7/24/2004: South Koreans enjoy mud beach

Undertoad • Jul 24, 2004 11:21 am
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Always good to have IotDs of people in joy. These S. Koreans are participating in the seventh annual Boryeong Mud Festival in Daecheon.

Looks like the mud there is grayish? Googling for the festival finds the following speculations about it: The mud from Boryeong radiates long infrared rays and contains minerals, germanium and bentonite an indispensable cosmetic constituent. Also, cleansing form stimulates blood circulation, slow aging, reduces wrinkles and removes excess oil and dirt from your skin.

REMOVES excess dirt? Anyway, it looks like the festival has become a focus of tourism, as well as promoting the cosmetic qualities of the stuff. One story suggested that the town developed it as an international event by making sure there were lots of photos of foreigners, "English teachers" - which, it would appear, make up a large number of the foreigners there at the moment.

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Nothing But Net • Jul 24, 2004 11:25 am
ETILF!
lumberjim • Jul 24, 2004 11:32 am
uh....
Elspode • Jul 24, 2004 11:40 am
Me...wan...waaannnn...dese four wimen...teech...the gud inglesh...too me. Make bouncy-bouncy!
Kitsune • Jul 24, 2004 11:58 am
ETILF!

This is a new one I haven't heard, before. Clue me in on the first two letters?
"EightTeens...?"

Dirty, filthy, girls. Mmm...
Nothing But Net • Jul 24, 2004 12:08 pm
<b>Kit</b>, I thought you were more clever than that.

"English Teachers"
lumberjim • Jul 24, 2004 12:09 pm
"English teachers" - which, it would appear, make up a large number of the foreigners there at the moment.

english teachers i'd like to f....ool around with
Kitsune • Jul 24, 2004 12:16 pm
Kit, I thought you were more clever than that.

Not this morning, it seems. Dammit.

Hangover!
Nothing But Net • Jul 24, 2004 12:22 pm
You are bad. It's afternoon now Eastern Time. Hope you're not planning to fly today.
Kitsune • Jul 24, 2004 12:35 pm
Hope you're not planning to fly today.

Well, not as a passenger...
lookout123 • Jul 24, 2004 3:01 pm
[QUOTE=Undertoad][img]...international event by making sure there were lots of photos of foreigners, "English teachers" - which, it would appear, make up a large number of the foreigners there at the moment.



my sister leaves in 2 weeks for Seoul. she will be teaching there for 1 year. i'll have to let her know she missed the festival.
Trilby • Jul 24, 2004 5:08 pm
Why hasn't Lancome, Clinique or even Bath 'n Body Works exploited this essential need ?! Boryeong mud is for EVERYBODY who wants to have that out-of-this-world glow...
xoxoxoBruce • Jul 24, 2004 5:26 pm
The mud is dug up near Boryeong, trucked to the beach area, and dumped at a "Mud Experience Land."
:ymca:
Happy Monkey • Jul 24, 2004 5:39 pm
Undertoad wrote:

REMOVES excess dirt?
Well, after you make the efort to wash all that stuff off, you'll probably be cleaner than when you went in.
Karenv • Jul 24, 2004 9:50 pm
Reminds me of a raku workshop I went to in a clay mine in Boville Idaho. The land was covered with hills of clay. When it rained one day they became slides and we all looked more or less like the people in the picture. :biggrin:
wolf • Jul 24, 2004 11:05 pm
Shame that a country can be so poor it can't afford sand for their beach.
Trilby • Jul 25, 2004 10:34 am
[QUOTE=Undertoad] [i]The mud from Boryeong radiates long infrared rays and contains minerals, germanium and bentonite an indispensable cosmetic constituent. Also, cleansing form stimulates blood circulation, slow aging, reduces wrinkles and removes excess oil and dirt from your skin.[QUOTE=Undertoad]

Yes, but can sand do ALL THIS? Where do I sign on as investor? I want to bring the mud of Boryeong to America! Just the thing for all our Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears wanna-be's! The bux will roll in! It's flawless!
irma • Jul 25, 2004 11:24 am
They sure get muddy :) Then when they get home they need to clean up, some may have a weird bathtub and toilet
jaguar • Jul 25, 2004 12:09 pm
That is.....that is so damn stupid words fail me. It has to be fake, the toilet doesn't even have a seat.
xoxoxoBruce • Jul 25, 2004 3:01 pm
Well, don't they,....uh,...hover? ;)
jaguar • Jul 25, 2004 3:17 pm
Considering the lack of the gap between the two toilets it's either that or risk falling in, particularly if one person got up before the other.
xoxoxoBruce • Jul 25, 2004 3:38 pm
I asked Google Images for a "fat oriental" to do a joke about someone wide enough to use that toilet. It gave me this! wtf :biggrin:
wolf • Jul 26, 2004 2:29 am
Mebbe that image was posted by a fat oriental?
Cyber Wolf • Jul 26, 2004 7:45 am
Maybe that is a fat oriental and the pic is just very nicely Photoshopped.

[conspiracy]You know...what with all the airbrushing and all...[/conspiracy] :eyebrow:
Beestie • Jul 26, 2004 10:40 am
Or maybe a fat oriental just ate her.
BrianR • Jul 26, 2004 3:28 pm
Someone else will have to do the inevitable joke here...I refuse on general principles.
mrputter • Jul 26, 2004 8:17 pm
> the inevitable joke

:confused: &nbsp; &nbsp; How many fat orientals does it take to...? &nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:
BrianR • Jul 27, 2004 2:58 pm
No, no...the inevitable lesbian joke. Now there, I've gone and done it. Everyone's mind is now firmly in the gutter ;)