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Would you teach English on ����?
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seoulmon



Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:18 am    Post subject: Would you teach English on ����? Reply with quote

Would you take an English teaching job if the job was located on ����?
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schwa



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Um, nobody lives there. Maybe a handful of soldiers passing through.

Was this a trick question?
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peppermint



Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Definite no, but I bet it would be a great place to go camping for a couple of days.
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JacktheCat



Joined: 08 May 2004

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

peppermint wrote:

Definite no, but I bet it would be a great place to go camping for a couple of days.



You can take a day ferry from Ulleungdo. I did it last year.

Not much to see really. Two very very tiny, seagull sh*t stained rocks and fortified marine positions with anti-aircraft guns and anti-ship missile batteries and the biggest Korean flag outside of the DMZ. Not sure what exactly all the military hardware was for. Do they really expect Japan to launch a full scale invasion of Dok Do?

The Koreans on my ferry went a little crazy over it all though. A few were kissing the ground and one woman was in tears, hugging a rock.


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whatthefunk



Joined: 21 Apr 2003
Location: Dont have a clue

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would love to get a job teaching sand crabs how to speak english. Do you know of one?
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JacktheCat wrote:
peppermint wrote:

Definite no, but I bet it would be a great place to go camping for a couple of days.

A few were kissing the ground and one woman was in tears, hugging a rock.


That was no woman. It was rapier.

Laughing
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ajuma



Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My students and I came up with the best solution for the Dok Do problem! There are many Japanese/Korean couples living either in Japan or Korea. Re-settle them all on Dok Do and name it something like Korpan or Japea! Laughing
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bosintang



Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Location: In the pot with the rest of the mutts

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 7:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ajuma wrote:
My students and I came up with the best solution for the Dok Do problem! There are many Japanese/Korean couples living either in Japan or Korea. Re-settle them all on Dok Do and name it something like Korpan or Japea! Laughing


Noh and Koizumi -- Rock, Scissors, Paper - Best of 5, Winner takes all.
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Hwajangsil Ajumma



Joined: 02 May 2005
Location: On my knees in the stall

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent suggestions all. Why not hold a mini-olympics, featuring a list of events including, but not limited to, the following:

Gawi Bowie Bo (sp?)
Pigu
Hangman
Soju drinking games (and, to be fair to Japan, an alternative using Suntory or Sake)
Noraebang/Karaoke
DDR machines
Kartrider
Extra-marital sexathon (for the decathletes)

If a tie-breaker becomes necessary, artistic merit will be awarded for the most breathtaking example of self-harm in the name of national protest.

I'm already doing push-ups in my hwajangsil, Rocky-style, in anticipation of such an event.
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little mixed girl



Joined: 11 Jun 2003
Location: shin hyesung's bed~

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'd skinny dip there. it's so deserted no one would see.
then i would sneak on shore and make tinkles behind a bush. Sad
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, but I would first teach about Hans Island using this text:

http://www.polspy.ca/items/2004/03/31/360.php.


"Hans Island, is probably more close to being truly Danish than Canadian, for a couple of reasons. It��s right off the tip of Greenland, an island around one million square kilometers larger than Quebec, and owned by Denmark, and it��s called Hans Island, not Gordon Island. On those two counts alone Denmark has a convincing case.

Not that it really matters, Hans Island comprises 3 square kilometers of ice-bound, seal infested rock. It isn��t large enough for more than one or two Tim Horton��s franchises, and drive-thrus are out unless you lower the windows for snowmobiles."


Laughing
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zappadelta



Joined: 31 Aug 2004

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
i'd skinny dip there.



Yea, I would take a job there.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

zappadelta wrote:
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i'd skinny dip there.



Yea, I would take a job there.


You'd be sure to always have small sized classes. Split shifts wouldn't be a problem. But, I'm not sure about the quality of housing you'd receive and I doubt is has much of a nightlife.
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Cedar



Joined: 11 Mar 2003
Location: In front of my computer, again.

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would take a job on �︪��, for sure. I've even considered trying to argue with the Dept. of Education for ���ϵ� to make me a job there. But ����? Stuck with a bunch of 21 year old guys during their military service? No thanks!
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the saint



Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

schwa wrote:
Um, nobody lives there. Maybe a handful of soldiers passing through.

Was this a trick question?

Ah... as the Dokdo museum on Ulleungdo is careful to point out, it is inhabited by Korean residents. The population was in single figures and consisted of fisherman and the lighthouse keeper. The military don't count as residents, but having residents is vital to any claim for it being Korean land. As far as the Koreans are concerned, it isn't Japanese because there aren't any Japanese there.

Whatever...
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