By GI Korea on January 22nd, 2011 at 12:55 pm

Picture of the Day: Korean Basketball Cheerleaders

Cheerleaders perform at a basketball match between ETLand Elephants and KT Sonicboom at Samsan Stadium in Incheon on Wednesday.

• Retired GI
  6:47 am on January 22nd, 2011 1

  Fashion seems to be dead in Korea looking at these two.

• ChickenHead
  8:02 am on January 22nd, 2011 2

  Retired GI,

  The last decade has been a fashion disaster… with absolutely nothing new or innovative… unless you count Lady Gaga's meat dress or the double sick joke on society of Uggs and Crocs.

  It was also a music disaster (eg. Nickleback), a movie disaster (everything between Matrix and Avatar), a movie star disaster (all the really popular actors are over 40), a car design disaster (a BMW, a Benz and a Hyundai converged on almost indistinguishable blocks of mediocrity), a political disaster (Bush and Obama), a military disaster (two endless and non-productive wars run with peacetime-attitude militaries), a foreign relations disaster (Bush pizzed everyone off and Obama tried to appease them through shallow and inept toadiness)… I could go on and on and on.

  2000-2010 will be looked back upon as a miserable decade. I can only hope the new decade will be better.

  It might be. The best art and culture comes in times of social disruption… and it looks like America is in for some serious social disruption.

• Glans
  8:35 am on January 22nd, 2011 3

  ChickenHead 2, the last decade was when you got old.

• Retired GI
  9:37 am on January 22nd, 2011 4

  ChickenHead, thanks for the observations, which I tend to agree with wholeheartedly.

  2000 to 2005 in the army for me were a PC fright-fest, with one D/A after another going down the PC drain pipe. 05 > 10 were learning how to be retired and increasing my weapons total. I have high hopes for 2011 with little outside influences to pester me.

  When I get bored, I'll tune in here and see the five "W"s. Who, What, When, Where and Why.

  Certainly not going to be doing any girl-watching in Korea, if that pic is a good example of entertaining fashion.

• Retired GI
  9:41 am on January 22nd, 2011 5

  Addition: if Avatar is an indication of the future for hollywood, there will be little need for Actors.

  THAT could be a good thing.

• Teadrinker
  10:11 am on January 22nd, 2011 6

  "It was also a music disaster (eg. Nickleback)"

  Dude, you already mentioned Lady Gaga.

  I must agree with you, top 40 got really lame in the last 10 years. A big part of the blame lies on performers' and producers' heavy reliance on Auto-tune (and I don't even mean that Cher voice trick), trend consultants and marketing studies to decide which hook to use in a song to increase sales (yes, they actually do that).

• Pops
  10:12 am on January 22nd, 2011 7

  The gals seem to be pointing forward to the future. We can only hope it's better than the "lost decade" described…

• Teadrinker
  10:22 am on January 22nd, 2011 8

  "THAT could be a good thing. "

  I don't expect movie tickets to get cheaper. In any case, they've been saying that since the early 80's when a short movie, I think sponsored by the National Film Board of Canada, came out. Computer graphics were used to render human characters, in this case two well-known film icons (Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart…Copyrights laws weren't as restrictive back then as they are now). I wish I could remember the title. I'm sure it's online somewhere.

• Teadrinker
  10:36 am on January 22nd, 2011 9

  Found it. Rendezvous in/a Montreal, 1987 actually.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5kVMn_wR2g

  http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/24/virtual-actors-o…

• Teadrinker
  10:41 am on January 22nd, 2011 10

  Oh, and that photo… Some of you guys are gonna hate me for suggesting this, but I think the caption should be "Pull my finger".

• Leon LaPorte
  1:23 pm on January 22nd, 2011 11

  One or two missed/late credit card payments from prostitution. THAT my friends is what is cool about Korea. All women are accessible.

• ChickenHead
  2:48 pm on January 22nd, 2011 12

  Glans,

  I considered your statement. It may have some truth…

  …or it may be that the last decade was simply inferior in pop culture.

  You will be hard pressed to name a true game-changing blockbuster on the level of the Matrix… the creation of an icon equal to James Bond, Rambo or Indiana Jones… a popular actor who was not already famous the decade before… a band that will be considered classic in 20 years… a fashion style that represents the decade… etc.

  But it goes deeper. People changed socially… in attitude, interaction, expectation and values.

  Off the top of my head…

  The addiction to social media, constant texting and distant communication, made relationship more shallow under the illusion of closeness… "hanging out " increasing became based on console games rather than shared activities based on real conversation, the values of people changed as it became acceptable to take easy help from Mom and Dad or the government instead of working harder… radical political correctness became acceptable… quik blame to others for any misaction or failure reached new levels… manners in general decreased… and so much more.

