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[mack the knife]

Those red paddles that swing out at 900mph from the subway tollgates are a force to be reckoned with. I kid you not.

The other day, I was making my way through when an obnoxious, gum-smacking granny nudged me from behind as I was placing my card on the scanner. I only moved about a millimeter forward but those b**ches swung out like a Sammy Sosa corked bat and CRACK! went my kneecaps into a million pieces. I managed to cave in the old hag's face with a lightening-quick left elbow, so I won, but still. It was annoying.

This 4 year old girl was walking through, all smiles and humming the "Smurfs" theme song, when her absent-minded mother, gabbing away on her cell, stepped over the threshold. It's difficult to describe what happened (it still haunts me), but those power paddles slapped that kid in the face so hard her head actually FLEW RIGHT OFF. It landed at the feet of some crotchety old granny who had a heart attack right there and died. A mass panic ensued and people were going ape and clawing their way towards the entrance like a North Korean on embassy row. It was that bad. I jumped up on one of the tollgates (yes, with my broken kneecaps, assweepay) and took a dump all over it for spite.

Some 6,000 people died in the ensuing stampede, and that's not including blacks and hogwon teachers, who aren't counted as people in this country. This all happened like, 5 minutes ago, so you haven't read about it yet.

So, heads up when you walk through those b**ches, or your likely to end up like an Italian footballer. Taking a dive.

[kermo]

Wow. Somebody's feeling frisky tonight. I'll be real careful next time, I promise.

[d503]

holy shit...that was too funny, you know nothing hits the spot like an unexpected decapitaion....i too hate those things...the noise always scares me not to mention the pain.

[ThePoet]

Hyperbole at its finest!

Poet

[uberscheisse]

i think maybe he's lying (sucks teeth)... see, we have kimchi here. decapitations don't happen in korea. it's the kimchi.

[eamo]

I guess the superior breeding of Koreans makes their knees stronger than ours.

[peach]

[Chillin' Villain]

Heh heh..... That's a pretty funny story.

Those power paddles (heh heh again) have bagged me mercilessly a few times when I take too long getting through or their programming gets all messed up. At least the turnstiles weren't scary.

[turtlepi1]

The paddles haven't scored a kill on me yet but the one that always gets me is when you are cruising along and you slap down your T-money card and keep on walking. Of course the card doesn't work, the crowd behind you keeps on truckin' and your nuts are turned into peanut butter on those damn metal bars...

*grrr*

Right at the appropriate level for a person of my height...

[mack the knife]

[Ryst Helmut]

[Real Reality]

If you do not like the Korean subway tollgates, then you should consider leaving Korea.

[mack the knife]

[Grotto]

I think I mentioned this several months ago.

I am a pretty big guy and when I went through one I was a bit off with the wallet placement and the little plastic paddles slammed shut on my leg and promptly shattered. When you get this much weight moving no peice of plastic is gonna stop it

I had a run in with one of the subway guys but a couple of people who had been behind me witnessed it and told him what happened(or so I assumed) and he chuckled a bit and waved me on.

[Swiss James]

jeez can't you people just wait till your card makes a beep? Where's the frigging fire?