReplyDeleteThe credit for start of cold War goes to USA. And so the peaceful times for decades.
Hitler condemned the bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He maintained that the Japanese emperor would have surrendered as all the soldiers and people were tired of the war. Hitler maintained that Truman didn't understand the mechanics of the war.
Oppenheimer built the bomb for USA. Alas he was not knowing the target country.
Indian soldiers and Pakistani soldiers are clear of one certain thing. They don't want a war. It is clear now with the way the governments handled the recent accidental missile issue.
And Kamala Harris is certainly not going to win the do not laugh medal.
DeleteDare to challenge me here !!
Thanks for your comments Kirtivasan. Hitler condemned the bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? He died on April 30, 1945. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed on August 6 and 9, 1945.
DeleteRegarding Kamala Harris, you are absolutely right. HeHe
I should have checked facts. No doubt.
DeleteBut by Hitler, it is meant Hitler thought or Hitler's faithful followers.
The Americans were getting dirty and would have attacked the Japanese emperor too. After the bombings. The general of Japan surrendered and committed suicide. That was the end of War. Peaceful times began.
India gained independence as British left thinking Indians need peace and their own governance. Sir Radcliffe was mathematically correct in dividing India into 2/3 parts. India, Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Am I at fault when I say mathematically correct? No Indian is going to like my statement on partition of India. But it is impossible not to partition. Such a system is not accepted.
So that is what it is dear SG. I am alone !!
Seriously!
ReplyDeleteDidn't know about this.
Laughing can be a punishable offence in some places.
I don't want "Unlaugh" medal!
Thanks for your comments Anita.
DeleteHe is no doubt a paranoid. North Koreans blood is full of slavery stains, otherwise it is high time, they came with a mutiny to unchain themselves from their enslaving trap.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Sarala.
DeleteRofl 😂 that last two lines howlarious...i never knew this piece of news ...
ReplyDeleteWorld is full of " namoonas "
Thanks for your comments Afshan.
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