  I can certainly see how these could sound like the complaints of an old man stuck in the warm memories of the past where life was simple and the air was clean…

  …but some evidence supports my statement. Pop culture reflects society… and much of the last ten years of pop culture sucked.

  History will show it to be a culturally lost decade.

• Tom Langley
  3:51 pm on January 22nd, 2011 13

  I agree their fashion is a disaster. They need to cheer nude. That will bring up team spirit & something else as well. "Rah rah ree, kick them in the knee, rah rah rock, her lips around my …"

• Zilchy
  5:37 pm on January 22nd, 2011 14

  “Rah rah ree, kick them in the knee, rah rah rock, her lips around my …”

  Rhymes with Knee and has to denote male genitilia?

  1. tree? – Mighty arrogant!

  2. bee? – As in stinger? A bit of a stretch.

  3. me? – As in the essence of any human male.

  4. glee? – As in very happy.

  5. free? – As in genitilia is currently exposed.

  6. Tee? – As in a baseball tee. Golf tee also

  7. Lee? – As in a given name for said genitilia.

  8. We? – As in denoting 2 or more of something – Gonads.

• Zilchy
  5:39 pm on January 22nd, 2011 15

  Oops, I missed the "rock" part of Tom's rhyme. Damn, all that brainstorming for nothing!

• ChickenHead
  8:50 pm on January 22nd, 2011 16

  "Rah rah ree, kick them in the knee, rah rah rock, her lips around my …"

  GLOCK!

  "Suck it, you crazy biatch! Yeah! Take it all you funking whoore! BANG! BANG! BANG! Yeah, that'll teach you, you dirty piece of shyt! BANG! BANG! You'll never take me alive, pigs! BANG! BANG! BANG!"

  Tom Langley… dude… you are sicker than I thought… and that wasn't even good rhyme. At least…

  "Rah rah witch, suck, crazy biatch!"

  …although, had we used Zilchy's perfectly valid rhyming scheme based on "ree", I'd have voted for…

  "her lips around my grand prix"

• Teadrinker
  9:00 pm on January 22nd, 2011 17

  Some of you guys really need to get laid.

• Teadrinker
  9:02 pm on January 22nd, 2011 18

  KT Sonicboom…Teeheehee, I didn't even notice that one before I suggested the caption.

• mr.pharmacist
  10:51 pm on January 22nd, 2011 19

  What stuffed art and culture was kids with 'disposable income' driving them. We can blame the parents.

• Tom
  11:03 pm on January 22nd, 2011 20

  So where do Koreans get this crazy stereotypes about white guys?

• Sonagi
  4:14 am on January 23rd, 2011 21

  @Chickenhead:

  The only point I would add to your great post is that electronic toys make it very hard to get kids to read or play outside. When I was growing up, the only electronic distraction was a TV with three channels, only two of which got clear reception. We were only too happy to walk to the library, build a tree fort, or ride our bikes up and down the street. A large percentage of students at our school read below grade level, and I don't know how they will ever reach grade level if they only ever read at school under a teacher's gaze. Likewise, the reduced outdoor physical activity because of perceived or real safety concerns is hindering our children from maintaining strong, fit bodies. This impacts learning as regular physical activity correlates strongly with higher academic achievement.

• Tom Langley
  6:11 am on January 23rd, 2011 22

  Chickenhead #16. You are the best poster on ROK Drop, bar none. Grand Prix, hahahahahahaha! Sonagi, #21, I agree totally that Americans need to get more exercise. If I had those two cheerleaders (assuming that they are 18 or slightly older) I would love to do some horizontal aerobics. Tom #20, To answer your question: from reading my post, lol. Teadrinker #17, Usually my wife doesn't read what I am typing, lol.

• Glans
  9:49 am on January 23rd, 2011 23

  ChickenHead 12, I can't point out the high points of the last decade of pop culture, because I, like you, am old. Think back when we were young, how old folks disdained our pop culture. They just couldn't understand it.

  Tom Langley 13 – Nude? Yuck! Those girls are so thin I thought they were Norks.

  Sonagi 21, even back then we were told that we were watching too much TV, that we needed to read more and to play outside more.

• Sonagi
  11:19 am on January 23rd, 2011 24

  WE? Maybe your mom and dad told you to read more and play outside more, but mine didn't. There were cartoons in the afternoon for an hour or so and then it was old reruns until the news came on at 6 PM. Climbing trees and riding bikes were way more fun than watching Andy Griffith in black and white. In the summertime we begged for permission to walk to the library to break up the long monotony of a summer day. It's possible that many parents thought their children watched too much TV and didn't read or play outside enough in the 70s and 80s, but that does not mean that kids now don't read and play outside even less.

