My friend, J.Co, has been in Korea, teaching for the past year. Before she left, I had sent her a link to a blog post written by Boy’s friend, Joel. I wanted to warn her of children wanting to play shit needle with her.
What is shit needle? Shit needle is a game Korean children like to play, in which they attack unsuspecting victim’s dungholes with their 2 index fingers pointed together.
I’ve fallen victim to this game and it is not fun. I now walk with my hands covering my bum when I am with this person, specifically when I’m walking up a set of stairs.
J.Co attended the Korea Floritopia 2009 festival and posted the lovely photo below on her f-book. Shit needle really is popular, not a myth like I had thought. Ch-ch-check it out:
I love this so much. Also, to add a little fun and excitement to your otherwise blah Tuesday afternoon, play this shit needle-inspired game (which was linked from Joel’s blog post). Poopie!
Thanks for the pic, J.Co!
This has to be the most frightening picture I’ve seen in awhile and then when I actually READ the post it was even worse! I would be so paranoid walking around the streets of Korea knowing that a little kid might have that on their mind! I’ve never heard of this before!
And nice Beastie Boys reference, it was noted: “Ch-ch-check it out”!
I learned something today, yes!
-M.
Just so we’re clear…it’s not me that you have to protect your dunghole from
You should have seen the people’s reaction walking by this sculpture – grown men were bending over and imitating it with their friends. That’s Korea for you! As a friend said to me: “Being here is like being in the middle of a psych ward!” ha ha ha!
I had to stop reading the article on Shit Needles because I was laughing too hard. And I was at work.
I hope no one had shit needled you as you were reading this.
Hmmm… I wonder if I can patent a bum guard type of device and market it in Korean schools.