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A comedy show on North Korean TV has the distinction of being
one of the longest-running in the world, although there's very
little that's actually funny in it.
Following are some jokes from North Korean defectors compiled by
Radio Free Asia, a US-government affiliated broadcaster for the
region:
- An Englishman, a Frenchman, and a North Korean are having a
chat. The Englishman says: "I feel happiest when I'm at home, my
wool pants on, sitting in front of the fireplace."
The Frenchman, a ladies' man, says: "You English people are so
conventional. I feel happiest when I go to a Mediterranean beach
with a beautiful blonde-haired woman, and we do what we've got to
do on the way back."
The North Korean man says: "In the middle of the night, the secret
police knock on the door, shouting: Kang Sung-Mee, you're under
arrest! And I say, Kang Sung-Mee doesn't live here, but right next
door! That's when we're happiest!"
- Chang Man Yong works on a collective farm in North Korea. He
goes fishing, gets lucky, and brings a fish home. Happy about his
catch, he tells his wife: "Look what I've got. Shall we eat fried
fish today?"
The wife says: "We've got no cooking oil!"
"Shall we stew it, then?"
"We've got no pot!"
"Shall we grill it?"
"We've got no firewood!"
Chang Man Yong gets angry, goes back to the river, and throws the
fish back into the water.
The fish, happy to have had such a narrow escape, sticks its head out of the water and cheerfully yells: "Long live General Kim Jong Il!"
- Two men are talking on a Pyongyang subway train:
"How are you, comrade?"
"Fine, how are you doing?"
"Comrade, by any chance, do you work for the Central Committee of
the Workers' Party?"
"No, I don't."
"Have you worked for the Central Committee before?"
"No, I haven't."
"Then, are any of your family members working for the Central
Committee?"
"Nope."
"Then, get away from me! You're standing on my foot!"
- Kim Jong Il and Vladimir Putin are having a summit meeting in
Moscow.
During a break, they're bored, and they decide to take a bet to see
whose bodyguards are more loyal.
Putin is on the 20th floor and calls on his bodyguard Ivan, opens
the window, and says: "Ivan, jump!"
Sobbing, Ivan says: "Mr. President, how can you ask me to do that?
I have a wife and child waiting for me at home"
Putin sheds a tear himself, apologises to Ivan, and sends him
away.
Next, it's Kim Jong Il's turn. He calls his bodyguard Lee Myung Man
and yells: "Lee Myung Man, jump!"
Not hesitating for a split second, Lee Myung Man is just about to
jump out the window.
Putin grabs Lee Myung Man to prevent him from jumping and says:
"Are you out of your mind? If you jump out this window, you'll die!
This is the 20th floor!"
Nevertheless, Lee Myung Man is still struggling, trying to escape
Putin's embrace and jump out the window: "Mr. Putin, please let me
go! I have a wife and child at home!"
- At High School No. 1 in Pyongyang, a girl brags to her teacher
about the cat she's got at home: "Our cat has just given birth to
seven kittens. All of them just stick close to their mother, they
feel really comfortable, and sleep all the time. They're all true
communists."
A few days later, the teacher asks the girl: "Are the communist
kittens at home growing up nicely?"
The girl says: "Comrade teacher, big trouble! They've all opened
their eyes, and they've all renounced communism!"
- Chinese, Russian, Japanese, American, and North Korean police
officers gather and decide to assess their investigative
capacity.
Under the watchful eye of their supervisors, each team gets a
mouse, then lets it loose, and the mouse runs up a big
mountain.
The winning team is the one that manages to catch and bring back
the mouse in the shortest time.
The Chinese police employ human wave tactics, combing every square
inch on the mountain in their thousands.
They capture and return the mouse after only one day's
search.
The Japanese policemen use a smell detector, and after only half a
day, they detect the mouse hole, search it, catch the mouse and
bring it back.
The Russian cops send a robot equipped with a heat-seeking device
up the mountain.
The robot locates all the mammals on the mountain and after only
three hours the Russians capture and bring back the mouse.
The only ones left now are the American and North Korean police
officers.
The Americans use a satellite signal device to locate the mouse,
and then send in a mechanical gadget that looks like a snake
gliding up the mountain.
The gadget gets into the mouse hole, catches the mouse and brings
it back after only one hour.
The North Koreans are last.
Although the supervisors are watching, none of them makes a move, there is no brainstorming, and no one comes up with a plan of action, nothing at all.
After only about 10 minutes, a few North Korean police officers
show up dragging a dog before the supervisors, saying they've found
the mouse.
All the supervisors are puzzled: "What are you doing? It is not a
dog you were supposed to catch! Weren't you supposed to catch a
mouse?"
Instead of answering, the North Korean cops drag the dog through
the dirt and repeatedly kick it in the ribs.
The sobbing dog suddenly starts to talk: "Stop, stop, please stop! Yes, I confess, I'm a mouse! I'm a mouse, please concede that I'm a mouse, or else they're going to kill me!"
