Picture of the Day: Tractor Inspection
This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Aug. 24, 2023, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) inspecting the Kumsong Tractor Factory in the North’s western port city of Nampo the previous day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Did Captian Kim just get off his yacht to inspect the tractors?
Did you ever hear the story of Tractor Kim?
This Korean guy had an obsession over tractors as a teenager. He loved tractors. Instead of teen idols, he had posters of tractors on his walls, every brand and every model.
He got poor grades in everything unrelated, but graduated from university with degree in agricultural equipment design and the trouble begin.
Instead of a car, he bought a small tractor to drive to work. Imagine rush hour with a hundred cars behind him at 15 kph.
It got so bad that law enforcement had a talk with him to try to work out some agreement to accomodate his obsession over tractors. He refused to give up his tractor.
His solution was to put a bigger engine and a different gear ratio in the tractor so it would drive faster than a car. He was really proud of this. He would speed around town showing off his fast tractor, but it was clearly dangerous, as it was not designed for that speed, especially on cornering.
It got so bad that the government eventually confiscated his tractor.
The next day, he went out and bought one of those big industrial tractors. He had it custom painted with a big “I heart Tractors” on the door. It was almost as long as a bus, one and a half times higher, and he drove at top speed taking up almost two lanes.
They confiscated it quite quickly and went to his apartment to arrest him. Inside, there were hundreds of toy and model tractors, brochures, posters, etc. The toilet was a tractor seat. His bed was a mat on the hood of an old tractor.
His love of tractors and all the associated problems was more a mental health issue than a criminal one.
Instead of jail, the institutionalized him for over a year and worked hard to end his obsession over tractors with all the modern mental health methods. He responed surprisingly well to treatment.
For some time after his release, it appeared to have completely removed his obsession over tractors.
He moved to a company designing sewing machines. He drove a normal car to work. His case worker reported no hint of tractor memorabilia in his home, which was nearly empty except for necessities.
Then, one day, he was in a resturaunt eating and the sewer truck started pumping the spetic tank outside. The smell came in and everybody was miserable.
He stood up, took a really deep breath, walked to the door and blew hard outside. Then he did it again and again and again. It became uncomfortable for everyone watching.
Someome finally asked what was going on.
He stopped, looked them in the eye, and said,
“I’m an ex-tractor fan.”
While I appreciate every nation needs farm equipment, I doubt Norkistan has enough money to buy them for all the dirt poor farmers who need one.
[Insert Soviet Joke Here]
I mean, that would require knocking off 5-10% of their offensive weapons programs…
An old joke told in the Soviet Union…
Every other Friday a factory guard saw a worker coming out of the factory pushing a wheelbarrow packed with hay.
The guard searched inside the hay, found nothing and let the guy go. This ritual repeated over several years until a time when the guard was about to retire.
When the guy pushing the wheelbarrow appeared at the gate he told him: “I know you are stealing something. I am just about to retire and this is my last day here. I will not tell anybody, but, please, let me know what are you stealing.”
The guy smiled and answered, “Oh, I am stealing the wheelbarrows.”
I bet KJU gave clear and intelligible guidance, unlike the potato pedo Joe Biden.
American: “I’m free to criticize my government. You can’t say that”
North Korean: “Nonsense. I’m also free to criticize your government”
Liz, that’s one of my favorite Reagan jokes!!!