The sky turned red, the ice cracked, and a crane bowed - what ELSE happened when Kim Jong-Il died?

[derby378]

So remarkable a figure was Kim Jong-il that "even nature is heartbroken" by his death. During his life, the North Korean dictator " blocked the howling wind of history", and when he died the weather was freakishly cold and the seas were stormy. His death caused waves to rise by up to three metres.

That, at least, is the version of events according to the KCNA, North Korea's official news agency, which admittedly is no stranger to hyperbole. This time, however, it has pulled out all the stops to mark the passing of the country's "Dear Leader".

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And uncommonly bad weather prevailed over his last hours, KCNA reported. "In the morning of December 17 when he was on the train to make a journey of field guidance for the people the temperature was 4 to 7C lower than the average, making it the lowest this winter. "Seeing his dedication, in tears, the people would ask him to stop making any more journeys along snow-covered roads in cold weather and sitting up all night," KCNA pleaded. The sky turned red, it went on, and cracks appeared in frozen lakes. A Manchurian crane then bowed its head in grief.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-sky-turned-red-the-ice-cracked-the-snow-ceased-and-a-crane-bowed-kim-jongils-death--the-official-version-6280774.html

Okay, it's your turn. What other miraculous event happened when Li'l Kim shuffled off this mortal coil?

My nomination: Justin Bieber's voice broke.

[Turbineguy]

1. My meatloaf

turned yellow in hue.

[Motown_Johnny]

2. he emptied his bowels into his pants

[Old and In the Way]

3. For the 1st time. nt

[cowcommander]

4. Do North Koreans really believe this crap?

Even the Soviets under Stalin weren't that delusional.

[derby378]

6. I think they're required to by law

Raise one little "I don't see how that's possible..." within earshot of a North Korean cop and you'll find yourself being used as a guinea pig for a chemical weapons test in a remote gulag.

[NeedleCast]

16. Yes

I spent a year of my military service in South Korea as an intelligence operative. There is no doubt that NK has earned it's title as the most isolated country in the world.

Imagine the most fundamental indoctrination you can. You're probably still nowhere close to what happens in NK. From birth to grave, the people of NK are inundated with the idea that their leader(s) are living gods and that without them, horrible things would happen. In school, at work, in their personal lives, the people of NK are fed a non-stop diet of state-issued propaganda and there is practically no contact with the world outside. No TV, no radio, no internet - beyond what the state wants them to see.

So it's really not a matter of whether North Koreans believe this crap. Its all they have. They believe it because they don't have anything else to believe in. They don't know of anything else to believe in.

[cowcommander]

18. Thanks for the info

Is it also true that all NK homes have radios that pump out propaganda 24-7 that they can never turn off?

[derby378]

20. No civilian possession of a radio or television without a permit

As far as the radios go, I think there are three state-owned radio stations that serve Pyongyang (two AM, one FM) while the rest of North Korea only receives broadcasts from a single AM station. Last I heard, the radios can be turned off - and are often shut down by power blackouts that still hit the nation - but they do pump out propaganda practically all the time.

Each radio sold in North Korea is specifically built and adjusted to pick up only state-run radio, and each unit is also subject to inspection by state authorities at any time. There is a state seal that protects the electronic circuitry in the unit from tampering; damaging or breaking the seal is punishable under North Korean law. And even if you succeeded in tinkering with the internals without the authorities getting wise to you, North Korea routinely jams all foreign radio broadcast signals.

[Autumn]

5. I had a pan of soup on the stove, I looked at it and a cloud like mist

was coming out of the pan. Just rising right out of the pan.

[Frustratedlady]

14. You didn't eat it, did you? Just sayin'. eom

[hobbit709]

7. The rest of the world din't give a crap.

[Atman]

8. He hit another hole in one.

Himself, into a six foot deep hole.

[Thor_MN]

9. I'm normally more bark than bite

but I had some abnormally stinky farts that day.

[Broderick]

10. My dog seemed a bit down that day and was eating grass

I just thought it was because one of the kids was feeding him under the table. Perhaps that wasn't the reason at all.

[jberryhill]

11. This was pretty amazing

The day he died, I found my car keys in a totally different place than where I remembered leaving them.

This can only be a manifestation of space-time itself having been ruptured by the sorrowful passing of the most glorious Dear Leader.

[BOHICA12]

12. John Boehner didn't cry! nt

[Javaman]

13. This just in...

Kim Jong-Il will be cremated. His "dust" will be sprinkled on all North Korean's morning meal, so they can all share in the power of GRAY SKULL!!!

[LeftinOH]

15. "The sky darkened for three hours, and great earthquakes and splitting of rocks

then took place":

Substitute almost anything attributed to the birth/life/death of Christ and replace it with Kim Jong Il, and essentially you have North Korea's very own personal Jesus. God, of course, is represented in the Father --Kim Il Sung.

[MilesColtrane]

17. Seller's of grey jumpsuits gnashed their teeth and wailed at the prospects of diminished sales.

[DeathToTheOil]

19. Dan Quayle had an Intelligent Thought

The end is truly Nigh!

[The Genealogist]

21. In my neighborhood

wild animals shows up on a large patch of open ground adjacent to a large school, and spontaneously began crying, then formed the name "Kim Jong-Il' with their bodies, and sang a moving rendition of the North Korean national anthem. As they were singing this, the grass spontaneously combusted and burned the face of Kim Jong-Il into itself. Then the trees on the property all began weeping and died from grief.

[jpak]

22. My toilet backed up

My dog has fleas

Someone left the cake out in the rain

[DetlefK]

23. Not kidding: I was watching "Team America" on DVD, went to the Internet and there were the headlines

Well, technically he does not die at the end of the movie...

[derby378]

24. Alec Bladwin, on the other hand...

Great story! I need to see if Team America: World Police has been released on Blu-Ray yet.