A remarkable story about catching a seagull alive from NK.

[Ariel Badger]

"The following happened one day in August 1967 when Kim Jong Il was on his way to give on-site guidance in South Hamgyong Province, in the eastern part of Korea. His car was passing a mountain spur on the east coast, when he told his driver to stop for a short break.
He gazed at the seagulls hovering over the billowing sea for a while, and then asked his entourage if there was a way of catching a seagull.
An official said there was.
“How?” he asked.
“With a rifle,” the official answered.
“With a rifle? The easiest way, but… .” He trailed off.
After a moment he said that he needed a live seagull, and not one wounded by a bullet.
The officials accompanying him wondered why he needed a live seagull.
He said to them: A few days ago I visited Hamhung Zoo in the South Hamgyong provincial capital; there were many visitors, but not so many animals. Although the seagull is not a rare bird, I want to send a live one to the zoo as a memento of my recent visit.
The officials wracked their brains. Eventually one of them came up with a solution, using a rifle.
With a smile on his face, Kim Jong Il said he was of the same opinion.
How could he possibly catch a seagull alive? wondered the officials.
He explained to them: In general, birds are cowardly creatures and so fearful that they cannot fly off immediately after being scratched by a bullet; the way to catch them alive is to exploit this weakness.
Knowing that he was a fine marksman, the officials urged him to shoot.
Loading a rifle, he approached a cliff where some seagulls were sitting.
But the seagulls flew away.
Saying he would have to take a long shot, he fired at some seagulls sitting on a distant cliff. The seagulls flew off–all except one which fell back onto the cliff.
Cheering, the officials ran to the cliff and fetched the large seagull.
Kim Jong Il examined the wings and legs and felt the feathers to find out where it was wounded.
It had a slight scratch from a fragment of a rock that had been blown off by the bullet.
He told the officials to send the seagull to Hamhung Zoo."

What passes for the net in North Korea
I think there is a lot that we could learn from that story and Xmas is a good time to reflect upon it.
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[Joenitro]

In liverpool we call them shitehawks

[Frost]

Fucking seapigeons.

https://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/resources/images/2086693/?type=articleLandscape

[oldpink]

state controlled fodder for the masses so that puts it on the same par as DVLA or the BBC for reliable info

seriously though we used to put white bait on a hook with some 20lb line and throw it up in the air
gulls would swoop on it and you can yank them out the air
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[Ariel Badger]

I do think HRH could learn from Kim Jong Il's seagull incident and integrate elements into her Christmas speech
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[Walloper]

[Ariel Badger]

Not Hamburg Zoo, Hamhung Zoo.
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[pa_broon74]

I hate seagulls.

Horrible noisy smelly flying rats, worse than pigeons.

We read that from NK's so called internet and laugh, there are people in some countries who look at what the BBC, Sky & assorted printed press churn out and and do the same thing.

Its all relative.
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Didn't catch anything.

[scorps]

[AL-]

The mere mention of seagull now always reminds me of this at this years TT

https://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article855240.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/%C2%A3%C2%A3%C2%A3+reuse+fee+applies+-+Isle+of+Man+TT+star+Ian+Hutchinson+had+a+lucky+escape+during+his+opening+practice+session+for+the+2012+races+when+he+collided+with+a+low+flying+gull+at+170mph

[Alpha-9]

Yeah they make him out to be a superhero on every medium they can, and if anyone says otherwise they get made an example of.

Ohh korea
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[Walloper]

[Walloper]

[Frost]

[Flatbadger]

So, he didn't think the rifle was a good idea because he didn't want a wounded bird..

[dodgydog]

Q. Why do seagulls have wings?

A. So they can beat the pikeys to the tip.
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[Pete.]

I have actually caught a seagull alive and unharmed.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[scorps]

people are still the root cause Frost, Any animal will take advantage of human laziness and leaving bags of rubbish out isnt the fault of a hungry animal whether its a fox, dog or bird. A council that wont take this into account is at fault and people who just throw their half eaten food on the streets. They attack people because people have fed them or thrown food down. Ive never been attacked by a seagull and I live where theres thousands of the bloody things. I have seen a seagull systematically terrorise a polish tenant near where I work because he swept the seagulls nest off the roof near his flat and killed the attackers young.

My cat caught a seagull once, it was one hell of a fight, the cat won but he is huge.
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[Lord Percy]

Hah!!!! I'm in South Korea right now...

Just tried to access the link and got this...

https://warning.or.kr/

HAH!

Really interested in what's in the OPs link now! Screenshots???

Also wondering if the South Korean police are now gonna swoop on me in me in this cafe I'm in.

[owl10]

Where in SK SA1988?

Im in seoul this weekend.

A similar warning comes up for most porn as well.... or so im told
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Yet I still end up reading crap like that"

[Lord Percy]

Also in Seoul! I'd say it would be cool to meet up or something, but my weekends are strictly girlfriend time, as she works all week so I hardly see her, and I'm not here semi-permanently like you are!

Maybe we could try to get done for some kind of UK-led espionage? Let's try to write as many pro North Korean buzzwords on BCF.

Kim Jong Il, dear leader, world domination, Kimchi, ballistic missile success, communism rules, DMZ tunnel, spying, 씨발 미국! I'm so ronery.