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December 17th, 2007

Relax, I just need your measurements!

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Oddly Enough, , ,

Quick question: this newsphoto shows…

  1. The mosh pit at an over-40 club
  2. A humiliating intervention for some guy who wears too many blue shirts
  3. An Asian production of Julius Caesar
  4. South Korean politicians wiping the floor with each other

The correct answer is the last one. For you newcomers, a scene with this much chaos and violence usually involves lawmakers in Bolivia or Taipei or someplace, where now and then the fists start flying as part of the deliberation process. If you watch the whole video you’ll see one dude carried out on a stretcher. Check it out:

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korea-pic-360.jpgLawmakers of the ruling United New Democratic Party struggle with lawmakers of the main opposition Grand National Party occupying the National Assembly speaker’s podium at the National Assembly’s main chamber in Seoul December 14, 2007. REUTERS/Han Jae-Ho

4 comments so far

So is that guy in the blue shirt the Seoul survivor?

- Posted by Charlene

Lawmakers eventually agreed to disagree on whether Britney or K-Fed should get custody.

- Posted by John C Abell

Am I taking the picture? Oh! Sorry. I was looking at old family Christmas photos earlier and got kind of confused.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

I think the dude in the power tie is controlling the mob violence with the naked power of his mighty brain.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

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