• Teadrinker
  11:21 am on January 23rd, 2011 25

  #21,

  Sonagi, I can tell you teach in public school. You're trying too hard to make excuses for the parents. My son is a well-rounded individual. A huge part of it is being a good role model. Just say it: Some parents are selfish and lazy (morons) who aren't even fit to raise a plant.

  I read, so does my son. I love being outdoors, so does my son. He actually gets upset when I don't bring him along for a hike (no mountain is high enough for him, but some are still too dangerous).

  It's also about cultivating your kids interests. He loves water, so he has swim lessons. He's artistic and loves entertaining people, so he takes piano lessons.

  It's really that simple.

• Teadrinker
  11:30 am on January 23rd, 2011 26

  …Sure, he'd play videos games and watch TV all day long if I let him, but stopping that is as easy as saying "no". We also give him homework. Yup, he's got his school homework and his HOMEwork. The other kids' parents are always upset when they hear he gets better scores than their own kids (they mistakenly believe he speaks Korean has his second language).

• Sonagi
  11:37 am on January 23rd, 2011 27

  Sonagi, I can tell you teach in public school. You’re trying too hard to make excuses for the parents.

  Puh-lease. I can tell you didn't read my comment carefully as you appear to have misinterpreted an explanation as an excuse. The most important factor in how much a child reads at home is parental support they way you do with your son.

• Teadrinker
  2:36 pm on January 23rd, 2011 28

  #27,

  Sorry for the misunderstanding, Lady Sonagi. I wouldn't want to offend you. (No, seriously, I'm not being sarcastic).

• Zilchy
  11:06 pm on January 23rd, 2011 29

  Teadrinker – "Some of you guys really need to get laid."

  Currently in the Philippines, I need to slow down!!

• Teadrinker
  1:15 am on January 24th, 2011 30

  #29,

  Prostitutes don't count.

• Tom Langley
  4:50 am on January 24th, 2011 31

  Zilchy #29, lol! Teadrinker #30, Your d**k doesn't know the difference.

• ChickenHead
  5:35 am on January 24th, 2011 32

  "Prostitutes don’t count."

  Oh yeah, Mr. Smartypants Teadrinker?

  If that's the case, how do they know if you paid them the correct amount? Huh?

• Retired GI
  6:29 am on January 24th, 2011 33

  Oh Prostitutes count alright. Just try to short change them!

  A "wife" doesn't count. It is her "duty". But from reports I have received, they are sometimes negligent in their duties.

• Zilchy
  10:01 am on January 24th, 2011 34

  #29 Teadrinker – "Prostitutes don’t count."

  You specifically stated "laid", which I assume refers to the act of copulation, leading to a hormonal release, thus relieving the tension you seem to be refering to in your post #17.

  Am I carving notches in my preverbial bedpost? No.

  Am I ejaculating like a coked-up jackrabbit? Yes.

  Is my moral compass functioning properly? I seem to have misplaced said compass!!

  You're drinking too much tea. Try some warm milk.

• Teadrinker
  10:02 am on January 24th, 2011 35

  "Your d**k doesn’t know the difference."

  Until it starts itching, right?

• Zilchy
  10:21 am on January 24th, 2011 36

  "Until it starts itching, right?"

  Condoms?

  Sodomy?

  Falacio?

• Teadrinker
  10:25 am on January 24th, 2011 37

  "It is her “duty”."

  Only if you're lousy in bed.

  "You’re drinking too much tea. Try some warm milk."

  Takes more than warm milk to get us French-Canadians down, if you know what I mean.

  It's not about moral compass (If I had a moral compass, it would have a very broad needle, which would also be blunt at its ends). I actually meant to write that prostitutes are a turn off. Yes, I never really felt curious about ladies of the night. To loosely quote George Carlin, hormone is the sound a whore makes to make you think she's enjoying herself. I just don't seen any fun in that. Where's the mystery, where's the challenge?

  Besides, sex is like water. Why would I pay for something I can get for free? And, no, I'm not talking about marriage. You think I married the first woman I slept with? Dude, I'm French-Canadian. We fuck a lot.

• Teadrinker
  10:28 am on January 24th, 2011 38

  "It is her “duty”."

  Only if you're lousy in bed.

  "You’re drinking too much tea. Try some warm milk."

