So we’ll do the responsible thing and continue craft a compelling story based on facts not in evidence.
ETA: Hit post instead of preview. This refers to the authors of the cited story. Not to anyone wanting to make jokes about it.
So are we supposed to demand a photo op with Kim on the throne, so the South Korean story can be confirmed? Sounds pretty darn TMI.
*"South Korean news agency The Chosunilbo reported that when Kim arrived in Singapore this week on an Air China Boeing 747, he also was accompanied by an IL-76 transport plane carrying food, “his bullet-proof limousine and a portable toilet.”
And accordingly to Lee Yun-keol, who worked in a North Korean Guard Command unit before defecting to South Korea in 2005, that’s par for the course.
“Rather than using a public restroom, the leader of North Korea has a personal toilet that follows him around when he travels,” Lee Yun-keol told the Washington Post.
The reason? They are protecting against a literal info dump.
“The leader’s excretions contain information about his health status so they can’t be left behind,” Lee Yun-keol explained.
Similar travel considerations are reportedly made whenever the North Korean leader conducts on-site inspections of military bases and state-run factories across the country. In fact, according to the South Korean news agency DailyNK, there is a customized bathroom built into Kim’s convoy of vehicles at all times."*
The toilet follows him around? Does it have little stumpy remote-controlled legs? More importantly, is it entitled to a seat (heh) at the negotiating table next to Trump and the South Koreans?
The Bush White House is so concerned about Bush’s security, the veil of secrecy extends over the president’s bodily excretions. The special port-a-john captured Bush’s feces and urine and flew the waste material back to the United States in the event some enterprising foreign intelligence agency conducted a sewage pipe operation designed to trap and examine Bush’s waste material.
Queue the Beavis and Butthead laugh. For some diplomatic hijinx, it would be fun to secretly put excretions from other animals in the foreign toilet and let their operatives play with that. Heh-heh.
This makes me wonder if the CIA has DNA samples of foreign leaders. With today’s technology, there is a lot of valuable information that can be obtained from their DNA. E.g. what if their genealogy isn’t what it’s supposed to be?
Exactly what I was seeing. As well as immediate health information DNA could show things like hereditary diseases and weaknesses. I’m not at all surprised that world leaders do this. Now I am wondering what precautions, if any, are taken with Prince Harry’s DNA since some people persist in doubting his parentage. Not me, I think he’s the spit of his grandfather Philip.
What a horrible job. You get a primo promotion. Come to find out you are keeper of the throne. I certainly hope it pays well. Do they have a union? For better conditions, time off, vacay pay??
Are this porta-potties better than the ones at outdoor events?
The King’s porta potty that he takes everywhere with him has got to be lush; mole skin toilet paper, robot arms to take your pants down, beverage service…it’s probably nicer that most people’s houses.
