Land of the Morning Calm

Or, at least that’s what Korea’s national motto is supposed to be. I snapped this picture of a Honda Goldwing motorcycle this weekend that some fancy-pants rider decided to trick out with his biker club’s flag. I always get a kick out of the guys who have to show their intellectualism by having it written in English only to do it badly. It’s sort of a badge of brains of some kind to show the other Koreans you know some English. However, this clown didn’t bother to check his work. Although he’s got the right spelling on one part of the flag, the other, larger one is horribly misspelled. Maybe he didn’t know jack about English and was just hedging his bets, thinking he’d get one or the other right. Just above the Goldwing logo on the flag, is the correct “Morning Calm” lettering. The larger one caught my eye from a long way back. It’s still a nice bike.Land of the Morning Carm

It really is Land of the  Morning Calm, by the way. Many of the stores, including the grocery stores, don’t open until 10 am. However, the guys across the street are still pounding away on both destroying the playground and building the new building, both at 7am.  Hopefully, when they’re done, it will be “carm”  in the morning again

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