North Korean Humour @DPRKHumour
North Korea isn't known for its jokes. But it's not all prison camps, missiles and cult of personality. Here's some DPRK humour. Requests welcome! Safely outside the DPRK Joined February 2022-
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9.1 Doctors & patients p.268 Making do with one's own body heat *일군 can translate as "worker", but it is often distinguished in NK texts from 로동자, a labourer. Perhaps it means a white-collar worker? #doctordoctor #DPRK #northkorea #northkorean #jokes #humour
A worker was looking around a hospital. She entered a ward & asked sternly, "Why is the room temperature so low?" Quick as a flash, the accompanying nurse made up an answer: "Don't worry. All the patients in this ward have a high fever."
9.1 Doctors & patients p.268 Slapped by everyone #doctordoctor #northkorea #northkorean #dprk #humour #jokes
So he asked his son to slap the quack in the face in his place. His son left home in the morning, returning late in the evening. "Why are you so late?" the father asked. "There are a lot of people who wanted to slap him in the face, so I had to wait in line..." 2/2
Once upon a time, an unlicensed "doctor" sold some medicine he’d made to a old man, assuring him, "This medicine will cure your diseases. If you don't get better, slap me in the face." The old man took the medicine but his condition got worse, not better. 1/
"I only said that I could straighten a hunchback’s back. I didn't say that I could guarantee his survival!" 5/5 9.1 Doctors & patients p.267-8 Stupid treatment #NorthKorea #NorthKorean #DPRK #humour #doctordoctor #doctorjokes
Finally, the patient’s back was straightened out, but his spine broke & he died. But when enraged family members & relatives rushed to the doctor & tried to hit him, he protested. 4/
A village doctor boasted of his medical skills. "Any hunchback comes to me, with a back bent like a bow or a shrimp, or with their head stuck to their belly button. I can straighten their back like a pen." A hunchback heard this and, believing it, came seeking treatment. 1/
The doctor examined a young woman and confirmed that she was pregnant. "Ma'am, I have some good news for you." "Please, choose your words carefully. I'm unmarried." "Sorry, Comrade Spinster. Okay then, I have some bad news." 9.1 Doctors & patients p.267 Good news / bad news
9.1 Doctors & patients p.267 I'd rather have a zipper
A patient had undergone 2 operations, but his condition did not improve, so doctors performed a 3rd surgery. When they were about to close him up , the patient frowned & said, "You’'ll only have to operate again, won't you? Don't use stitches, just put a zipper in my belly."
9.1 Doctors & patients p.267 From the moment I saw the doctor. #northkorea #northkorean #dprk #koreanculture #jokes
A doctor with poor medical skills was examining a patient. With a stern expression on his face, he asked, "Where does it hurt?" "My heart is pounding and I'm scared of what’s causing it." "Since when has this happened?" "From the moment I saw you, Doctor..."
A wife said to her husband who hated working: "Honey, it's raining . Go out & bring in the laundry." "What if I catch a cold?" "With a body of iron like yours, how can you get sick?" "Don't you know that when iron gets rained on, it rusts?" 2.2.5 Laziness A body of iron p89
9.1 Doctors & patients p.266 I won't have surgery #northkorea #northkorean #dprk #jokes #humour #doctordoctor
What is the reason for refusing surgery?” “The surgeon scheduled to operate on me is a graduate of my university.” “What’s wrong with that?” “He had the worst grades when I taught him. What’s worse, he knows nothing about the stomach surgery I’m supposed to have today!” 2/2
A patient due to undergo urgent surgery suddenly decided he wouldn’t do it after all. A nurse asked, “Why won’t you have the surgery?” “There’s no way I’m having surgery at this hospital!” “Come on Professor, you’re a medical doctor; you know that you’re critically ill. 1/
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