  It's not about moral compass (If I had a moral compass, it would have a very broad needle, which would also be blunt at its ends). I actually meant to write that prostitutes are a turn off to me. Yes, I never really felt curious about the ladies of the night. To loosely quote George Carlin, hormone is the sound a whore makes to make you think she's enjoying herself. I just don't seen any fun in that. Where's the mystery, where's the challenge?

  Besides, sex is like water. Why would I pay for something I can get for free? And, no, I'm not talking about marriage, although my wife is now the only one for me. You think I married the first woman I slept with? Dude, I'm French-Canadian. It takes more than warm milk to get me down, if you know what I mean.

• Teadrinker
  10:35 am on January 24th, 2011 39

  "Condoms?"

  Condoms don't protect you from the crabs.

  "Sodomy?"

  Nobody wants to know whether you like taking it up the tailpipe or not.

  "Falacio?"

  What's that? Spanish slang for a lying man? Dude, I'm straight.

• Teadrinker
  10:39 am on January 24th, 2011 40

  "“Prostitutes don’t count.”

  Oh yeah, Mr. Smartypants Teadrinker?

  If that’s the case, how do they know if you paid them the correct amount? Huh?"

  

• Zilchy
  10:48 am on January 24th, 2011 41

  "Besides, sex is like water. Why would I pay for something I can get for free?"

  It's never free! In some way, shape or form, the male alway's pays!This has been a maxim since day 1 and I'm doubtful it will change anytime soon.

  "Condoms don’t protect you from the crabs."

  Are you refering to king crabs? horseshoe crabs? A crabby wife?

• Teadrinker
  11:40 am on January 24th, 2011 42

  "It’s never free! "

  Sure, keep telling yourself that if it helps you feel better.

  "Are you refering to king crabs? horseshoe crabs? A crabby wife?"

  No, quite.

  http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6LjkdkplqeMxMfF…

• Teadrinker
  11:40 am on January 24th, 2011 43

  Not, quite…I meant.

• Retired GI
  1:01 pm on January 24th, 2011 44

  All the married guys that did NOT buy their wife a ring, raise your hand. For the rest of you, how much did you PAY for that ring.

  Check and mate. You bought her and paid for her. Hookers are merely rented. Kind a like beer.

  Then the 50% that end in divorce still pay for it, even if they no longer get it.

  Why buy when you can rent. You pay either way. (even if it is only the meal)(or the drinks) Sorry if the truth hurts.

  Men pay and women like the arrangement.

  Now go and tell the wife you love her. You better! You paid for her. According to the marriage vows—for life. But then again, that is often forgotten by both parties.

• Tom Langley
  1:24 pm on January 24th, 2011 45

  Teadrinker #35, As soon as I clicked my mouse to enter my comment I was thinking that would be your reply, lol. When I was stationed in Korea on occasion I would hit the ville & just want to get wasted & not have any female companionship. The girls would crowd around you close to midnight curfew & if you told them "Tawn upsayo" (No money) they would know that you were lying & keep on pestering you. If you told them "VD eesayo" (I've got VD) then they would tell you "No problem, me VD too". They may be being smarta$$ed with you or it might be true. If you really didn't want the girls to mess with you then you told them "Scoteie chingos"(it literally means little friends, scoteie is Japanese & chingos is Korean, the phrase means you have the crabs) the girls would move away from you like you had the plague. I have no idea how to spell those Korean & Japanese words.

• Teadrinker
  1:58 pm on January 24th, 2011 46

  "All the married guys that did NOT buy their wife a ring, raise your hand."

  Are you suggesting you were a virgin when you got married?

  PS. I didn't. My wife and I are not big on all that sentimentalist BS. Yeah, she's cool like that. Plus, her family's rich but not the least bit materialistic. They don't flash their money around.

• Teadrinker
  2:00 pm on January 24th, 2011 47

  #44,

  Disturbing and vulgar…My kind of story.

• Thomas Lee
  2:06 pm on January 24th, 2011 48

  How's the saying go, "if it floats, flys or frucks; rent it, don't buy it".

• Glans
  3:21 pm on January 24th, 2011 49

  Tom Langley 44, during the second world war, Eighth Air Force bomber crews called their fighter escorts Little Friends.

• Tom Langley
  4:15 pm on January 24th, 2011 50

  Glans #48, That's very interesting, I did not know that. Thanks for the info! Suddenly I feel the need to scratch a certain part of my body. Where in the heck did I put that wire brush, lol?

• Retired GI
  10:30 pm on January 24th, 2011 51

  #47 TomL. I always thought that it was: "If it has tits or moving parts, it will cost ya."

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