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Old man with "UFO" sign outside my school

 
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brento1138



Joined: 17 Nov 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:40 pm    Post subject: Old man with "UFO" sign outside my school Reply with quote

So, it was just a regular day. Got my canned coffee and breakfast from the little corner store and headed to work. As I approached the school, I noticed a rather old man, in his 70s or so, with a cardboard sign hanging around his neck with a bunch of Korean on it, and three big letters: "UFO."

Now, bear in mind that I work at an elementary school. This old man was handing out fliers for the Raelians to the kids as they passed him on their way to the school. And if he didn't get to give them the flier, there was a younger person further up the way to the school on our drive-way handing out more fliers. They have a picture of a UFO, the star symbol, and a picture of the Rael guy himself. And a bunch of Korean I'm not going to bother to translate..

So, the kids walk about 10 or 20 footsteps towards the school and they have to pass by a supervisor (the teacher whose duty it is to watch out for the kids and greet them). Anyhow, the second they walked by, she took them away. I walked past her, then doubled back, asking to take one of the fliers to see if it really was a Raelian ad. It was! Hahaha... I mean, come on. Firstly, why are they handing them out to little kids first of all? And second, don't they notice the school supervisor instantly taking it away from the kids the moment they pass her? Hehe. Anyways.

Just an odd thing I never thought I'd see on my walk to work this morning....

By the way, I should dedicate this thread to Kentucker4... for coming back to Korea. Wink
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Gaber



Joined: 23 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Handing out fliers for a hedonistic UFO sex cult out side a primary school? Lawls. Wonder if the old guy had done his research thoroughly. If not its funny, if so, eeee, creepy. Shocked
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IncognitoHFX



Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, the Raeliens are here? I didn't think they would exist this far away.

Maybe Kentucker4 is an earlier attempt at cloning, that is before they claimed to have cloned a baby awhile back. Kentucker4 was a failed experiment so they sent him to Korea in exile.
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last I checked, it wasn't against the law to hand out fliers in Korea.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You have to love religious people in Korea.
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Frankly Mr Shankly



Joined: 13 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

IncognitoHFX wrote:
Wow, the Raeliens are here? I didn't think they would exist this far away.



Have been for a while. I remember running into them in Myongdong years ago where they were having a rally. A friend I was with started chanting, "ET go home."
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RJjr



Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Turning on a Lamp

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

IncognitoHFX wrote:
Wow, the Raeliens are here? I didn't think they would exist this far away.


I don't know if there's more in Korea than anywhere else, but on the Wiki page for Raelians, the photos are mostly from Korea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%ABlism

Yet, I've never read anyone complaining about a coworker trying to get them to go to a Raelian service, the way people on here complain about the Christian and Adjumma churches. Has anyone on here ever been to a Raelian service?
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Are they the lemmings



Joined: 15 Feb 2007
Location: Not here anymore. JongnoGuru was the only thing that kept me here.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And you didn't buy at least one?
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bobranger



Joined: 10 Jun 2008
Location: masan

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
You have to love religious people in Korea.


They are everywhere. Ahh.. the flavor of life. I find it fun that others are so passionate about issues which I have no interest.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

IncognitoHFX wrote:
Wow, the Raeliens are here? I didn't think they would exist this far away..

Their HQ building is in Anguk-dong, across-ish from Changdeok Palace (Secret Garden)
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toiletgod2000



Joined: 18 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anybody go to any meetings? I want to join up. This religion offers everything important to me: race cars, UFOs, and sex. I'm not into the whole kiddy-sex thing though. Oh well, gotta keep shopping.
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kentucker4



Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Location: Georgia

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know about this guy and his cult, but as far as UFOs go, it's not just people seeing things. I'm sure there are some hoaxes, but I know what I have seen. Check out this one spotted by a helicopter crew in the UK:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7465041.stm
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Paddycakes



Joined: 05 May 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, guess I got no reason to head back to Quebec now...
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How the French feel about this religion
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=03CJWkJIUKE&feature=related
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