Look at them! Look at the toes of the standing legs, all lined up just so. The working legs, all extended at precisely the same angle. The heads, slightly tilted to the right.
But why are all their ankles taped?
30 November 2010
North Korean Rockettes
I was mesmerized this morning by a photo in the Times which someone saw fit to give a half a page to, in color.
Look at them! Look at the toes of the standing legs, all lined up just so. The working legs, all extended at precisely the same angle. The heads, slightly tilted to the right.
But why are all their ankles taped?
Look at them! Look at the toes of the standing legs, all lined up just so. The working legs, all extended at precisely the same angle. The heads, slightly tilted to the right.
But why are all their ankles taped?
I think it's the cuffs of their long nude underwear.
ReplyDeleteIt's to hold their feet on.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was bobby socks under their WWII-era hose, to make their shoes fit better.
ReplyDeleteTo hide their smiley-face tattoos.
ReplyDeleteI agree, bobby socks. I could tell on the main picture NYT website shot.
ReplyDeleteRemarkable!
Probably have some sort of shocking mechanism in there....good lord.
ReplyDeleteAHahahaha! Your readers are freaken hilarious. Sorry. The seriousness of the photo is now lost to me. (It is a strange machine of people in N. Korea.)
ReplyDeleteHey you.
xo
erin
Bandages from where they slash each other with those bayonets.
ReplyDeleteI just got a major chill from that pic
ReplyDeleteLove Mayberry Mom's comment!
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